The “Oversea IP Protection in the Pharmaceutical Field Seminar” was held in Beijing City on August 17, 2023, hosted by the Beijing IP Public Service Center, and The Science & TechnologyInnovation Bureau of Beijing Economic technology Development Area; co-organized by Beijing Zhirui Overseas Intellectual Property Research Institute, Overseas Intellectual Property Rights Protection Service Liaison Station of Beijing Economic Development Zone, Tianjin Intellectual Property Protection Center,Hebei Intellectual Property Protection Center, and Tianjin Binhai New Area Of Intellectual Property Protection Center. Mr. LIU Dongfang, the Senior Partner of Longan Law Firm, and Expert of Beijing Overseas Intellectual Property Protection Assistance, was invited to attend the Seminar, and made a speech ti...

The Latest Issuances and Amendments of Laws and Regulations Related to Intellectual Property in China (Supplement 3) (April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2023) www.longanlaw.com 北京市建国门外大街21号北京国际俱乐部大厦8层 Floor 8, BIC Tower, 21 Jian Guo Men Wai Street, Beijing 100020, China Tel: 8610-88096573 Fax: 8610-88096923 E-mail: patent@longanlaw.com Introduction We have previously compiled the intellectual property regulations issued and amended from January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022 into the report of “The Latest Issuances and Amendments of Laws and Regulations Related to Intellectual Property in China” and its Supplement 1 & 2. Since then, legislatures at all levels in China have further amended the intellectual property laws and regulations, and issued 5 judicial interpretations of intellectual property laws ...

Recently, Beijing Lawyers Association announced the Foreign-related Lawyer Talent Pool List of Beijing Lawyers Association (2023), and the lawyer Chengyan Alice Zhao and lawyer Yan Zhang from Long An were honored to be selected after a rigorous selection process. It is reported that Beijing Lawyers Association expanded its talent pool of foreign-related lawyers in the aim of improving the standard and the international influence of foreign-related legal services of Beijing and cultivating highly qualified foreign-related lawyers who are well-versed in international rules and have a world vision and global perspective. After a citywide organization of declarations and rigorous evaluations, the Beijing Lawyers Association Foreign-Related Lawyer Talent Pool List (2023) was formulated, with a ...

Long An Ranked in the Ranking of Chinese Trademark Agencies for Global Enterprises by MOZLEN500 Recently, Mozlen, the leading AI search and management platform for trademarks, released the “MOZLEN500 Chinese Trademark Agencies for Global Enterprises Ranking”. Long An Law Firm, with its strong professional capabilities, excellent quality in legal service quality and great reputation earned over a long period of time, is on the List and became one of the 20 plus particularly recommended agencies in 2023. It is reported that the List is based on multiple dimensions such as trademark big data and comprehensive influence, and is intended to promote and display excellent Chinese foreign-related trademark agencies and their overall comprehensive business capabilities and levels. The award receive...

On May 22, 2023, the international legal media Asia Legal Business (ALB) owned by Thomson Reuters announced the “2023 ALB China Intellectual Property Rankings”. Long An Law Firm has been ranked in patent and trademark/copyright with its outstanding performance and high-quality services in the field of intellectual property rights. This year’s list is based on numerous market evaluation factors, including firm performance, interview results, quantity, complexity and scale of work performed, market share across Asia and in various jurisdictions, key personnel recruitment and growth of practice teams, main clients and new clients, popularity and status in regions where the firms are located, development status and development momentum compared with the same period last year, etc. After compre...

Recently, the China Trademark Association released the list of winners of the Gold Medal Model Firms for the Fourth Competition in Trademark Agency Services. Long An Law Firm won the distinguished award with its strong caliber and outstanding achievements. This award received by Long An reflects its superior professional capability and excellent performance in the field of trademarks. In the future, Long An will continue to work hard as ever to protect the interests of clients with high-quality services.

The China Intellectual Property Forum released the IP & Antitrust service capability ranking watch list 2022 recently. This ranking is based on the research project for Chinese intellectual property & Antitrust service capability established by the Power-Nation platform. The research project selects final lists of candidates of the IP teams and individuals who are most representative of the China domestic IP industry in 2022 through verifying influential cases published by the SPC, the Beijing High People’s Court and the CNIPA over the years, on the basis of the service capabilities and industry-wide influence of the law firms/agencies and lawyers/professionals representing the IP litigants/clients. Long An Law Firm won the Number One Place of the “Top 25 China Domestic IP & Antitrust Law ...

Liu Dongfang, a senior partner of Beijing Longan Law Firm, was appointed as an expert of overseas intellectual property rights protection in Beijing，by Beijing Intellectual Property Rights Protection Assistance Center and Beijing Branch of the National Overseas Intellectual Property Dispute Response Guidance Center，the term is 3 years.

Recently, Yan Zhang, a well-known lawyer in the intellectual property agency, joined Beijing Long An Law Firm, becoming a legal elite for the Long An IP team. Ms. Zhang was recognized as “Advanced Individual in the Implementation of National Intellectual Property Strategy” by the State Council Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on Implementation Work for the Intellectual Property Strategy in 2018 for her outstanding ability and active and progressive work style, who is the only candidate in the industry of intellectual property agency. Besides, she was also awarded the first “Excellent Individual in Trademark Agency Services” by the China Trademark Association. Ms. Zhang, LLM of both Peking University and Chicago-Kent College of Law, has provided high-quality trademark agency legal service...

Recently, Guangdong High Court publishes nine typical cases to promote core socialist values such as “justice and rule of law”, “acts of bravery”, “harmonious coexistence”, “mutual help and protection”, “civilized words and behaviors”, “dedication and trustworthiness”. Many common social issues are involved in them. For example, whether the driver should save the injured people at the accident black spot, does the guardianship can be changed when a guardian of a juvenile cannot afford to raise him, should an outsider that dies from putting out the fire get compensation, can we fire an employee who is dishonest when applying for the job. A dispute case of intellectual property contract between Cai and a jewelry company dealt by Mr. Xiaoning Li, a lawyer from Shenzhen Offices, is selected as...