Spring Chang

Practice Areas

IP Prosecution

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Corporate Law

IP Commercial

Career

Founding Partner, Chang Tsi & Partners, Beijing, China

Partner, Globe-Law Law Firm, Beijing, China

Visiting Attorney, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Attorney at Law, Patent and Trademark Firm of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade

Agent, State Planning Committee, General Office

Professional Memberships

INTA (Member of Famous and Well-Known Marks Committee)

AIPLA

AIPPI

Marques (Teams Member, 2019-2021)

Practising Law Institute (Guest Lecturer, 2021)

Publications

How Rising Filing Rates are Challenging Protection -CHINA IP FOCUS 2014;

Protecting Your Brand Under the New Rules -China Law & Practice IP Focus 2014.

The First Domain Name Dispute Case in China, Running to Catch Up (Hong Kong) -IP ASIA;

Trademark Protection - Asia Law & Practice

Protecting Intellectual Property Rights at Exhibitions-IP Review 2006;

Protect Your Trademark From Genericide - Asian Legal Business;

Trademark Protection - Asia Law & Practice

Personal

Named the World's Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer by Chambers & Partners, Spring Chang has advised and represented numerous world's leading firms in a wide array of business sectors such as electronics, consumer, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, apparel, and jewelry.

Thanks to her creative approach and high efficiency in over two decades of practice, Spring has earned an international reputation and many publications appreciate her "great judgment" and "wealth of experience in serving well-known multinationals".

Spring has been widely recognized as one of the most influential IP lawyers in China by leading legal media as she always provides clients with tailored legal solutions in a rapidly changing Chinese market. She has been also invited by renowned legal associations and institutions worldwide to share her extensive knowhows in trademark and design patent law.

Work Highlights

Participated in discussions on intellectual property protection strategies for numerous top 500 domestic and international enterprises, providing strategic and complete solutions for trademark and patent layout and protection for these clients on a global scale. Provided comprehensive, multi-level, and one-stop legal services for clients in the fields of intellectual property rights confirmation, protection, and commercial operation.

Provided a global patent protection strategy for numerous domestic and foreign clients, including rights confirmation, protection, and licensing and transfer of patents; also conducted due diligence on patents for investment and mergers and acquisitions in China by many foreign enterprises, including ITW, a Fortune 500 company, and Kohler Corporation in the United States. In the case of Kohler's acquisition of intellectual property rights of a Chinese high-tech enterprise, Chang conducted a risk analysis of the existing patent rights of the acquired party and reduced the acquisition costs of Kohler Company by 60%.

Represented Tiffany & Co. since 2002 and filed large numbers of applications, oppositions, and declarations of invalidity. Recently, Chang helped Tiffany & Co. gain well-known status for its trademark, enabling Tiffany & Co. to strengthen and protect its brand from various infringers.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

China Bar (1992)

Awards

Languages Spoken

Chinese

English

Education