ASIA PACIFIC Trends and Developments Contributed by: Dongxiao Ma, Yuanchao Ma, Dan He and Peng Zhang Zhong Lun Law Firm Zhong Lun Law Firm was founded in 1993 and was one of the first partnership law firms authorised to operate in the PRC. After decades of growth, to- day Zhong Lun has established itself as one of the largest full-service law firms in China, housing more than 2,200 professionals, including over 400 equity partners, in offices across Beijing, Shanghai, Shenz- hen, Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Almaty, spanning all five continents. Zhong Lun IP team boasts practitioners with both a
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technical background and industrial experience, in- cluding former judges and CNIPA patent examiners. Many of the cases the firm has handled over these years were selected for inclusion in the “Top 10 IP Cases in Chinese Courts” and “50 Typical Repre- sentative Cases” annual lists. Zhong Lun’s IP team has provided services for numerous domestic and in- ternational companies of all sizes, with major clients including Huawei, JD, Tencent, Mengniu and others.
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Dongxiao Ma graduated from Peking University Law School and has practiced in the IP field for over 30 years. He formerly headed the legal and IP departments at Haier Group. He has handled over 500 IP cases,
Yuanchao Ma is a partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm and has devoted more than 20 years to dispute resolution regarding intellectual property, and anti-unfair competition, for domestic and foreign enterprises across
including more than 100 before the SPC, covering trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and unfair competition. MA serves as an expert in the National IP Strategy Expert Database, supervisor of the Beijing Guanghua Design Development Foundation, and external supervisor for master’s students at Peking University Law School and the IP College of East China University of Political Science and Law.
sectors including internet, software, information technology, cultural entertainment and gaming. Many major litigation cases represented by Mr Ma have been selected as typical cases in China. He has been listed as an IP litigation lawyer in the Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific Guide for 11 years. He serves as an arbitrator at the Shanghai Arbitration Commission and Shanghai International Arbitration Center, a mediator at WIPO, and a member of AIPLA and AIPPI China.
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