CMS
Firm overview:
Global full-service firm CMS has offices in Beijing and Shanghai, from which it provides comprehensive advice on a range of legal matters including IP, commercial and employment law and dispute resolution. The team has a deep knowledge of China’s regulatory systems and culture, enabling it to give its Western clients incisive counsel on their brand protection in the country.
Trademark specialists at the firm take an industry-specific approach, focusing on key sectors such as life sciences, automotive, consumer products and TMC. The team has the capacity to guide brands involved in disputes through the entire litigation process, in courts in China and beyond.
Team overview:
IP partner Jonathan Chu heads up the firm’s Beijing office. Chu has a wide-ranging IP practice, covering transactions, the worldwide prosecution of IP rights, litigation and enforcement strategies in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Notable representations include advising China’s leading online search engine in a trademark and passing off dispute in Hong Kong, and advising a global hospitality company on a multi-jurisdictional trademark infringement and passing off dispute.
