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  • Philip Wang

    Non-equity Partner / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-5087-2877

    Email philipwang@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Litigation & Arbitration, IP Licensing & Enforcement

  • Industries

    Media-Sports & Entertainment

CV

Philip Wang

Mr. Fei (Philip) Wang is deeply engaged in the fields of entertainment law and intellectual property law, and is dedicated to providing compliance consultation and dispute resolution services in industries such as film, music, TV series, variety show, video game, live streaming, short video, talent agency, virtual idol, and VR. Mr. Wang’s clients include Tencent, Tik Tok, iQIYI, China Film Group, Kwai, MEWE Media, WAJIJIWA, Kunlun Tech, Gaea Interactive Entertainment, entertainment celebrities, etc.

Representative Matters

Litigation & Arbitration

  • Represented an entertainment celebrity in resolving an agency contract dispute

  • Represented a well-known investment company in resolving a TV series investment contract dispute

  • Represented Tencent Music Entertainment Group in more than 1,000 lawsuits regarding copyright infringements

  • Represented Tencent Music Entertainment Group in resolving more than 100 disputes over breach of contracts by or live-streaming rewards for streamers

  • Represented Tencent Music Entertainment Group in resolving investment contract disputes before CIETAC and U.S. courts

  • Represented Tencent Music Entertainment Group in resolving copyright contract disputes

  • Represented a well-known game company in resolving a dispute over the domestic distribution of an overseas game

  • Represented a well-known game company in resolving a dispute over the overseas distribution of a domestic game

  • Represented Cainiao Logistics, Jiangxiaobai, etc. in trademark litigations before the Supreme People’s Court

  • Represented CITIC HEYE, Pearson Group, etc. in resolving publication copyright disputes

  • Represented Toyota, Ping An Life Insurance, Power Dekor, INFINITI, SDIC, etc. in resolving image font software copyright disputes

  • Represented iQIYI in a cross-border trademark litigation before Chinese and U.S. courts

  • Represented Red Bull, Sino-Ocean Group, CCTV, Toyota, SDIC, IKEA, MEWE Media, etc. in trademark and unfair competition litigations

  • Represented iQIYI, Sohu, CNOOC, Zhongrong Trust, etc. in obtaining well-known trademark recognition

  • Represented PICC, Tencent, etc. in resolving top-level domain name disputes

Compliance & Consulting

  • Cooperated with Tencent Video over variety show “Campus Go"

  • Deeply cooperated with Tencent Video in the fields of film, TV series, variety show, animation, IP derivative, intelligent hardware, etc.

  • Established a litigation process compliance system and the systems of dispute resolution over streamers’ breach of contract and reward refund for Tencent Music Entertainment Group

  • Acted as legal counsel on a retainer basis for Tencent Music Entertainment Group in the fields of music, live streaming, Karaoke, streamers, etc.

  • Provided compliance consulting services for TikTok in the fields of VR, virtual idol, etc.

  • Provided legal compliance services for Kwai’s core business segments

  • Provided full legal consulting services for iQIYI’s deployment of intellectual property rights (including trademarks and copyrights)

  • Provided full legal compliance services for all segments of Fishball Planet

  • Provided compliance consulting services for a NFT project of a well-known investment platform

  • Provided legal compliance services for a live stream marketing project of a well-known shopping center

  • Acted as legal counsel on a retainer basis for China Film Group, MEWE Media, Shouhuan Group, SociaLab, etc.

  • Provided full compliance consulting services for investment and M&A projects of Tencent, China Life, Mengniu, Sanlei Shares, New Elegant Group, etc.

Publications

“The Impact of the Expanded Broadcast Rights on the Internet Music Industry”

“Copyrights in the Life Cycle of the NFT Digital Collections”

“Copyrights Behind the Virtual Idols”

“Analysis of the Copyright Regulations of VR Technologies”

“Broadcasting Rights in the World Cup Tournament”

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.M., Renmin University of China

  • Professional Experience

    Non-equity partner, Associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Senior legal counsel, Tencent Music Entertainment Group

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English