Two cases represented by Long An were selected as “100 Typical Cases on the Fifth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Intellectual Property Court of the SPC” Recently, the State Council Information Office held a press conference and announced the “100 Typical Cases for the Fifth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC)”. Among them, two patent infringement cases involving the “Facial Recognition” and “Non-invasive Liver Disease Diagnostic Instrument”, which represented by Long An, were selected as typical cases in the field of outward opening services. The Attorneys： The selection signifies that Long An’s team of attorneys is highly recognized for its outstanding contributions in the field of intellectual property. In the f...

Four cases represented by Long An were selected into the Summary of Judgments of Intellectual Property Court of the SPC (2023) In order to centrally display the judicial concepts, trial ideas and judgment methods of the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) in technology-based intellectual property and monopoly cases, the Intellectual Property Court of the SPC selected 96 cases out of the 4562 cases concluded in 2023 and distilled 104 main points to form The summary of Judgments of the Intellectual Property Court of the SPC (2023). Among them, Articles 2, 3, 76, and 79 are based on four cases represented by Long An involving the invention patent invalidation Administrative Litigations with case No. (2021) SPC Zhi Xing Zhong 556, 581, and 738, as well as the allege...

Long An Law Firm Was Selected for the “Brands Guide to Law Firms of Excellence (2023)” by Legal Vision and Won Four Major Awards On March 2, 2024, under the guidance of the China Legal Exchange Foundation, Legal Vision hosted the “To the Pursuers of Light” Second Legal Service Industry Brand Development Forum and Legal Vision 2023 Annual Brand Ceremony in Shanghai, and the “Brands Guide to Law Firms of Excellence (2023)” was released. Long An Law Firm was selected for the “Brands Guide to Law Firms of Excellence (2023)”, and was honored with four awards, namely, “Top 100 Law Firms with Excellent Brand Influence in 2023”, “Innovative Brand Law Firms in 2023”, “Outstanding Social Responsibility Brand Law Firm in 2023” and “Excellent Employer Brand Law Firm in 2023”. It is understood that, ba...

Lawyer Chengyan Alice Zhao from Long An Law Firm has been honored to serve as a member of the Brand Protection Professional Committee of the China Brand Construction Promotion Association On January 4, 2024, the first “Brand and Credit” Seminar and the unveiling ceremony of the Brand Protection Professional Committee of the China Brand Construction Promotion Association were held at the Beijing Jingyi Hotel. This event was jointly organized by the China Brand Construction Promotion Association and China University of Political Science and Law (CUPSL). It was co-hosted by the Brand Protection Professional Committee of the China Brand Construction Promotion Association and the Intellectual Property Credit Professional Committee of the Beijing Credit Society. Additionally, the event received ...

Puma Receives First Administrative Judgment on the Invalidation of Design Patents Infringing Its Trademark Rights Over the past two years, Puma Se (“Puma”) has filed quite a lot requests for invalidation of design patents that infringe on its prior trademark rights. Most of these requests have received support from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), and most design patent holders have complied with the decisions of the CNIPA without further litigation. However, Do-win Sports Goods Co., Ltd. (“Do-win”) disagreed with the CNIPA’s decision to invalidate its design patent and initiated a lawsuit with the Beijing Intellectual Property Court. The disputed design patent features a symbol on the side of sports shoes that is similar to Puma’s form strip device mark. In...

The Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents will come into effect and be implemented in China on November 7, 2023 On March 8, 2023, China joined the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”). The Convention will come into effect and be implemented in China on November 7, 2023. The Convention, operating under the framework of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, is the most widely applicable and heavily ratified international treaty with the aim of simplifying the process of cross-border circulation of public documents. As of November 7, 2023, public documents sent from China to other contracting states of the Convention will only require Apostilles...

The “2023 Forum on Production, Research, and Sales of Modified New Drugs and High Level Generic Drugs ” was held in Beijing City on November 24~25, 2023, Mr. LIU Dongfang, the senior partner of Beijing Longan Law Firm, was invited to attend the Forum and made a speech titled “The difficulties and strategies of patent layouts of modified new drugs “.

The “Medical Compliance and Sustainable Development Forum ” was held in Beijing City on September 24, 2023, Mr. LIU Dongfang, the senior partner of Beijing Longan Law Firm was invited to attend the Forum and made a speech titled “Compliant sales of prescription drugs”.

The “2023 Beijing Enterprise Overseas Intellectual Property Early Warning Project Industry Early Warning Project Expert Review Meeting” was held in Beijing City on September 9,2023, hosted by Beijing Intellectual Property Office, Mr. LIU Dongfang, the senior partner of Beijing Longan Law Firm, was invited to attend the “2023 Beijing Enterprise Overseas Intellectual Property Early Warning Project Industry Early Warning Project Expert Review Meeting” and attended the project reviews as an expert.

The “23rd China Investment Promotion Trade Fair” was held in Xiamen City on September 9,2023, hosted by the Investment Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce of China, organized by the Korea Office of the Investment Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, and Xiamen Haicang Biomedical Industrial Park; co-organized by China-ROK Trade and Investment Platform. Mr. LIU Dongfang, the senior partner of Beijing Longan Law Firm, was invited to attend the Fair and made a presentation titled “IP Legal Protection issues in pharmaceutical and biological field“, and shared his views on the drugs & medical devices and patent links system etc..