Intellectual Property

Grandall has assisted both multinationals as well as major domestic companies in the area of intellectual property protection and IP litigation. Our team of IP lawyers have represented clients in the form of judicial review of administrative decisions conferring patents and trademarks, to civil litigation concerning disputes of patents, trademarks, copyrights (including software), domain names, and unfair competition (including infringement of trade secrets). In what is particularly critical for our foreign clients, we have the skills and experience in designing practical IP rights protection schemes and enforcing IP rights in China’s evolving environment. We also work collectively as a whole with our offices throughout China to leverage our local and regional expertise to assist our clients in combating and enforcing actions against knock off and counterfeit goods.

We offer the following services:

• Patents and Trademarks Related Work – Licensing of patents and trademarks, advising and representation for patent and trademarks protection, prosecuting of patent and trademarks applications, patent reexaminations and invalidation, judicial review of administrative decisions, patent and trademarks validity and infringement, enforcing patent and trademarks rights, patent and trademarks searches, patent and trademarks related issues arising in commercial transactions, patent annuity payment and managing patent portfolios.

• Copyright and other Intellectual Property – Advise on all other areas of IP and protection.

• Administrative Litigation relating to License, Ownership Affirmation and Enforcement of Intellectual Property – Representation in litigation and alternative dispute resolutions

• Settlement of Civil Disputes relating to Infringement of Intellectual Property – Negotiate and prepare documentation in settlement of IP disputes.

• Criminal Cases relating to Intellectual Property – Representation of criminal matters regarding IP matters.

• Advising on Unfair Competition Matters 

• Advising on E-commerce Matters 

• Legal Advice relating to Trade Secrets 

• Legal Advice relating to Technological Contracts

• Legal Matters relating to Investment and Financing in Intellectual Property Area