China

Firm overview

Liu Shen & Associate is one of the earliest IP law firms engaged in foreign-related patent prosecution and foreign-related patent litigation in China. It is known as the first batch of patent agents and patent attorneys in China. Established in 1993, Liu Shen & Associate has provided various legal services related to various IP applications, litigation and strategic analysis for many well-known enterprises at home and abroad.

The firm has the largest dedicated IP litigation team among Chinese law firms, providing comprehensive IP legal services to satisfy all needs of the clients in this area, including patent infringement litigation, patent invalidation, patent administrative litigation, patent searching service, trademark infringement litigation, trademark administrative litigation, patent FTO analysis, IP Due Diligent research, anti-unfair competition litigation, copyright infringement litigation, trade secret litigation.

The biggest advantage of the IP Litigation Department of Liu Shen & Associate lies in its strong technical capabilities. The winning rate in patent invalidation and infringement cases is higher than that of peers, which distinguishes Liushen team from other competing firms and enables Liushen team to assist their clients in complex patent litigation matters. LS team members have diverse background, including experienced partners who have worked in top international law firms for many years, partners with extensive IP litigation experiences in China, as well as lawyers who are former examiners from China Patent Office. Almost all of our team members has strong science background.

LS clients include leading international enterprises and top Chinese companies in a broad spectrum of industries, such as Qualcomm, Samsung, Nike, Siemens, ASM, Hillhouse Capital Group, Dyson, WAGO, BOE, Largan, 3M and many other world-renowned companies. LS advised foreign clients to resolve complex IP issues under Chinese laws to help them to build up strong IP protection in domestic markets. LS have also observed a continuous expansion of top Chinese companies in our client base.

Firm overview

Founded in 2006, Lusheng Law Firm (“Lusheng”) is a Chinese law firm specialising in legal services and patent representation in the field of intellectual property (IP). We are headquartered in Beijing and have branch offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou. To meet the needs of our clients in different regions and different development stages, we have established strategic partnerships with leading international IP consulting firms, working closely with our professional teams in offices across three continents (Asia, Europe and the Middle East).

Our professional team consists of practicing attorneys, patent agents and enforcement experts in the field of intellectual property. Our international and domestic clients include fast growth technology start-ups and famous brand owners. Since founded, Lusheng has focussed on approaching issues with an international mindset and applying outside-the-box thinking to offer fully integrated one-stop-shop IP solutions.

Our lawyers have trained at the top law schools in China and abroad. A number of them have obtained higher level degrees and qualifications from leading universities in UK, Germany, USA as well as China. In addition, many have extensive experience working in both domestic and international law firms and IP agencies. We are able to communicate with clients in a number of languages including Chinese, English and German.

Firm overview

The Simmons & Simmons international IP team offers the specialist expertise of a boutique IP practice complemented by the full service offering of a major international firm. We are well known in the market for our high-calibre clients and involvement in many of the leading IP cases and transactions, both in the UK and internationally.

Our IP practice, comprising litigation, prosecution and transactional expertise, for both brands/trade mark and patents matters, is one of the only international firms that provide the full suite of IP services from one trusted source – a significant differentiator in the legal market.

We boast an extremely deep and strong bench. Consisting of over 100 fee earners internationally, our IP team has a presence across EMEA (in Belgium, China, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, The Netherlands), the UK and Asia.

Known for our expertise in the life sciences, fintech and technology sectors, we leverage our in-depth industry knowledge developed over our 120+ year history to provide the best advice to the most sophisticated clients. The majority of our patent litigators, attorneys and transactional IP lawyers have technical backgrounds, including advanced degrees and scientific research experience, giving our clients the advantage of market leading legal advisors who also understand their complex and cutting-edge inventions.

Firm overview

AFD China is a privately-owned IP firm based in Beijing, China with a client-supporting team in Washington State, USA.

AFD provides a broad spectrum of intellectual property services in IP prosecution, strategy planning, transactions, asset management, IP litigation and other IP-related concerns for strengthening and protecting our clients' intellectual property rights in China. We listen, we care, we analyze their concerns, and we work with clients to achieve their goals. We are committed to helping our clients establish, maintain and protect their intellectual property rights by providing expertise to reach practical and cost-effective solutions. To accomplish our mission - provided quality services with efficiency - our attorneys combine their legal and technical expertise to better understand your business objectives, to offer personalized, professional and responsive services to provide solutions and create opportunities for you.

Values
AFD always adheres to the fundamental objective of good practice and delivering premium services to clients. We strive to support our clients' needs the best way that we want to ensure the satisfaction of our services. Following such a service tenet, we treat our clients with respect and integrity, hearing what they require, caring what they want, and providing what they desire, in order to maximize the achievement of our clients.

Meanwhile, AFD persists in adopting forward thinking throughout our work, so as to seize at our most ability any possible opportunities and avoid any possible risks for our clients in a responsible manner. Since the establishment of our firm, we have believed in that sincerity and professionalism are the keys to success, which we still believe in and will go on practice such beliefs in our daily work.

Services
AFD offers to clients of all sizes and types, whether in China or abroad, a comprehensive range of intellectual property services in China, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, trade secrets, domain names, licensing, and other legal areas dealing with technology and intellectual property. We also provide a broad spectrum of consulting services in IP strategy, transactions, asset management, IP litigation and other IP-related concerns for strengthening and protecting our clients' intellectual property rights in China.

In addition to dealing with IP matters within China, we also work with a well-established network of leading intellectual property firms in other countries or regions to assist Chinese inventors and entities to file and prosecute patent and trademark applications and protect their IP rights abroad.

Featured Operations

• Advanced Recommendation - We provide forward-thinking advice with a comprehensive overview at each step of the whole process, using every opportunity to benefit the client's case. We will inform our clients what the next procedures are and what our recommendation towards the prosecution is, pointing out the directions with available choices.
• Quality Inspection - Ever since the establishment of our firm, we have committed to our clients that we will deep-root in quality and professionalism. Accordingly, quality inspection is applied to all of our works regardless of size, frequency and value. It includes a cycle control procedures of problem finding, training, monitoring, auditing, re-training, re-inspecting and auditing in order to prevent repeated occurrence of any problem and to make our professional training more sustainable and focus on hit and current subjects.
• Approach in Complex/Difficult Situation - We have a reputation in tackling difficult cases and defending our clients in complex situations. It is borne in our practitioners' mind to always stick with legislation foundation of general and specific laws and rules even in worst-case scenarios. Guiding by this principle and striving to pursue good results, we have reversed unfavourable situations and saved a few cases.

Professionals
We have sufficient critical mass (about 130 patent attorneys and engineers, 8 trademark attorneys and 11 attorneys-at-law) to maximize efficiency of representation and ensure a good work outcome.

Our attorneys are well-versed in the laws of China related to patents, trademarks, copyrights, software, and more as well as well-trained in various disciplines. This combination of legal and technical expertise means our professionals are well equipped to understand our clients' needs.

Many have studied abroad and have science and technology backgrounds and/or advanced degrees in such diverse fields as electrical engineering, electronic technology, telecommunications, semiconductor fabrications, computer technology, digital and analog circuits, optical and fiberoptic systems, chemical and petrochemical products and processes, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, Chinese medicines, organic synthesis, metallurgy, materials science, agricultural chemicals, mechanical engineering, instrumentation, machines and engines and other scientific disciplines. In addition, some have had years of experience working at the State IP Office as patent examiners.


Last Updated 13 July 2021