Christopher (Chunxiang) Shen

Practice Areas

Intellectual property strategy consultation, intellectual property litigation and administrative protection

Career

Christopher Shen joined NTD after graduating from Renmin University of China in 1998 and started his profession in intellectual property. Afterwards, Mr. Shen received advanced education in the United States and earned a LL.M. degree in Intellectual Property Law from the George Washington University Law School. Mr. Shen has been qualified to practice law in both China and New York State since 2000 and 2005 respectively.

Mr. Shen concentrates his practice in IP strategy counseling, foreign-related IP litigation and administrative enforcement. Mr. Shen has 30 years of experience in representing many famous domestic and foreign companies in lawsuits and arbitrations with respect to patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition disputes. Mr. Shen also has been invited to attend International IP Symposiums many times to deliver speeches in respect of China IP Protection and has been establishing extensive connections with foreign IP attorneys.

Mr. Shen has received numerous honors during his career, such as Chambers and Partners ranked lawyer for “Intellectual Property: Litigation” in Greater China Region every year from 2025 to 2026, WTR 1000 Recommended Individual every year from 2019 to 2025, Lexology Index: IP 2025 report- Trademarks Thought Leader, Trade Mark Star every year from 2022 to 2025 by IP STARS, WIPR Insights Trademarks Rankings 2024-2025 (China) Hall of Fame in both Contentious field and Non-Contentious field, Top 100 IP Experts (China) every year from 2021 to 2025 by Asia IP and Thought Leader (individuals who have performed especially well, around 25-30% of listed practitioners) on Trademarks in China by Who's Who Legal every Year from 2009 to 2024.

Professional Memberships

 Vice President of China Trademark Association

 National Advisory Expert for Overseas Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution (December 2022-November 2025）

 Expert of the Overseas Rights Protection Expert Database by the Ministry of Commerce

 Director of Litigation Committee of Beijing Trademark Association

 Co-Chair of China Global Advisory Council of International Trademark Association (2020-2021)

 Chief Expert of China Fashion Intellectual Property Protection Center

Languages Spoken

English, Mandarin

Industry Sector Expertise

Representative cases:

 Representative of Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), won a trademark infringement against a local enterprise of Costa Rica, and successfully cancelled the trademark registration

 Representative of DuPont, initiated a lawsuit against a cyber-squatting company, and won the case, and obtained the first well-known trademark decided by the court in China

 Representative of DuPont, defended a trademark infringement lawsuit initiated by a Chinese enterprise, and cancelled the plaintiff' s trademark

 Representative of Bayer, initiated a trade name infringement and unfair competition against a company from Zhejiang, and won the lawsuit, which was selected as “Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases” of Zhejiang

 Representative of Wrigley, initiated a trademark infringement and unfair competition against a company in Tianjin, and won the lawsuit, which was selected as “Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases” of Tianjin

 Representative of Marriott Corporation, initiated a trademark infringement and unfair competition against a company from Jiangsu, and won the lawsuit

 Representative of Twenty-First Century Fox and James Cameron, defended a copyright infringement lawsuit initiated by a Chinese citizen, and won the lawsuit

 Representative of Iris Ohyama Group, initiated a trademark infringement against a Chinese enterprise, and won the lawsuit, which was supported by the supreme court

Experience

Selected Seminars & Events:

 2025.5 "China Case Law Update"---2025 Annual Meeting hosted by the International Trademark Association (INTA)

 2024.5 "China Case Law Update"---2024 Annual Meeting hosted by the International Trademark Association (INTA)

 2023.11 "Exploring Strategies for Chinese Small and Medium-sized E-commerce Enterprises in Cross-border E-commerce Intellectual Property Protection"---2023 Symposium on China-U.S. Intellectual Property Practice hosted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the US Bar-CNIPA Liaison Council

 2023.9 "Fashion Intellectual Property Judicial Protection Path And Rights Protection Practice"---2023 China Fashion IP Conference hosted by the China Trademark Association, the China Fashion Association and China Fashion IP Protection Center

 2023.5 "China Case Law Update"---2023 Annual Meeting hosted by the International Trademark Association (INTA)

 2023.3 "Background and Article Analysis of Special Amendments to the Trademark Law and Related Departmental Regulations" (Simultaneous Interpretation) （「商標法の特別改正及び関連部門規定改訂の背景と条文分析」（逐次通訳））---"International Intellectual Property System Infrastructure Project: Latest Developments in the Amendment of Chinese Trademark Law" （各国における知的財産制度基盤整備事業「中国改正商標法の最新事情」） hosted by the Japan Patent Office and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

Education