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Watson & Band

Intellectual Property: Litigation (PRC Firms)

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Watson & Band

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Watson & Band is an integrated legal and IP services provider that is represented primarily by Watson & Band Law Offices and Watson & Band Intellectual Property Agent Ltd. For many years’ running, Watson & Band has been named a top-tier legal and IP services agency in China by various authoritative international legal rating services. 

As one of China's oldest intellectual property service providers with the qualifications as a foreignrelated patent agency, Watson & Band maintains a leading position in the intellectual property industry due to its extensive experience. Watson & Band's IP-related services cover agency and consulting services concerning trademarks, patents, copyrights and other new types of IP rights, enforcement and litigation services, and commercial IP-related legal services.

Watson & Band's IP practice team is made up of hundreds of professionals including lawyers, agents, engineers, professors, scientific researchers and senior consultants. IP services offered by Watson & Band encompass the fields of chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, machinery, electronics, telecommunications, data, optical physics, automatic control, metallic materials and semiconductors, etc.

Our services in this area mainly include:

⚫　IP Agency and Consulting Services

⚫　IP Enforcement and Litigation Services

⚫　Commercial IP-related Legal Services

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Intellectual Property: Litigation (PRC Firms) - China

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Watson & Band has a prominent IP practice with a client base that includes multinationals and domestic corporations. The team maintains a notable practice that regularly represents clients in patent, copyright and trade mark infringement matters. In addition, the team offers services on non-litigious IP work such as IP transactions and portfolio strategy matters. It combines its IP specialism with its general corporate and commercial offering.

业务优势

华诚律师事务所突出的知识产权业务拥有包括跨国公司和国内企业在内的客户群。律所保持了令人瞩目业务，定期代表客户处理专利、版权和商标侵权事宜。此外，该团队还就非诉讼性的知识产权工作提供服务，例如知识产权交易和组合策略事宜。该团队将其知识产权专长与一般公司和商事法律服务相结合。

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Work Highlights

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  • Watson & Band represented eight companies, including Warner Bros., Sony and Paramount, in copyright infringement litigation against Reren Video concerning unauthorised film and television programmes on the platform.

  • Watson & Band represented JUKI Corporation in an invalidation filed by an applicant and acted for JUKI in the subsequent administrative litigation initiated by the applicant.

  • 华诚律师事务所代表重机公司应对由某申请人提出的无效程序，并在后续由该申请人提起的行政诉讼中代表重机公司。

  • 华诚律师事务所代表包括华纳兄弟、索尼和派拉蒙在内的八家公司，就人人视频平台上未经授权的电影和电视节目构成版权侵权，向人人视频提起诉讼。

Strengths

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  • It is a firm of high integrity and won’t sugarcoat anything that’s going on in the legal community in China. The firm has a great sense of camaraderie and a very high standard of performance.

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  • Watson & Band's spirit of expansion and innovation enables us, when encountering new types of legal issues, to consistently obtain well-developed and highly feasible solutions from the firm.

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  • 华诚具有的拓展和创新精神使得我们在碰到新类型的法律问题时，总能从律所获得完善又具有高可行性的解决方案。

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  • 这是一家品格很高的律所，不会对中国法律界正在发生的事情进行粉饰。律所具有很强的同事情谊和非常高的专业水准。

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Guohua Tang
    Guohua Tang

    Guohua Tang

    Tang Guohua focuses on patent work in the chemical area. He is skilful in handling applications and invalidations for foreign companies.

    汤国华先生专注于化工领域的专利工作。他擅长代理外国公司的申请和无效程序。
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  • Liming Zhang
    Liming Zhang

    Liming Zhang

    Zhang Liming is a key member in the firm's trade mark team. He is especially sought after by foreign clients to handle both contentious and non-contentious matters in China.

    张黎明律师是律所商标团队的核心成员。他尤其受外国客户的青睐，负责处理在中国的争议性和非争议性事务。

    • He is very trusted.

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    • 他非常值得信赖。

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  • Yizhou Liu
    Yizhou Liu

    Yizhou Liu

    Liu Yizhou is proficient in representing foreign brands in trade mark protection in China. He is also able to advise on copyright infringement litigation.

    刘一舟律师精通代表外国品牌在中国进行商标保护，并能就版权侵权诉讼提供法律建议。

    • When encountering highly controversial legal issues, Liu Yizhou is often able to provide unique ideas and insights to help us resolve the dispute.

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    • He does great work for us and is highly regarded, with his eyes on getting the best possible result for us. He loves the work he does.

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    • 他的工作做得很好，很受尊敬，始终以我们的最佳利益为目标。他热爱自己的工作。

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    • 在碰到存在较大争议的法律问题时，刘律师往往能够提供独特的思路和见解，帮助我们解决争议。

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    Liming Zhang

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