Hongbin Zhang

Partner

Attorney at Law / Patent Attorney

E-mail: hongbin.zhang@lexfieldlaw.com

Tel: +86 10 8572 8413

Emphasis

• Copyright, software, data & privacy and artist & celerity protection in the entertainment industry
• Standard Essential Patent (SEP) enforcement and licensing in the tele-communication industry;
• Litigation and investigation under anti-trust law in the entertainment industry, software and Standard Essential Patent in the tele-communication industry

Professional Highlights

Hongbin Zhang concentrates on IP litigation and non litigation legal service in the entertainment industry, including gaming, music, motion picture and on-line service platform. He advises Tencent, Tencent Music Group, ZiLong Gaming (a prominent gaming company in China and East Asia), YueWen Group (a TOP on line literature content provider in global Chinese community), Enlight Media (a TOP motion picture company in the global Chinese community) and Zulong Gaming (a HK-listed gaming innovation company)，and He provides legal services in their copyright, software, data& privacy and artist& celerity protection.

Hongbin Zhang also represents both foreign and domestic companies for their patent infringement litigations, especially focusing on the area of SEP in the tele-communication industry. He advises, as the leading litigator, Ericsson and Netgear for their litigations in China.

Hongbin Zhang advises prominent global clients on Antitrust issues in the entertainment industry, software and tele-communication industry. He advises Ericsson, Tencent and Tencent Music Group in this regard for litigations and investigations, as the leading litigator.

Representative Cases

• Advising both Tencent and Tencent Music Group for litigation and non-litigation service in copyright, data & privacy and artist & celerity protection;
• Advising Tencent Music Group on music-related anti-trust legal matters
• Represented Zilong Gaming, Inc, for multiple on-line gaming copyright infringement and licensing dispute litigations before Beijing IP Court and the Supreme Court.
• Represented Amazon for multiple copyright and trademark litigations before levels of the Chinese courts.
• Represented Ericsson for SEP FRAND and anti-trust litigations with TCL in courts of Shenzhen, Guangzhou and the Supreme Court of China.
• Representing Ericsson for SEP related anti-trust investigation initiated by the China competent authorities in charge of anti-trust administration.
• Represented Microsoft for copyright and patent disputes before the Supreme Court of China.
• Representing NetGear for SEP litigations in a local court, and the Supreme Court of China.
• Represented Rothys, Inc for enforcing patent and trademark before levels of the Chinese court.
• Representing 37. Gaming Group before the Supreme Court for the software and gaming dispute with Wemade Entertainment of South Korea.
• Advising Zulong Gaming, Inc, for on-line gaming and software overseas licensing.

Honors and Awards

2023 - 2025, recognized as a recommended lawyer in the field of intellectual property by Chambers and Partners for three consecutive years.

2022, selected as “China TOP 15 IP LAWYERS” by ALB China.

Education

Bachelor of Chemical Mechanics, Tianjin University （1998-2002）

Juris-Master, Law School of Tsinghua University （2002-2005）

LLM, Georgetown University Law Center（2014-2015）

Languages

Chinese, English