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Our Attorneys:

The IPR Protection Department includes more than 10 full-time attorneys from Beijing Office, 6 attorneys from Guangzhou Office and 4 attorneys from Ningbo Office. The Investigation Departments of every office directly report to the IPR Protection Department.

The responsibilities of the attorneys include: file petitions and cooperate with enforcement agencies of all levels for investigation and raid of the infringers, communicate with the clients, and provide professional consultation.

Investigators in local offices and working stations are responsible for the infringement investigation, monitoring and intelligence collection.

Our Services:

The IPR Protection Department is responsible for investigation and evidence collection in IPR infringement cases, and for cooperation with enforcement agencies for the raids. It deals with all kinds of IPR infringement cases, especially fake trademarks, trademark infringement, patent infringement and copyright infringement.

1.Complaints to Industrial and Commercial Administrative authorities.

It deals with all kinds of trademark infringements and unfair competition practices, and work with different AIC branches such as Economic Investigation, Trademarks & Advertisement Branch, and Anti-Unfair Competition Branches for actions.

2.Complaints to Technical Supervision Bureaus

Counterfeit and fake products often mean inferior quality. Technical Supervision Bureaus are competent in raiding products made by the manufacturers using fake trademarks, fake company names and addresses.

3.Complaints to Public Security authorities

Considering that it is sometimes difficult to hand over cases from other enforcement agencies to public prosecutors for criminal prosecution, the IPR Protection Department makes direct liaisons with pubic security authorities of all levels in cases that might involve criminal responsibilities.

4.Work with the Customs in border control

The IPR Protection Department is responsible for recordation of the clients’ IPR with China Administration of Customs. It holds training sessions for the Customs inspectors where fake products might be exported, and collaborates with the local customs to inspect the products suspected of infringements. It also works together with the Litigation Department to pursue the exporters and manufacturers in civil lawsuits.

5.Complaints to Patent Administrative authorities

Administrative protection for patent rights is rather weak at present time, but it offers a relatively quick resolution if a case only involves small targets. The Department, in cooperation with the Patent Department, has successfully handled dozens of patent disputes with local IPOs.

Our Advantages

1.Comprehensive and integrated services in IPR

The IPR protection, the best advantage of Wan Hui Da lies in the fact that it is able to provide a full range of services from IPR procurement to infringement investigation, administrative actions and litigations in an all-round and integrated manner. The Protection Department, in close cooperation with other departments, provides support to each other.

2.Proficiency of Personnel.

The attorneys of the IPR Protection Department are highly qualified in law and fluent in English. A lot of them are graduates from law schools of Beijing University, University of Political Science and Law, and have years of legal experiences. Some of them have received training abroad, and have engaged in the work of patent agency and trademark agency, are registered lawyers and have carried out in-depth research into the area of intellectual property rights.

3.Full coverage of investigation network in areas that produce fake products

Wan Hui Da has a number of experienced professional investigators from famous investigation firms. Besides, it has set up liaison offices in 13 major cities of the country, and ensures maximum information output from the information networks covering major areas of the country.

4.Competency in dealing with important cases, especially criminal cases

Not all the agencies are able to translate potential criminal cases into criminal judgments. and the ability to provide comprehensive and integrated services, Wan Hui Da is proud of its ability to translate potential criminal cases into criminal judgments. We have advantage in this respect unraveled by other agencies. (Statistics of criminal cases)

5.Nice working relations with enforcement authorities of all levels

Stable and friendly working relationship of Wan Hui Da and governmental anti-counterfeiting departments of the state and regional authorities are ensured by the management’s background in intellectual property rights. It has particular strength when it comes to communication and coordination with relevant government authorities of Beijing, Shenyang, Yiwu, Wenzhou, Ningbo, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

 
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