Dacheng‘s Intellectual Property practice excels in technology innovation-related patents, trademarks and copyrights cases and is a key port of call for TMT, sports and entertainment sector clients. Practice head Yuzhou Yang is based in Shanghai; his wide-ranging practice encompasses patents, trade secrets and trade mark infringement. Feng Liu has a particular focus on the pharmaceutical industry, handling unfair competition, trademark and brand name rights infringement. Shenzhen-based Dayong (Sunday) Sun has a background in mechatronics, electronics and IT law, frequently acting before the Supreme People’s Court. Weihua Li is well-versed in both contentious and non-contentious IP matters, advising on litigation, transactions and licensing in the culture and entertainment field. Suzhou-based Jing Wang is also a name to note, who is regularly instructed in copyright and trade mark disputes, representing clients in the media and entertainment industry predominantly, and Zhangwei Wang, who is highly experienced in trade secret infringement and trade mark disputes.
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Testimonials

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  • 'The team provides a high level of service that can help us solve very complex legal enforcement challenges, help us protect our company's business interests and gain a competitive advantage in the market through IP enforcement.'

  • 'Yuzhou Yang's team has a deep understanding of technical details and the operational practice of trade secret criminal and civil cases, and more importantly, can respond quickly and give effective strategic suggestions, formulate practical rights protection plans that meet our actual needs, and help us achieve good rights protection results.'
  • 'Yuzhou Yang's professionalism and service quality are highly commendable. He has rich experience in the field of trade secrets, which can not only effectively solve legal practice problems, but also combine the application of law with the business needs of clients, formulate the optimal legal protection strategy around the client's business objectives, and then achieve the rights protection goal well.'

  • 'The team has been with us for more than ten years and is very familiar with our business and common difficulties. Their team is very dedicated, responds to our questions very quickly and has a wide range of knowledge. The fact that we have been able to work with them for so many years shows that they are really good.’

  • 'Feng Liu stands out not only because he has a high social reputation, serving as the director of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Lawyers Association, but also as an excellent expert of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and- most importantly, because they have empathy and can treat our company's affairs as their own. Very efficient and pragmatic. ’

  • 'The team has strong professional ability, rich experience, a strong sense of responsibility, understands the customer's operating model and needs, and communicates with customers first.'

Work highlights

Represented Foreo (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. in an unfair competition dispute against Zhuojing Company and others valued at 1.5 million.
Acted on  an unfair competition dispute case between Shanghai XX Mobile Technology Co., Ltd. and Chongqing ChongXX Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Represented Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd. and SCLA to file a lawsuit against the defendant for copyright infringement and unfair competition, regarding the unauthorised use of the client's "Ultraman" IP by a certain themed coffee shop.

Practice head

Yuzhou Yang; Feng Liu; Weihua Li; Zhangwei Wang; Xianhui Wang; Dayong (Sunday) Sun; Yong Zhang; Jing Wang

Other key lawyers

Lin Qin; Weiwei Zhang; Xiangshan Kong