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Wan Hui Da was first established in 1997 in Beijing by a group of trademark attorneys whose objective was to assist medium to large sized foreign companies in connection with their IP matters in China, providing filing, prosecuting and enforcement services, with a special emphasis on in-depth investigations and sophisticated raid actions. Soon afterwards, Wan Hui Da opened offices in some of the fastest developing areas of China - Guangzhou, Ningbo and Shanghai – with a view to maintaining close contacts with informants, investigators and local authorities. In 2001, Wan Hui Da added to its practice a patent department staffed with experienced engineers and ex-examiners from the China Patent Office. It continued its expansion in 2004 by integrating the Guan Qin Law Firm, composed of a dozen litigation lawyers capable of representing Wan Hui Da's clients before all courts of China. The firm has now a team of over 200 professionals and supporting staff, including 22 attorneys at law, 2 foreign "of counsel" lawyers, 40 trademark attorneys, 25 patent attorneys and engineers, and 50 in-house investigators. It has the set of skills required to offer clients a comprehensive range of legal advice and services in all areas of trademarks, patents, domain names and copyright, from building and maintaining an IP portfolio, to surveying, investigating and monitoring the enforcement of IP rights. In addition to those services, Wan Hui Da can offer to survey the official trademark gazette in order to identify trademarks that are likely to infringe on the rights of its clients, and monitor the records of the State Industrial Property Office to facilitate the identification of patents, utility models or designs of doubtful validity which might become a threat to its clients' interests. To help with the investigation of infringements in the production and distribution sectors, the firm has built a tight network of informants throughout the country which provides basic information verified through our in-house investigators. The firm has a strong presence in many jurisdictions allows it to make use of all available venues - administrative raids, customs seizures, civil and criminal litigation, and in some instances, a combination of several, depending on the circumstances of the case. Wan Hui Da is proud of its client base of over 150 Chinese, European and American firms, including more than 20 Fortune 500 companies. Since 1998, Wan Hui Da has been closely associated to the progress of Chinese IPR laws and regulations, and continues to play an active lobbying role in the improvement of the Chinese legal and regulatory environment, both via direct submission and through its contacts with the European Commission and the European Chamber of Commerce in China. Wan Hui Da attorneys are frequently invited to speak at IPR-related seminars and write articles for legal publications specialized in IPR. Wan Hui Da is a member of the INTA (International Trademark Association), AIPPI(International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), CTA (China Trademark Association), BTA (Beijing Trademark Association), BBA (Beijing Bar Association), ACPPA (All-China Patent Agents Association) and Intellectual Property Council of CIPS (China Intellectual Property Society).

Wan Hui Da was first established in 1997 in Beijing by a group of trademark attorneys whose objective was to assist medium to large sized foreign companies in connection with their IP matters in China, providing filing, prosecuting and enforcement services, with a special emphasis on in-depth investigations and sophisticated raid actions. Soon afterwards, Wan Hui Da opened offices in some of the fastest developing areas of China - Guangzhou, Ningbo and Shanghai – with a view to maintaining close contacts with informants, investigators and local authorities.

In 2001, Wan Hui Da added to its practice a patent department staffed with experienced engineers and ex-examiners from the China Patent Office. It continued its expansion in 2004 by integrating the Guan Qin Law Firm, composed of a dozen litigation lawyers capable of representing Wan Hui Da's clients before all courts of China.

The firm has now a team of over 200 professionals and supporting staff, including 22 attorneys at law, 2 foreign "of counsel" lawyers, 40 trademark attorneys, 25 patent attorneys and engineers, and 50 in-house investigators. It has the set of skills required to offer clients a comprehensive range of legal advice and services in all areas of trademarks, patents, domain names and copyright, from building and maintaining an IP portfolio, to surveying, investigating and monitoring the enforcement of IP rights.

In addition to those services, Wan Hui Da can offer to survey the official trademark gazette in order to identify trademarks that are likely to infringe on the rights of its clients, and monitor the records of the State Industrial Property Office to facilitate the identification of patents, utility models or designs of doubtful validity which might become a threat to its clients' interests.

To help with the investigation of infringements in the production and distribution sectors, the firm has built a tight network of informants throughout the country which provides basic information verified through our in-house investigators. The firm has a strong presence in many jurisdictions allows it to make use of all available venues - administrative raids, customs seizures, civil and criminal litigation, and in some instances, a combination of several, depending on the circumstances of the case.

Wan Hui Da is proud of its client base of over 150 Chinese, European and American firms, including more than 20 Fortune 500 companies.

Since 1998, Wan Hui Da has been closely associated to the progress of Chinese IPR laws and regulations, and continues to play an active lobbying role in the improvement of the Chinese legal and regulatory environment, both via direct submission and through its contacts with the European Commission and the European Chamber of Commerce in China. Wan Hui Da attorneys are frequently invited to speak at IPR-related seminars and write articles for legal publications specialized in IPR.

Wan Hui Da is a member of the INTA (International Trademark Association), AIPPI(International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), CTA (China Trademark Association), BTA (Beijing Trademark Association), BBA (Beijing Bar Association), ACPPA (All-China Patent Agents Association) and Intellectual Property Council of CIPS (China Intellectual Property Society).