On April 16, 2025, renowned legal media Asian Legal Business (ALB) announced the nominees for the ALB China Law Awards 2025. Long An Law Firm was nominated for the “China Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year”, in recognition of its outstanding market performance and highly acclaimed client service in the field of intellectual property. 年度知识产权律师事务所大奖 – 中国组 Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – China 隆安律师事务所 LongAn Law Firm

To celebrate the World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, the China Trademark Association (CTA) held the “2024 Annual Report Launch and Exchange Meeting on Frontier Issues in Trademark Law” in Beijing on April 17, 2025. Since the establishment of the task force, more than 40 specialized studies have been completed in 2024. At the event, the CTA announced the winners of the “2024 Annual Research Achievement Awards of the Frontier Issues in Trademark Law Research Group” and held an on-site award ceremony. Lawyer Chengyan (Alice) Zhao attended the meeting on behalf of Long An Law Firm. Research projects contributed by Long An lawyers Cindy Xianzhi Quan, Qi Zhang, Jianjun Fu, Jing Yu, Chengyan (Alice) Zhao, Yan Zhang, Jiafen Xie, and Kuiliang Chen received Second Prize, Third Prize, and Ho...

The list of “50 Intellectual Property Lawyers Under the Age of 50 in China in 2024” (U50) was recently unveiled. Attorney Chengyan (Alice) ZHAO, senior counsel at Beijing Long An Law Firm, was successfully included in the list with her outstanding achievements in the field of intellectual property. The U50 list, co-hosted by IPR Daily and the China Strategy Institute for Intellectual Property, aims to recognize and highlight exemplary IP lawyers and advance the professionalization and specialization of IP industry. Since its launch in 2023, the program has gained widespread attention and acclaim in the industry. This year’s rigorous selection process included initial registration and evaluation, expert reviews, and final committee verification, culminating in the selection of 50 lawyers wh...

[LongAn Bulletin] On-Site Judgment: LongAn Assists PUMA SE in Winning a Trademark Invalidity Action at the Beijing Intellectual Property Court’s Circuit Trial This year, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court’s “Legal Protection of Innovation” Circuit Court held a circuit trial at the Beijing China-Germany Industrial Park. The circuit court selected the trademark invalidation administrative dispute case involving the well-known trademark “PUMA” of PUMA SE, represented by lawyers Chengyan (Alice) ZHAO and Kuiliang CHEN of LongAn IP Team led by Cindy Xianzhi QUAN, for public hearing. And the on-site judgment was made on December 23, 2024. All parties involved provided extensive arguments on whether the “PUMA” trademark should be considered a well-known trademark, and the issue of cross-clas...

On April 18, 2024, the “2024 Global Networking Event” organized by the Women in IP Law Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) was successfully held worldwide. With the theme of “Cultivating Leaders”, the event aimed to help nurture and cultivate future leaders in the profession and further promote the communication and cooperation among women in the global intellectual property field. As the co-chair of the event, Cindy Quan, Senior Partner of Long An Law Firm, successfully organized and moderated this year’s networking event. At the opening ceremony, Quan delivered a welcoming speech, expressing a warm welcome to participants from all over the world and extending her best wishes for the event’s success. The event covered participation from nearly 50 cities...

From May 18 to 22, 2024, the 146th Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) was held grandly in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. As one of the most influential intellectual property events in the world, this year’s conference was held under the theme of “the Business of Innovative”, focusing on the profound impact of creativity, transformation, and technology on intellectual property business models. This year’s event featured two main sections on Intellectual Property and Innovation and Business, as well as 350 roundtable meetings, attracting over 9,650 intellectual property professionals, business leaders, brand owners, and government officials from more than 130 countries and regions to discuss the industry’s hot topics and the latest trends. As an exhibitor, Long An sent ...

On May 20, 2024, the internationally renowned legal media, Asian Legal Business (ALB), announced the 2024 “ALB China Intellectual Property Rankings”. The 2024 ALB China Intellectual Property Rankings consist of two sections: Patents and Trademarks/Copyrights. The patent section is categorized into five levels, while the trademark/copyright section is divided into four levels. Long An Law Firm has been honored as a second-tier law firm in both Patent and Trademark/Copyright with its outstanding professional capabilities and service quality in the field of intellectual property. This is the ninth consecutive year for Long An Law Firm since it was first selected in 2016,. and the award once again highlight Longan Law Firm’s extraordinary strength and profound expertise in the field of intelle...

The “16th Annual Chempharma International Summit-Asia” was held in Beijing City on May 24~25, 2024, Mr. LIU Dongfang, the senior partner of Beijing Longan Law Firm was invited to attend the Summit and made a speech titled “Construction of Patent Barriers during 505b2 Drug Registration”.

On April 22, the Supreme People’s Court held a press conference to report the overall situation of judicial protection of intellectual property rights across national courts in 2023, the collection and selection activity of public service short films on intellectual property protection, and announced the top ten intellectual property cases and fifty typical intellectual property cases in Chinese courts for 2023. The case concerning the “Facial Recognition” invention patent confirmation, represented by attorneys Cindy Xianzhi Quan, Jianjun Fu, Wei Wang, and Xiaojun Zheng from Long An Law Firm, was selected as one of the “Top Ten Intellectual Property Cases of 2023” by the Chinese courts. The Attorneys: Case on “Facial Recognition” Invention Patent Confirmation [Summary] Beijing Zhong XX Tec...

Recently, the China Trademark Association organized a rigorous evaluation by 12 senior experts in the industry to select 47 research results submitted by 38 trademark research groups. On April 17, 2024, the “2023 Research Achievement Awards of Trademark Law Frontier Issues Research Group” were announced. Seven lawyers from Long An Law Firm, including Cindy Xianzhi Quan, Jianjun Fu, Chengyan Alice Zhao, Yan Zhang, Jiafen Xie, and Kuiliang Chen, and Qi Zhang were awarded the second prize, the third prize, and the honorable mention prizes of this selection. The research achievements in which Longan lawyers participated and won awards include: Second Prize in “Research Report on Trademarks Containing Geographical Names (other than Geographical Indications)” Third Prize in “Research on Trademar...