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ZHANG FanBeijingLawyerTel:(86-10) 6892-1000Email:zhangfan@wanhuida.comService:Litigation / Trademark / Copyright / Investigation & EnforcementLanguage:Chinese / English
Fan Zhang is an Associate at Wanhuida Intellectual Property, where he has been practising since 2021.
Fan’s practice focuses on litigating administrative, civil and criminal IP matters. With a combined background in science and law, he is well positioned to provide comprehensive, industry-tailored IP solutions for clients across luxury, cosmetics, spirits, food & beverage, technology, sports & leisure, and home & sanitary ware sectors. His practice also extends to trademark prosecution and enforcement, unfair competition, copyright enforcement, IP compliance, trademark criminal enforcement, administrative actions, domain name disputes, and investigations.
Renmin University of China, LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law
Northwest University (China), Dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Science and Law
- Represented a French luxury brand in actions against imitation of jewelry designs, securing dual protection for applied art under copyright law and the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, achieving market-wide clearance in China.
- Represented a leading Cognac house in parallel civil and administrative proceedings, defending the client’s trademark registration against invalidation challenges, obtaining court-ordered cessation and RMB 10 million in damages (including punitive damages), effectively protecting premium brand value.
- Represented a Fortune 500 company in unfair competition actions concerning imitation of infant formula packaging; obtained recognition of protectable trade dress across multiple product iterations and successfully enforced judgments.
- Represented a leading sanitary ware maker as the victim in a criminal case involving counterfeiting registered trademarks, pursued civil claims incidental to the criminal proceeding, secured priority compensation and deterred infringers.
- Represented a few clients in securing favorable invalidation decisions against bad-faith trademark registrations, citing absolute grounds by establishing registrations obtained by improper means, overturning adverse administrative decisions.
- Represented an industrial leader in non-use cancellation proceedings to remove registration obstacles; succeeded in canceling a competitor’s decade-old bad-faith registration in the appeal, clearing the path for core trademark filings.
- Advised half a dozen clients on cost-efficient, non-contentious enforcement matters through cease-and-desist letters, administrative complaints, trade name adjudications, and platform takedowns.