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The Tongfang Intellectual Property Team is a professional, multidisciplinary group of lawyers possessing both technical and legal expertise. The team’s intellectual property legal services encompass areas such as patents, trademarks, copyright (including software), anti-unfair competition, trade secrets, and domain names. The scope of services in each area includes intellectual property legal advisory, specialized intellectual property practice, resolution of intellectual property disputes, intellectual property transactions, intellectual property capital operations, and compliance with criminal litigation requirements. As one of the firm’s core practice areas, the team consistently adheres to the service principles of “loyalty to clients, professionalism and efficiency, and extensive experience,” focusing on resolving complex and challenging intellectual property matters and dedicating itself to providing clients with comprehensive, multi-level, and one-stop intellectual property legal services.

The team has been deeply engaged in the field of intellectual property for over a decade, accumulating extensive practical experience and numerous successful cases. It not only provides ongoing, standardized intellectual property legal support as a long-term legal counsel to technology enterprises but also focuses on specialized legal services tailored to specific needs, assisting companies in their intellectual property strategy planning and ensuring smooth participation in overseas exhibitions. The team has handled many landmark intellectual property cases, using its professional expertise to safeguard the legitimate intellectual property rights of its clients. Thanks to its outstanding achievements, the team holds a leading position in the intellectual property sector among law firms in Liaoning Province and enjoys significant influence within the industry.

Business Type / Service Content / Scope

Establishment of a Full-Process Management System for Intellectual Property Rights

Based on the company’s actual situation, we will gain a deep understanding of its industry characteristics, business scope, development strategy, as well as the current status and pain points in its intellectual property management. We will then establish a comprehensive management system covering patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, ensuring that intellectual property management activities can proceed in an orderly manner.

Regular Intellectual Property Consulting Services

Including, but not limited to: interpretation and application of intellectual property laws and regulations; operational guidance on various stages of intellectual property applications, examination, and authorization; preventive and responsive strategies for intellectual property infringement disputes; and legal issues and practical tips involved in intellectual property licensing, assignment, and other transaction activities.

Assist company personnel in intellectual property protection.

Assist company personnel in establishing a systematic ledger system covering patents, trademarks, and copyrights; guide companies through procedures such as paying annual patent fees and renewing or amending trademark registrations; assist in handling responses to patent invalidation proceedings, infringement lawsuits, and copyright infringement disputes; and conduct regular inspections and evaluations of the company’s intellectual property system.

Infringement Response Services

We provide end-to-end guidance on integrating evidence chains for enterprises, covering everything from identifying infringement and securing evidence to developing strategies and executing litigation—offering comprehensive rights protection services that create a closed-loop system for safeguarding rights.

Specialized Services for Foreign-Related Intellectual Property

We provide end-to-end services including overseas intellectual property strategy planning, risk prevention and control, dispute resolution, and review of foreign-related contracts, helping businesses circumvent overseas barriers and safeguard their cross-border intellectual property rights.

Legal Services for Intellectual Property Capital Operations

We provide legal support services such as intellectual property valuation and intellectual property-backed financing, helping enterprises unlock the value of their intangible assets and broaden their financing channels.

Representative performance

Analysis of Major Specialized Infringement Risks for a Petrochemical Enterprise—Specialized Legal Services

Building a Trade Secret Protection System for a Pharmaceutical Company—Specialized Legal Services

Patent Early Warning Project for a Certain Photovoltaic Enterprise—Specialized Legal Services

Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition Case Involving a Food Enterprise—Litigation Representation

GE and Domestic Defense Industry Enterprises—Case of Infringement on Trade Secrets—Litigation Representation

A Criminal Case Involving the Infringement of Trade Secrets by a Special Metal Manufacturing Enterprise—Litigation Representation

A Dispute over Unfair Competition Involving a Food Enterprise—Litigation Representation

U.S. Peanuts Licensing Company Patent Infringement Case—Litigation Representation