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Fangda Partners
24/F, HKRI CENTRE TWO, HKRI TAIKOO HUI
288 SHI MEN YI ROAD
SHANGHAI 200041
China
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Position

Partner

Career

Mr. James hu specializes in dispute resolution, particularly in litigation and arbitration regarding intellectual property, antitrust, comptition, and commercial transaction.
Mr. Hu joined Fangda in year 2000. Prior to joining Fangda, Mr. Hu had worked in a Shanghai court for years. With over 28 years experiences in dealing with complex and high-profile litigations and arbitrations involving patent, copyright, trademark, antirust, unfair competition and commercial transaction, Mr. Hu has advised numerous multi-national and domestic clients and has been highly recognized. Among others, one of Mr. Hu’s representative cases involving SEP (standard essential patent) antitrust and FRAND rate-setting litigations, InterDigital v. Huawei, was listed in the Annual Top 10 IP Cases by the PRC Supreme Court. As the first-ever SEP licensing rate-setting lawsuit in China, this case received high attention and was studied and cited in many other FRAND cases worldwide.

Languages

English,Chinese

Memberships

Admitted to practice in the PRC

Education

Fudan University Law School, L.L.M.

East China University of Politics and Laws, L.L.B.

Lawyer Rankings

China > Intellectual property: PRC firms

Fangda Partners largely assists multinational clients with complex litigation cases in China before provincial High Courts and the Supreme People’s Court. The team is well-versed in a range of IP issues including patent and trade mark infringement, copyright litigation, unfair competition and trade secret issues. Clients of the firm come from a variety of sectors, from technology, gaming and e-commerce to telecoms, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing. The team has been particularly active in anti-unfair competition and anti-monopoly cases recently. IP trial lawyer and antitrust specialist Alexandra Yang co-leads the team from Beijing alongside Shanghai-based James Hu. Hu handles patent, copyright and trade mark litigations, while Beijing-based Fang Qi assists electronics, telecoms and pharma clients with complex IP cases. Over in Shanghai, Tingting Liao is an expert in patent infringement cases and Muran Sun specialises in patent and trade secret litigation. Associates Christine Dong and Lin Qin are noted for their knowledge in contentious IP matters from Beijing and Shanghai, respectively.