Tao Zeng

Intellectual Property (covering trademarks, unfair competition, domain names, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, etc.)

Anti-monopoly and Anti-unfair Competition

International Business

Litigation Services: Agency and dispute resolution of major and complex intellectual property cases; intellectual property investigation and protection scheme design; provision of multi-dimensional civil, criminal and administrative solutions

Non-litigation Services: Customs and trade compliance legal services (including customs intellectual property protection and customs valuation); IP-related film and television media investment and financing business (including pledge financing of patents and trademarks); IP-related data security and privacy protection business; intellectual property securitization business

Currently serves as Convener of the Executive Committee, Managing Partner, Director of the Intellectual Property Professional Committee, and Deputy Director of the Criminal Professional Committee of Shanghai Hansheng Law Firm; holds the title of Second-Class Senior Lawyer.

Has been engaged in foreign-related intellectual property legal services for more than 15 years, successively practicing in Beijing Dacheng (Shanghai) Law Firm and Shanghai Hansheng Law Firm.

Led the team to handle hundreds of major domestic and foreign intellectual property civil, criminal and administrative litigation cases, with clients including Fortune 500 companies and well-known domestic listed companies (such as NIKE, CONVERSE, UNILEVER, SCHNEIDER, VALEO, SC JOHNSON, BOSCH, STIHL, MANN, HELLA, OSRAM, REXROTH, DOWCORNING, ENERGIZER, PILSA, COMMSCOPE, PUMA, WEICHAI, SHUNFENG, etc.).

Many of the hosted cases were heard in the Supreme People's Court as major and complex cases, and the agent cases have been repeatedly selected into the Top 10 Annual Typical Intellectual Property Cases of Higher People's Courts in various regions and the Top 10 Annual Cases of the Quality Brand Protection Committee of the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment.

The technical secret case hosted on behalf of international intellectual property rights holders was reported by the authoritative media People's Daily, helping rights holders recover hundreds of millions of yuan in economic losses.

Member of the research group of the Supreme People's Procuratorate's project "Legislative Mechanism and Practical Research on the Connection of Criminal and Civil Intellectual Property".

Serves as Guest Professor at the Law School of Shanghai Maritime University, Guest Professor at the Law School of Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, and Off-Campus Tutor for Master of Laws at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law.

Member of the Intellectual Property Professional Committee of the Shanghai Lawyers Association

Director of the Alumni Association of East China University of Political Science and Law

Convener of the Executive Committee of Shanghai Hansheng Law Firm (equivalent to the firm's director)

Senior Partner of Shanghai Hansheng Law Firm

Director of the Intellectual Property Professional Committee of Shanghai Hansheng Law Firm

Deputy Director of the Criminal Professional Committee of Shanghai Hansheng Law Firm

Guest Professor at the Law School of Shanghai Maritime University

Guest Professor at the Law School of Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance

Off-Campus Tutor for Master of Laws at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law

East China University of Political Science and Law

Doctor of Laws

Xiamen University

Master of Laws

Top 15 in Intellectual Property Field

Legal One

2024

ALB China Top 15 IP Lawyers

ALB

2024