China Pat Intellectual Property Office

Firm overview:

China Pat Intellectual Property Office offers a one-stop solution for IP matters from offices strategically based in Beijing, Hong Kong, Xi’an, Suzhou, Changsha, Wuhan, and Shenzhen, as well as foreign desks in Tokyo and Washington, DC. The team comprises over 500 professionals with expertise across patents, copyrights, trademarks, and industrial designs, in a diverse range of technical fields including ICT, AI, metaverse, blockchain, gene tech, and fintech.

The firm handles a significant volume of trademark work, with nearly 10,000 trademark registrations annually on behalf of clients ranging from innovative startups to Fortune 500 companies. Multilingual capabilities enable China Pat to assist clients in around 60 jurisdictions worldwide, combining a global approach with deep local insight. A client praises the firm’s “professional, efficient, responsive, and cost-effective” service, noting that it had helped them secure victories in dozens of intricate trademark matters.

China Pat has raised its profile and contributed to better public awareness of IP protection through community outreach programmes and lectures, and invests heavily in education and training for its staff.

Team overview:

China Pat’s team includes over 20 trademark and copyright attorneys. Partner Jue (Jane) Li leads the Trademark Department, focusing her practice on matters including trademark consultancy, registration, review, opposition, cancellation, negotiation, and litigation. She has handled cases deemed to be exemplary by Chinese courts and IP associations, and draws on her background both in-house and at large law firms to devise thorough strategies.

Other notable members of the team include patent and trademark attorney Ya Yang, who specialises in the computer, mechanical and electronics sectors and draws up comprehensive IP solutions for clients.

Jing Xie is known for her skills as a litigator, with a strong track record in representing complex trademark and copyright infringement disputes in the Supreme Court.