Tahota Law Firm
Firm overview:
Tahota has scaled up rapidly since its inception in 2000, and is now a major legal force in China and beyond with more than 5,000 employees. The firm has served thousands of domestic and international clients in a wide range of industries. Intellectual property sits within a comprehensive portfolio of legal services, including real estate and construction, corporate, and banking and finance.
Tahota is equally strong in court situations as it is in non-litigation IP business, and it is favoured by both Chinese and foreign businesses for advice and representation. The firm was one of the first to obtain the qualification to be a patent and trademark agency, and has since handled a number of complex and significant trademark cases.
Team overview:
Senior partner and director of the international business department Charles (Chao) Feng is an expert on IP and data law. Feng is an experienced litigator who has represented clients from the US, EU, Japan, UK, Korea and ASEAN countries in China, and is also a go-to contact for transactional IP matters.
Beijing partner Xiao Yuexin comes recommended by a peer for trademark matters in China. A seasoned litigator, Xiao has represented clients including Gucci, Bose, Toyota, China National Petroleum Corporation, Sina, China Express Airlines, and Bentley Motors.
Key matters:
- Trademark infringement and unfair competition case
A Tahota team, led by Wang Shiying and Liao Huaixue, represented a well-known nutrition and health product company in South Korea. An investigation revealed that a grocery store in Shandong had sold products that infringed the client’s trademark rights, and scratched the traceability codes of the products to make them unidentifiable.
The court of second instance found that the grocery store’s behaviour amounted to unfair competition.
