Zhongbo (Aaron) Zhang

Zhongbo(Aaron) Zhang, an attorney-at-law as well as a patent attorney, specializes in intellectual property disputes resolution with over 15 years of experience in representing multinational as well as domestic clients in intellectual property dispute resolution, proscution and invalidation, ranging from court review of administrative decisions for conferring of patents and trademarks to civil litigations before the courts from district lever to supreme level concerning patent, trademark, copyright (including software), domain name, anti-trust and unfair competition disputes and other IP related legal affairs.

Zhongbo(Aaron) Zhang is also experienced in representing clients in trade secret disputes in various industries, including but not limited to mechanical and engineering, chemical, biological, electrical, software, semiconductors and so on.

Zhongbo(Aaron) Zhang’s operations also cover non-litigation matters involving intellectual property rights, privacy/data protection and compliance, commercial litigation and arbitration.

Attorney Aaron (Zhongbo) ZHANG is the managing partner of the Shanghai office and head of the intellectual property department at SGLA Law Firm (“SGLA”) . With 17 years of practicing, he has handled a significant number of IP litigation cases and non-litigation matters, covering various fields such as patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, etc. He is one of the few lawyers capable of providing comprehensive legal solutions for IP matters.

Attorney ZHANG has handled numerous large-scale international IP disputes. With his extensive practical experience, he can combine legal procedures and regulations from different jurisdictions to put forward practical solutions, and his annual business income from handling foreign-related IP disputes accounted for about 55%.

Attorney Aaron (Zhongbo) ZHANG has qualifications as a Chinese lawyer and patent agent,he was also appointed as an Intellectual Property Research Committee of Shanghai Bar Association,and an Invited Mediator of Shanghai Pudong New Area Professional People's Mediation Center.In 2022, attorney ZHANG was appointed as a specialist consultant for overseas IP disputes by the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration.

Senior Partner , SGLA Law Firm Shanghai Office