Watson & Band has longstanding expertise in IP litigation and regularly handles novel matters in front of the Supreme People’s Court and Higher People’s Court. The practice has a wide scope of knowledge across chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and electrics. It also has a number of IP agents handling non-contentious patent, trade mark and copyright issues. The team is led out of Shanghai and is comprised of IP experts Yingcong Xu, Hua Xiao , Liming Zhang, Jianguo Huang, Yizhou Liu and Xiaobo He, who all co-lead the team.
Testimonials
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‘Watson & Band's legal advice services have always been a leader among our partner law firms, especially based on its in-depth research on laws, regulations and historical cases.’
‘The highlights we have seen are positive responses, effective coordination of resources, and appropriate opinions.’
Key clients
- Giorgio Armani
- General Electric
Work highlights
- Represented Xiaohongshu in obtaining cross-class protection for well-known trade marks.