Lawyers

Ason Zhang

Ason Zhang

Work Department

Intellectual Property/Trademark Prosecution/Copyright & Domain Name/Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner / Attorney at Law

Career

Head of Guangzhou Office and Counsel, Chang Tsi & Partners, Beijing & Guangzhou, China Attorney at law, Grandall Law Offices, Shenzhen, China

Languages

Chinese/English

Memberships

School of Transnational Law of Peking University, Career Mentor

Education

Juris Doctor (American Law) and Juris Master (Chinese Law), Peking University, 2012 Bachelor of English (Hons.) and Certificate of Chinese Law Study, Tianjin Polytechnic University, 2008

Personal

Mr. Ason Zhang provides consultation services on a wide range of intellectual property issues in China, in contentious and non-contentious matters. He specializes in developing intellectual property strategy and enforcement programs for many multinational corporations.

Mr. Ason Zhang covers all aspects of intellectual property rights, including applications and protection of trademarks, patents, copyrights, and domain names; management of IPR in China; unfair competition; consumer rights protection; corporate-related IPR matters; litigation and dispute resolution; strategy of IPR in China. He can provide all comprehensive, multiple-level and one-stop services for clients.

Mr. Ason Zhang always keeps clients’ utmost interests in mind, is highly responsive to clients, and can provide the most effective ways to solve clients’ most complex legal issues. He is thus highly honored by clients and peers, and is awarded as Excellent Lawyer by World Trademark Review.

Representative Cases Obtained a liability exemption judgment from Beijing Intellectual Property Court on behalf of a world-renowned Internet company in a cloud server rental dispute, avoiding compensation liability of CNY10 million, and obtained judicial guidance on rules of the industry. Obtained an outstanding result in the rejection of an alleged infringement case on behalf of a leading company in domestic home decoration industry, in which the plaintiff's claim for the amount of RMB10 million was dismissed by Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court. Represented a globally well-known auto company to conduct administrative, civil and criminal investigations in China, safeguarded rights by the collaboration of authorities in six provinces, assisted the client in obtaining a large amount of compensations while effectively cracking down on infringements and crimes, and won the high praise of the client. Successfully represented Kohler Co., a well-known sanitary ware company, to develop a holistic enforcement strategy to combat infringement, including filing tradeshow complaints, administrative complaints, patent invalidations, and civil lawsuits. Received client’s great appreciation. Selected Awards "Guide on Premium Legal Service Brand: List of Lawyers: Dispute Resolution" by Legal Vision (2024) "Deals of the Year 2022" by China Business Law Journal (2022) "Most Trustworthy Partner" by Skechers (2022) "Most Trustworthy Partner" by BWA (2022) “Excellent Lawyer” by World Trademark Review
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