Perkins Coie

Firm overview:

Perkins Coie’s internationally recognized IP practice, led by Scott Palmer, obtains and enforces rights to trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In the management of trademark portfolios for large multinational companies, the firm oversees a wide range of needs, from trademark filing to administrative and criminal enforcement of IP, including prosecution, acquisition, maintenance, and licensing of trademark rights in Greater China.

Team overview:

Scott Palmer is head of Perkins Coie’s China IP practice and the Beijing Office managing partner. Scott’s practice includes the management of IP portfolios for multinational companies, and IP registration, prosecution, acquisition, maintenance, licensing, and enforcement. He advises on the administrative and criminal enforcement of IP and manages anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy programs for a wide range of multinational clients in the PRC. Palmer’s practice includes customs registration/enforcement of IP, technology transfers, enforcement of IP on the internet, brand development and advertising, cross-border registration and enforcement of IP, and cybersecurity and privacy counselling, and product quality and product approval/registration compliance.