Our Team

Contact information

Phone

010-57600588

Fax

010-57600599

Address

50F, China World Tower 3B, No. 1 JianguomenWai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Areas of expertise

Copyright
Patent
Trademark
Unfair competition

Zhong Wen/ Equity Senior Partner

Beijing, Sanya

HENGDU LAW FIRM

Practice Description

Mr. Zhong Wen holds two LLMs from both Liaoning University and Toin University of Yokohama.  He is a member of China Licensing Executives Society (LESC) and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). During his two decade long legal serivce, Mr. Zhong has been engaged in lots of civil and commercial dispute resolutions. In the consultation held by the NPC on the amendment to the Trademark Law, he put forward a proposal, which was adopted by the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee and finally included in the newly revised Trademark Law. During his tenure in a well-known Chinese law firm, Mr. Zhong represented a number of international corporations in China to handle the litigation, safeguarding rights, crackdown on counterfeiting offenses and dispute resolution concerning intellectual property, as well as relevant legal consulting services. Up to now, he has dealt with over 3500 cases covering civil litigation of trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and unfair competition infringement, trademark administrative litigation of trademark opposition and trademark rejection, etc., and other trademark dispute under trademark administrative procedures.


Mr.Zhong's clients include: Realnetworks, BBC Broadcasting, Adobe, Lego, Elle, Boss, William Grant & Sons, Paws Incorporate, Mentor Graphic, Pantone, Xilinx, WABCO, WATSON BOWMAN ACME, Suntracker, Shearman Sterling, Fine Art, BASF, Dow Chemistries, Emerson, Schneider Electric SA, Schneider Electric Industries SAS, STAUBLI FAVERGES, BigBang (Petzl), Danfoss, Panasonic, Hitachi, Daikin, Toyo Tire, Japanese Tobacco, JFE Steel Corporation, Karcher GmbH, Rittal GmbH, Pfister GmbH, Romax and ABB.

Representative Cases

  • Xinlinx Inc. against PRC companies regarding their commercial disputes;  

  • ABB against a Guangdong company in a civil dispute;

  • Rittal GmbH against Trademark Appraisal Committee of CNIPA; the whole case took 8 years and won in the Supreme Court;

  • LEGO against Shanghai Dico and Trademark Appraisal Committee of CNIPA;

  • LEGO against Guangdong Ligao Foods (second instance); client's trademarks are recognized as well-known trademarks;

  • BASF CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS/WATSON BOWMAN ACME against a company regarding unfair competition (both first and second instances);

  • Realnetwork against an internet company in Beijing regarding internet broadcasting infringement;

  • Taoshi Chemistry against Trademark Appraisal Committee of CNIPA; (both first and second instances);

  • Shearman & Sterling LLPs trademark dispute (both first and second instances). The clients trademark was successfully registered in PRC.

  • Wanglaoji against Jiaduobao in a series of unfair competition cases.

Awards and Recognition

  • Leading Lawyer in China, Legal500, 2021 (candidate)

  • Leading Lawyer in Foreign Legal Serivce, Beijing Lawyers Association, 2020

  • Master's Supervisor of Beijing Foreign Studies University Law School, 2020