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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