CHINA Law and Practice Contributed by: Chuanhong Long, Bin Zhang, Cuicui Liang and Lei Fu, CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office is one of the oldest and largest full-service intellectual prop - erty law firms in China. The firm has 322 patent and trade mark attorneys, among whom 100 are quali - fied as attorneys-at-law. The firm provides consulta - tion, prosecution, mediation, administrative enforce - ment and litigation services relating to patents, trade
marks, copyrights, domain names, trade secrets, trade dress, unfair competition and other intellectual property-related matters. Headquartered in Beijing, the firm has branch offices in New York, Tokyo, Ma - drid, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Wuhan.
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Chuanhong Long focuses primarily on prosecution, invalidation, enforcement and licensing of patents at CCPIT. He has also counselled domestic and international clients on other IP-related matters, such as
Cuicui Liang is a senior trade mark attorney at CCPIT. Her key practice areas are trade mark registration and prosecution; trade mark search and watch; administrative protection of trade mark rights; opposition,
trade marks, trade secrets, ownership disputes, and border enforcement. His technical specialism covers chemistry, chemical engineering, material science, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. He was invited as an expert to participate in the formulation of the Outline of National Intellectual Property Strategy (2005–2007), and participated in the research project organised by SIPO for the preparation of the third amendment to the Implementing Regulations of the Chinese Patent Law in 2007. the firm in 1989, has successfully handled a great number of IP cases covering trade marks, copyright, licensing, unfair competition, customs protection, trade dress, trade name and cyber-squatting through litigation, administration or negotiation. Bin Zhang obtained his LLM in intellectual property law from UNH School of Law in the USA in 2003. He has published many articles in periodicals and newspapers, and has co-authored a textbook on IP law. Bin Zhang is director of the legal department at CCPIT. He is a senior trade mark attorney and, since joining
invalidation and litigation; assignment and licensing of trade marks; and providing legal opinion on trade mark protection strategies. She is the author of “Analysis about the Power of the Foreign Evidence without Notarization and Legalization”, “Whether the stage name can still be used by the singer if the trademark right of the registered stage name belongs to the company”, “Prior Public Use is Not a Necessary Element in Recognising Bad Faith” and “Study on the General Name”.
Lei Fu has worked as a trade mark attorney at CCPIT for over ten years. Her practice focuses on civil litigation encompassing trade marks, copyrights and unfair competition. She specialises in infringement
analysis, investigation, evidence collection, overall infringement prevention, and developing protection strategies. Additionally, she is well versed in domain name dispute resolutions, customs recordation of trade mark rights, and related legal issues. She recently successfully represented a German client in a trade mark infringement and unfair competition dispute. The Supreme People’s Court selected this case as one of the 50 Typical IP Cases in 2023.
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