CHINA Law and Practice Contributed by: Hans She, Muran Sun, Yichen Zhou and Herman Zhang, Fangda Partners
Fangda Partners was founded in 1993 and is a full-service law firm advising on PRC and Hong Kong laws. The firm has approximately 800 lawyers in its six offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Fangda has well-recognised expertise in intel- lectual property. The team has successfully litigated many groundbreaking cases, mak- ing Fangda one of the very few firms in China that has an established litigation and advocacy practice capable of resolving the most complex
IP disputes. The representative matters include the first FRAND litigation in China, the repre- sentation of a claimant in obtaining the first pre- liminary injunction in an IP litigation under the Chinese civil procedural law, and the represen- tation of a claimant in obtaining the first judg- ment determining the global FRAND royalty for SEPs. The team has also advised on domestic and cross-border transactions involving acqui- sition, assignment or license of different forms of IP.
Authors
Hans She serves as a partner of the dispute resolution group at Fangda Partners. He specialises in high-profile intellectual property (IP), and has represented dozens of overseas
Muran Sun serves as a partner of the intellectual property group at Fangda Partners. Her practice focuses on IP litigation and licensing. Over the past decade, she has represented domestic
IP holders in various legal proceedings in China. He also has abundant experience in advising clients in a wide range of IP-related issues, regulatory and advertising matters, and supporting clients’ business operations and commercial growth in China and overseas by delivering practical and comprehensive solutions.
and overseas clients in a broad range of contentious matters, including patent infringement disputes, competition law disputes, FRAND licensing term disputes, and trade secrets disputes. The SEP cases she has handled have involved the licensing practice of almost all major cellular SEP licensors. Ms Sun also has rich experience in non-contentious IP matters, successfully representing clients in licensing negotiations, and has advised numerous enterprises on trade-secrets protection strategies.
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