Trade Secrets 2026

CHINA – SHENZHEN

Trends and Developments Contributed by: Yongpan Sheng and Aiyan Ke Zhong Lun Law Firm

Zhong Lun Law Firm is one of the largest full-ser - vice law firms in China, with over 400 partners and more than 2,200 professionals, and offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other major cities in China and around the world. The firm’s IP team includes prominent practitioners with technical backgrounds and industrial experience, including former judges and patent examiners. Drawing on the strengths of a market-leading IP team in China, Zhong Lun Law Firm has represented clients in a wide range of high-

profile and landmark IP cases. Practising in the tech - nological industries and providing professional legal services to many multinational clients, the team ex - cels in IP litigation, consistently achieving favourable outcomes in high-stakes infringement and misappro - priation cases. The firm also actively contributes to efforts to build a comprehensive IP protection system for the advancement of a national innovation-driven development strategy.

Authors

Yongpan Sheng is an attorney at Zhong Lun Law Firm with an interdisciplinary educational background in both law and engineering. Yongpan has extensive expertise handling complex IP

Aiyan Ke focuses on intellectual property litigation, non-litigation IP services, and civil and commercial dispute resolution. With years of IP adjudication experience, she excels in diverse IP disputes. She has

disputes, particularly patents, trade secrets, computer software copyright and licensing conflicts. He has served numerous renowned multinationals and Chinese high-tech enterprises, with several cases selected as annual top ten IP cases or landmark cases.

represented clients in many influential trade secret and patent infringement cases, showing outstanding litigation strategy, case coordination and courtroom advocacy. Aiyan also has significant knowledge in patent strategy and IP protection system construction.

Zhong Lun Law Firm 57/58/59/F, Tower A, Ping An Finance Centre, 5033 Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518000, PRC Tel: +86 755 3325 6809 Fax: +86 755 3320 6888 Email: shengyongpan@zhonglun.com Web: www.zhonglun.com

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