Particularly active in copyright and patent rights, East & Concord Partners is equipped to handle contentious and non-contentious patent, trade mark and copyright litigation, invalidation and licensing transactions.  The practice is jointly led from the Beijing office by Bing Guan  who has over two decades of experience and counsels domestic and foreign entertainment companies on contracts, copyright licensing and infringements, and Song Zhang who specialises in patent applications, re-examinations and invalidations in the electronics, communications and semiconductor fields.
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Key clients

  • Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
  • Music Copyright Society of China
  • Kingdee Software (China) Co. Ltd.​​
  • Panasonic Electric (China) Co. Ltd. Suzhou Branch
  • Hubei Daily Media Group Co., Ltd.
  • Ashizawa Finetech Ltd.
  • Wuhan Hiku Culture Media Co., Ltd.
  • Wuhan Kelan Jinli Building Materials Co., Ltd.
  • FUJIFILM Corporation
  • Chinese basketball association
  • China United Insurance Group Company Limited​
  • Shandong Shan Gao Basketball Club Co., Ltd.

Work highlights

Represented China National Pharmaceutical Group in a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit.
Represented Shenzhen Huayan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. in an administrative lawsuit for trademark invalidation request.

Practice head

Bing Guan; Song Zhang