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Overview Recently, the Supreme People’s Court rendered a rehearing judgment in the administrative dispute over the trademark non-use cancellation review between Qingdao ThundeRobot Technology Co., Ltd. (“ThundeRobot”) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) and Mr. Di XIAO. Beijing Long An legal team, comprising attorneys Yanxiong ZHAO, Shaoping CHEN, Ziheng CHEN, Ai XU, Kege MAO, and Mina CHEN, represented ThundeRobot and successfully overturned the unfavorable court ruling, safeguarding the client’s core trademark rights. This favorable outcome showcases Long An’s robust capabilities in the field of intellectual property and provides valuable reference for similar cases. Case Background This case centered on the administrative review of the cancellation of T...

On May 5, 2022, Asian Legal Business (ALB), an international legal media under Thomson Reuters, announced the shortlist for the ALB China Law Awards 2022. Due to its preeminent performance, powerful teamwork and high-quality legal services in various professional fields, Long An Law Firm has been selected as a finalist for the following two prestigious ALB China Law Awards 2022: ALB is a well-known legal magazine owned by Thomson Reuters, as well as one of the most influential legal media in the world. The ALB China Law Awards recognize top deals of the year and exceptional contributions from private practitioners and in-house counsels in China. In this year, ALB China Law Awards have attracted more than 1,400 nominations from over 200 law firms and in-house counsels, involving more than 4...

Long An Law Firm has recently assisted Shaoxing Shangyu Area State-owned Capital Investment Management Co., Ltd. and Honghe Development Group Co., Ltd. to successfully issue overseas US dollar bonds. The $500 million overseas bonds of Shaoxing Shangyu Area State-owned Capital Investment Management Co., Ltd. Shaoxing Shangyu Area State-owned Capital Investment Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Shangyu State-owned Company”) successfully issued fixed-price overseas bonds of $300 million with maturity for 3-year ( with interest rate of 2.95%) and $200 million with maturity for 5-year (with interest rate of 3.55%) on March 9, 2021. The $200 million bond issued this time is the only 5-year US dollar bond of the same type in China in the past three years. And the $300 million bond...

On September 21, “The American Lawyer” released the “2020 Global 200/100 ” series ranking, and Long An ranked 32nd in the Global Lawyers List and 11st in the Asia-Pacific Region Lawyers List. According to the “The American Lawyer” survey statistics, before the outbreak of the epidemic in 2019, the law firm expanded very rapidly. The total number of lawyers in Global 200 reached 231,558 last year, an increase of 8% over 2018. There are 70 law firms with more than 1,000 lawyers. Focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, the 50 largest law firms in the region have 73,373 lawyers worldwide, an increase of 22% over 2018. Founded in 1992, Long An Law Firm is one of the earliest partnership law firms in China. After 28 years of development, Long An has become a comprehensive law firm with offices in 2...

Recently, Beijing Long An law firm successfully assisted Beijing Culture Investment Development Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “BCI”) to apply for the registration amount of 5 billion yuan and issue the first phase medium-term notes of 2020 with the amount of 1 billion yuan, which was approved by National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors. CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. acted as the lead underwriter of this issuance, Long An Beijing General Office acted as the lawyer of the issuer, and Zhao Tianbo and Liu Hong, partners, formed a legal advisory team to provide full legal services for this project.BCI is a wholly state-owned company established by Beijing municipal government. It is the first cultural investment enterprise in China to obtain the international ...

On April 8, 2020, China Business Law Journal published the list of China Business Law Awards 2020. With comprehensive strength and outstanding performance in relevant areas of legal practice, Long An Law Firm is listed as a top domestic firm for intellectual property (copyright) and intellectual property (patent). （The Intellectual Property Department of Long An） 【Long’An Intellectual Property Team】 Long An has an intellectual property team with outstanding strength and performance, and more than 150 professionals, including more than 54 full-time lawyers, 43 patent and trademark agents. The department brings together many talents, including intellectual property experts of the Supreme Court, former judges, former prosecutors, former examiners, arbitrators, judicial appraisers, etc, who ca...

On February 13, the “China Business Law Journal” announced outstanding transactions and cases related to China in 2019, commending the hard work and sweat of lawyers. The bankruptcy reorganization project of Yanglu Highway participated by Long An Law Firm topped the list of deals of the year in China. In August 2010, the construction of Yanglu Highway, the first Highway project invested by foreign companies in Guangxi, was officially started. Due to the broken capital chain of the investor, the project was shut down at the end of 2013. China Merchants Bank, the second largest creditor of the project company, specially entrusted Xiangdong Lai’s team from Long An Law Firm to apply to the Nanning Intermediate People’s Court for bankruptcy reorganization of Yanglu Company. On December 12, 2016...

On January 16, 2020, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 was released. For the first time in the list of Chinese law firms, Restructuring and Insolvency was listed as the selection field. Long An ranked in the list as Top 10 Restructuring and Insolvency Firm with excellent customer response and outstanding performance. In recent years, Long An has always attached great importance to the bankruptcy and reorganization service. Professor Wang Weiguo, a famous jurist and a member of the drafting group of the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the People’s Republic of China, serves as the director of the bankruptcy and reorganization Professional Committee, Lawyer Wang Dan, the director of the law firm, as the Executive deputy director, and lawyer Wu Jie, the senior partner, as the deputy director, leadi...

A few days ago, Liu, Xiaoming accepted the interview of The Lawyer, a UK magazine, he introduced the remarkable achievements and future development goals in recent years. Long An Law Firm is ranked 14th in the Top 50 Legal Firms in the Asia-Pacific Region listed by the magazine current issue (June 2013), which has 490 lawyers worldwide. Founded in London in 1987, The Lawyer is a subsidiary of Centaur media, a UK listed company. It has become one of The most well-known and time-honored professional publications in The legal industry in Europe. 长按识别二维码更多精彩

Recently, the Supreme People’s Court issued an administrative ruling to reject the application for retrial of the administrative dispute over the rejection of the application for register “Guan, Yu Brand and Figure” (No. 10175862) as a trademark. This ruling marked that seven years of legal actions in defence of rights of DaoHuaXiang Group, represented by the Wuhan offices, finally prevailed at the Supreme People’s Court. Guan, Gong, a/k/a Guan, Yu, was one of the great generals symbolizing loyalty and bravery in ancient China and was enshrined by many Chinese people. DaoHuaXiang Group as the top ten Chinese liquor industry group owns the class 33rd Guan, Gong series trademark. When the above referenced mark “Guan Yu Brand and Figure” was pending, DaoHuaXiang timely filed objection. This t...