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Intellectual property

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CMS Hong Kong LLP

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CMS Hong Kong LLP enjoys a large clientele across a variety of industries. It handles a steady flow of trade mark and patent filings as well as arbitration matters. Jonathan Chu is recommended for IP protection, licensing, technology transfer, portfolio management, and IP transactions. Candy Tong is a name to note for trade mark prosecution and filing. Mengyi Chen is also a name to note.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘They are very attentive and reliable. ’

  • ‘They are competent, reliable, responsible, friendly and well mannered. This last one makes a big difference now a days. ’

  • ‘Their team work is good. Every member has their good quality of work. ’

  • ‘They are very straight forward and no need to worry about the backside of their words. Their reaction is quick and simple. ’

  • ‘CMS's intellectual property business services are relatively mature, especially for complex cases such as objections. The team actively carries out thematic discussions and exchanges on hot legal topics involving Hong Kong, helping clients to understand and grasp them from both macro and detailed aspects. '

  • ‘Jonathan Chu and Candy Tong provide timely feedback, and can correctly guide the rights holders to take corresponding actions.’

  • ‘I have had several cases with the CMS Hong Kong IP team, mainly with the team of Jonathan Chu and Candy Tong. The team is very familiar with Hong Kong legal market and can provide a full range of IP services in areas such as trade marks.’

  • ‘Jonathan Chu and Candy Tong - their breadth of clients, depth of cases, and strategic planning of cases are all satisfactory.’

Key clients

  • APM Monaco
  • BeiGene
  • Bitmain Technologies Limited
  • Deliveroo
  • InterContinental Hotels Group
  • Kate Spade
  • Oatly
  • Rice Robotics
  • Yunnan Baiyao
  • C’estbon

Work highlights

Advising a well-known toy company on all its intellectual property matters including its global IP prosecution and enforcement strategies and licensing matters with major content owners worldwide.

Practice head

Jonathan Chu

Other key lawyers

Candy Tong; Jack Randles; Mengyi Chen