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LexField and Attorneys Once Again Ranked Top in Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide
DATE:2018-05-18 FROM:LexFieldIn the latest Chambers and Partners 2018 Asia-Pacific Guide, LexField Law Offices topped the rankings for PRC Firm specializing in Intellectual Property: Litigation for the fourth time, in recognition of the firm's outstanding expertise, remarkable achievement and unrivaled client satisfaction. Meanwhile, senior partner Mr. Hongyi Jiang was ranked band 1 within this practice area, and senior partner Ms. Jan Liu also achieved the top ranking within in the field of Intellectual Property: Non-litigation.
Hongyi JIANG
As one of
China's premier patent attorneys, Mr. Jiang served with the Policy and
Legislation Division of the State Science and Technology Commission (former
Intellectual Property Rights Executive Conference Office of the State Council)
from 1993 to 1996. During that period, he participated in several rounds
of Sino-US intellectual property negotiations. He went on to found his private
practice in 1996 and has devoted most of his time to IP litigation- related
matters. Headed by Mr. Jiang, Lexfield's patent litigation team has handled
numerous high profile IP litigation cases, many of which have been selected by
the Supreme People's Court as the annual Top 10 Representative Cases, or 50
Representative Cases regarding Intellectual Property. Among several of these
cases, Mr. Jiang raised fresh perspectives regarding the application of patent
law which became new judicial standards and have since been incorporated into
the relevant judicial interpretations. Cases his team is currently handling
include: representing Qualcomm against Apple in a series of patent infringement
litigation cases within China, representing immersion against Apple regarding
patent infringement cases (this is the first IP-related case Beijing Municipal
High People's Court handed after lifting first instance jurisdiction right),
and representing Huawei against Samsung for partial patent infringement cases.
Jan LIU
Ms. Jan Liu has
practiced intellectual property law since 1988 and is widely recognized as one
of China's foremost trademark attorneys. Ms. Liu has successfully represented
many of the world's leading corporations in various trademark portfolio
management and contentious work as well as unfair competition matters. She has
successfully handled a large number of complicated trademark infringement
cases, domain name disputes, internet infringement cases and various unfair
competition cases. Among her more notable cases, she has successfully
represented several world-leading companies' efforts to have their trademarks
officially recognized as famous trademarks, subsequently strengthening their
legal security for a wide range of goods/services. She has also successfully
represented many leading companies in stopping trademark infringements and
unfair competition work.
As the most trustworthy and authoritative global reference for clients seeking top-tier legal services, Chambers & Partners annually undergoes a rigorous process of researching and evaluating a wide spectrum of law firms operating within the world's main jurisdictions, based on market performance and client feedback from the previous year, in order to select the leading law firms and lawyers in each of the main practice areas.
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