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Intellectual Property - Asia-Pacific Region
What the Team is Known For
King & Wood has a deep bench of China‑based intellectual property specialists. The team handles patent and trade mark disputes alongside unfair competition matters and also advises on prosecution, registration and portfolio management. Its lawyers act for high‑profile and multinational clients in sectors such as technology and pharmaceuticals and are regularly instructed in enforcement actions and administrative litigation.
Strengths
King & Wood have a good global network and the promptness and practicality demonstrated by the counsel team in charge set them apart from the others.
Work Highlights
King & Wood represented Novo Nordisk in administrative litigation to overturn the CNIPA’s invalidation of its diabetes and obesity drug semaglutide compound patent.
Notable practitioners
Zhu Nongfan and Peter Bullock are the heads of the Beijing and Hong Kong practices respectively.