Capital Markets
China
14 August 2025
Merits & Tree Law Offices is geared to support on unfair competition, trade secret, trade mark, copyright,patent and competitive interests matters. The well-experienced team is home to three former judges, patent examiners and one former patent re-examiner.; it is spearheaded by Lihui Zhao from the Beijing office, excelling in civil patent infringement, invalidation and unfair competition matters. Wei Deng is reputed for complex litigation, particularly in patent and technical trade secret cases.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'Lihui Zhao's team is authoritative, efficient, and experienced in the field of intellectual property, and is worth recommending. ’
'Lihui Zhao's team can efficiently resolve intellectual property disputes from a business perspective. ’
'The team are enthusiastic and professional, with the ability to coordinate lawyers from different backgrounds to solve problems together. They avoid the need for clients to consult different lawyers multiple times.'
'The team are highly professional, enthusiastic, and has a sense of responsibility. ’
'Excellent team, professional business, efficient work.'
Key clients
- Taikang Insurance Group Inc.
- Beijing Douyin Information Service Co., Ltd.
- MIGU Video Co., Ltd.
- Xiaofangping (Beijing) Liquor Co., Ltd.
- Zhongnanhong Culture Group Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical(Group)Co., Ltd.
- Visual China Group Co., Ltd.
- GREE Electric Appliances, Inc.
- Shanghai Fleetguard Filter Co., Ltd.
- Breas Medical Technology Co., Ltd
- China Resources Pharmaceutical Group Limited
- Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc.
Work highlights
Representing Zhongnanhong Culture Group, etc. and Pokémon Co., Ltd. in copyright infringement and unfair competition disputes.
Acting in a case of Administrative Litigation on the invalidation declaration of the "Xiaofangping" trade mark.
Representing Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai against Fuyuan Jingying in a patent infringement case.
Practice head
Lihui Zhao
Other key lawyers
Wei Deng; Jing He; Qinlan Zhao