Intellectual Property

Hengtai's intellectual property team can provide full-range legal services to our clients. We have been licensed by the China National Intellectual Property Administration for the patent agency business and trademark agency business, and have been licensed to operate in the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Voucher Platform. Hengtai's partners, associates, patent agents and trademark agents come from well-known law schools at home and abroad, and some of our lawyers have obtained both the lawyer's license and the patent agent's license. Our lawyers have an interdisciplinary professional background of both technology and law, have long been engaged in the cutting-edge issues of the relevant sectors, can fully understand the knowledge of the relevant sectors, and can therefore provide our clients with appropriate legal solutions.

We have advised and are advising foreign and domestic enterprises in various sectors, including software, data applications, semiconductors and information technology, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), smart appliances, retail chains, pharmaceuticals and biology, tourism and convention, television and entertainment, culture and art, education and sports, dairy products, finance, real estate, and modern manufacturing including new materials manufacturing, shipbuilding and railway transportation equipment manufacturing.

We serve our clients based on team efforts and appoint experienced lawyers for our clients as per their expertise. Partners will be involved throughout the process for important projects and complex dispute resolution. This is one of the significant reasons that we can provide high quality services to our clients and receive good feedback from our clients.

Our services include

Trademarks

Consulting services for trademark strategy and protection

Trademark search and risk screening

Trademark registration, license, assignment, and modification

Trademark opposition, reexamination, invalidation, and cancellation

Trademark infringement investigation and right safeguarding via administrative and judicial approaches

Handling trademark-related civil and commercial disputes

Copyrights

Registration of works, software and license, transaction thereto

Consulting services for and management of copyright risks in the development and operation of games, films and TV and other entertainment projects

Handling copyright-related civil and commercial disputes

Patents

Patent infringement litigation and responses

Patent search, Freedom to Operate (FTO) analysis, risk analysis of new products launching and overseas exhibition

Patent application, reexamination, and invalidation

Patent administrative litigation

Anti-unfair Competition

Competition law protection in respect of trade names, product packages, service decorations, domain names and other business logos

Management and protection of trade secrets

Protection of property rights in data

Handling disputes arising from unfair competition

IP Protection

Crackdown on counterfeiting and protection of trademarks and copyrights (via civil, administrative, and criminal charges)

Representing our clients in civil and commercial litigations related to patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, antitrust, technology contract, etc.

IP Operation, Investment and Financing

Conducting due diligence and preparing transaction documents

Risk identification, license, transaction, technologies, import and export of projects

Entrustment and cooperative development

Assisting in determining the satisfaction of requirements for being a STAR Market enterprise, identifying key personnel, confirming R&D investment and other IP matters concerning listing

Legal Counsel Service

Consulting services for intellectual property risk screening, identifying, and defusing intellectual property compliance risk for clients

Developing intellectual property strategy for clients, and utilizing and managing intellectual property

Assisting clients in obtaining credentials such as technology innovation and brand honor