• SPC IP Report Cases: Representing Futabasha Publishers Ltd. in winning a copyright infringement suit against the infringers that pre-emptively registered its copyrighted Crayon Shin-chan artwork as trademarks and used such on various goods. We successfully persuaded the Supreme Court to order a retrial, which led to the affirmation that a civil litigation can be lodged in China by the copyright owner against the use of a registered trademark. The court found that copyright and the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, are two separate civil rights with their own boundaries. The right owner, when executing his legitimate right, shall not infringe other’s lawful rights. the court ordered cessation and awarded damages of RMB 300,000.

• Guangdong High Court’s Exemplary Case on Diversified Dispute Resolution Mechanism: Representing Guangzhou Qigu Culture Communication Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Chinese online music entertainment industry leader KuGou and other KuGou Music labels in a series of lawsuits against the operator behind a well-known online livestreaming platform and its affiliated company for copyright infringement and unfair competition. The plaintiffs requested cessation and an aggregated damages of RMB 66.636 million for 7 cases. The case was later resolved through settlement between the parties. The defendants agreed to settle the case amicably with the clients by paying a total of RMB 12 million and inking a three-year licensing contract.

• Top 10 Cases of Guangzhou IP Court: Representing the client in revoking an administrative punishment decision made by local copyright enforcement agency based on the complaint filed by the copyright owner of a design. The Court of appeal confirmed non-infringement based on the finding that though registered with the copyright office, the said design does not qualify as fine art.

• SPC Top 10 Cases: Representing TOPEIGHT in the copyright infringement lawsuit initiated by Queenlines and obtained favorable ruling for the client. The case led to the SPC’s affirmation that registration of works that serves as the proof for the ownership of copyright, in general, does not constitute publication as prescribed by the Copyright Law, therefore, it is inappropriate to make the presumption that the defendant has access to the works of the plaintiff unless otherwise proved by evidence.

• Representing a reputable online gaming corporation in a high-caliber copyright civil proceeding before the Guangdong High Court, where a rival online gaming company accused the client of infringing copyright over written works, works of fine arts and works created in a way similar to filming when developing and operating an online game, requesting permanent injunction and whopping damages. We negotiated with the plaintiff on the client’s behalf, which led to the conclusion of a mutually satisfactory settlement agreement and the withdrawal of the lawsuit.

• Representing L-Acoustics in winning a copyright infringement and unfair competition suit against two infringers manufacturing and selling audio products using “” and “”, which are similar to L-Acoustics’ copyrighted works of fine art “”, and systematically copying L-Acoustics’ product name, product shape and technical parameters. The court of first instance granted protection over L-Acoustics’ copyright and product name, ordered cessation of copyright infringement and unfair competition, and awarded damages of RMB 600,000. The appeal court upheld the first instance judgment.

• Representing Xiaohongshu in the civil lawsuit against a well-known local brick-and-mortar shopping mall in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, for copyright and trademark infringement, and unfair competition. The defendants used, without authorization, the promotional materials commissioned by Xiaohongshu and misappropriated the reputation of Xiaohongshu’s eponymous Fashion Week activity. The client requested cessation and damages of RMB 4.99 million. The Nanhu District Court of Jiaxing ruled in favor of the client, ordered cessation and awarded damages of RMB 350,000. The defendants appealed but withdrew its appeal after the second-instance hearing. The 1st instance decision entered into force and the defendants paid the damages to the client.

• Representing Comcast Corporation, the biggest cable operator and second biggest Internet service provider in the US, in successfully invalidating the disputed trademark “Comcast” registered by a Chinese company in class 9, by citing its trade name “Comcast” and its copyright attached to the specific representation of its name. Comcast convinced the Court that the specific representation of its name is sufficiently aesthetic and original thus deserves copyright protection. The court affirmed that simplicity should not be used as a pretext to deny originality and copyright protection.

• Representing a multinational technology company in lodging a copyright infringement suit against a local distributor who pre-installed pirated software on computers it sold to customers, obtained permanent injunction and damages of RMB 6.1 million. The Court sided with us on the calculation method of the client’s expectation loss caused by the infringer’s infringement act, finding that such loss shall be calculated by multiplying the number of the sold computers on which the pirated software was copied and installed, and the market price of the copyrighted software involved.

• Representing the client, the exclusive licensee of the cartoon character "Whatcccat" and the artworks thereof in winning a copyright infringement suit against two infringers using image almost identical with the aforesaid copyrighted artworks, obtained cessation and damages of RMB 80,000 (inclusive of reasonable expenses).

Tier 1 PRC firm in both “Intellectual Property Contentious” and “Intellectual Property Non-contentious”, 2012 - 2026
 

Highly recommended firm in intellectual property in China, 2024 - 2025
 

China Domestic Trademarks / Copyright Law Firm Tier 1, 2021 - 2026
 

Intellectual Property: Litigation & Non-litigation (PRC Firms) in China, Band 2, 2019 - 2026

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• Copyright Law

• Copyright Laws of Twelve Nations

• China Intellectual Property Standards (Japanese version)

• Wolters Kluwer Annual Practice Guide 2023: Corporate Law Practice Guide (Intellectual Property Compliance Chapter)

• Guidelines on the Application of Creative Commons License (as a member of the compiling team)

• Compilation of International Intellectual Property Protection Exemplary Cases (as a member of the compiling team)

• Guideline of Copyright Protection over Science and Technology Journals

• Academic Fraud Prevention Manual - Academic Papers