Led by Jonathan Chu, who splits his time between Hong Kong and Beijing, CMS Hong Kong LLP provides ‘business-oriented’ advice to regional and international TMT, life sciences and consumer products clients across the gamut of their Greater China IP needs. The team also regularly interacts with lawyers outside of the region – including from the firm’s London patent prosecution offering – ensuring it is also well-placed to provide a one-stop-shop service for clients on portfolio management matters. Although he is well-versed at handling issues affecting the full range of IPR, Chu is particularly noted as an ’excellent trade mark lawyer’, both on the advisory and litigation front.
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- 'They provide business-oriented advice.'
- 'They are experts in local law, and provide prompt and clear advice.'
- 'Jonathan Chu is an excellent trade mark lawyer who is well-versed in local practice. He always keeps the business in mind, and provides solutions-oriented advice.'
Key clients
- American Express Marketing & Development Corp.
- Bank of England
- Decathlon
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Financial Planning Standards Board, Ltd.
- Guming Holdings Limited
- Hot Toys
- Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP)
- Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd
- Seagate Technology
- The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- United Parcel Services of America (UPS)
Work highlights
Advising one of the world’s most valuable spirits companies in the world on its IP regulatory, anti-counterfeiting and brand protection strategy, including on the implementation of RFID measures for one of its new product lines.
Representing a consumer product giant on a copyright infringement and passing off claim against its key competitor in the market.
Advising a well-known German medicinal skin care product manufacturer on its dispute with its former Hong Kong management team members and its former China distributor arising from the breaches of the distribution agreement and potential infringement of client’s IP.
Practice head
Jonathan Chu
Other key lawyers
Candy Tong; Mengyi Chen; Eugene Wong; Tiffany Sien