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Yonghong WANG

Mr. Yonghong Wang is an equity partner in the intellectual property department of Zhong Lun Law Firm. Mr. Wang has 25 years’ experience in IP, and his practice focuses on all areas of intellectual property law, with a strong emphasis on patent invalidation, infringement litigation, patent analysis, trademark, competition law, software, online video games and streaming services, etc.

Representative Matters

Patent

  • Represented Samsung Electronics in patent infringement litigation

  • Represented HKC and its affiliates in more than 30 patent disputes and won all cases

  • Represented Sony Mobile Communications in a patent infringement litigation

  • Represented Verily Life Sciences in a patent infringement litigation

  • Represented Walmart in a patent infringement litigation

  • Represented Aten International Co., Ltd. in patent infringement litigation

  • Represented E-Ink Co., Ltd. in a patent infringement litigation

  • Represented Masson Group in a patent infringement litigation

  • Represented Legrand France in a patent infringement litigation

  • Represented Rocom Electric Co., Ltd. in a patent infringement litigation

  • Represented Pass & Seymour Inc. in a patent infringement litigation

  • Represented Sisvel Hong Kong Ltd. in a patent licensing dispute

  • Represented Biolink Industry Co., Ltd. in a patent infringement litigation

  • Represented Takuma Co., Ltd. in patent infringement affairs

  • Represented International Standards & Licensing LLC. in a patent right project

  • Represented Acon Advanced-Connectek (Shenzhen) Inc. in a patent infringement litigation

  • Represented DJi Innovations Technology Co., Ltd. in patent infringement litigations

  • Represented Guangdong Yanke Energy Saving Technology Co., Ltd in patent infringement litigations

  • Represented Taiwan Yuanxiang Technology Co., Ltd. in patent infringement litigations

  • Represented Taiwan Weiyue Industrial Co., Ltd. in patent infringement litigations

  • Represented East Trade (Overseas) Co., Ltd. in patent infringement litigations

  • Represented JAKKS PACKFIC Inc. in patent infringement litigations

  • Represented F.E.M. LIMITED in patent infringement litigations

  • Represented Audi General Lighting (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. in patent infringement litigations

  • Represented Guangdong Vitron Video Technology Co., Ltd. in patent infringement litigations


Trademark and Unfair Competition

  • Represented Wal-Mart in trademark infringement and unfair competition litigation

  • Represented Hanhoo Cosmetics in an unfair competition litigation

  • Represented Qihoo Technology Co. Ltd. in a network unfair competition litigation

  • Represented Beijing Qunar in an unfair competition litigation

  • Represented China Resources C'estbon Beverage in a reputation right dispute and unfair competition litigation

  • Represented University of East London in an unfair competition litigation

  • Represented People's Insurance Company in an unfair competition litigation

  • Represented Hong Kong Wing Wah in a trademark infringement and unfair competition litigation

  • Represented DJi in a copyright infringement and unfair competition litigation

  • Represented Hong Kong Garden in a trademark infringement litigation and famous trademark judicial recognition procedure

  • Represented Urban Revivo in trademark infringement litigations

  • Represented Ty Inc. in a trademark right project

  • Addressed trademark infringement affairs for VOLVO

  • Provided trademark consultancy services for Midea

  • Represented Sharp in a trademark right project

  • Represented Japan Brother Industries in a trademark infringement litigation

  • Represented Valentino in a trademark right project


Copyright

  • Represented Taobao in a copyright infringement litigation

  • Represented Focus Films Limited and Andy Lau in a copyright and portraiture right infringement litigation

  • Represented Qingdao Chinese Brothers and Cultural Industry Group in a copyright infringement arbitration

  • Represented a famous director Yu Liqing in a copyright infringement litigation

  • Represented HSBC in a copyright right project

  • Represented Hong Kong Dragon Airlines limited in a copyright infringement litigation

  • Represented Guangzhou Municipal Office in a copyright infringement litigation

  • Represented China Shanghai Character License Administrative Co., Ltd. in a copyright infringement litigation

  • Represented Materialise N.V. in a software infringement litigation


Online Games

  • Provided IP consultancy services for 91wan online game platform

  • Provided IP consultancy services for YY.com

  • Conducted Due diligence for Guangzhou Haoyuan Group Co., Ltd. on oversea anime cooperation project

  • Provided IP consultancy services on game infringement of Gu Jian Qi Xia

  • Provided IP consultancy services on game infringement of Dou Po Qian Kun

  • Provided IP consultancy services on game infringement of The Legend of Cut dragons

  • Provided IP consultancy services on game infringement of Miracle and Myth

  • Provided IP consultancy services on game infringement of UEFA

  • Provided IP consultancy services on game infringement of Football 2013

  • Provided IP consultancy services on game infringement of FIFA World Cup Brazil

  • Provided IP consultancy services on game infringement of China Football Association Super League.


Legal Advisor

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for Yuexiu Group on intellectual property affairs

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for Yuexiu Property on intellectual property affairs

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for Qihoo Technology Co. Ltd on intellectual property affairs

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for Guangzhou Lychee Network Technology Co., Ltd. on intellectual property affairs

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for Powerchina Water Environmental Governance Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for Guangzhou Kilo&Meters Brand Management Ltd.

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for China Resources Beverage (Holdings) Ltd.

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for AsiaInfo Technologies (Nanjing), Inc. on intellectual property affairs

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for Shenzhen Ding Xin Guan Rong Software Co., Ltd. on intellectual property affairs

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for Guangzhou Huaduo Network Technology Co., Ltd. on intellectual property affairs

  • Served as the Legal Advisor for Ingame Holdings Limited on intellectual pr

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Strategy Formulation Leading Group Strategy Expert, National Intellectual Property 2005

Advanced individual, Guangzhou Asian Games Asian Para Games 2011

Asian Games work advanced individual, Guangzhou lawyer industry 2011

A candidate for National IP Leadership, the Ministry of Justice 2012-(only 2 people recommended by the Ministry of Justice)

Top 10 IP Case of 2011, Guangdong Higher People’s Court 2012-(represented Pass & Seymour Inc. in Patent Infringement Litigation)

Top 10 IP Cases of 2014, Supreme People Court 2015-(represented Qunar.com in Unfair-competition Litigation)

Top 10 Deals of the Year, China Business Law Journal 2015

Top 10 Typical IP Cases of 2016, Shenzhen Intermediate People Court 2016-(represented in Louis Vuitton Maliti v.s. MINISO trademark infringement and unfair competition Litigation)

2016 China's Top Ten Most Research-worthy Intellectual Property Adjudication Cases, Shanghai Intellectual Property Research Institute 2016-(Guangzhou Shuoxing copyright infringement and unfair competition case)

Leading IP Lawyer of Guangzhou, 2017

Top 15 Chinese Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year, Asian Legal Business (ALB) 2019

Highly Recommended Lawyers, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021

Memberships & Affiliations

Deputy Director, The Intellectual Property Committee of the All China Lawyers Association

Commissioner, Information Networks and High-tech Committee of the All China Lawyers Association

Director, Patent Committee of the Guangdong Lawyers Association

Advisory Expert, Network for Civil and Administrative run by The Sixth and Seventh Procuratorial Departments of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Arbitrator, Guangzhou Arbitration Commission

Mediator, Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court

Lecturer, CKGBS METI (Master of Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation)

Director, China Law Association on Science and Technology

Director, China Industry-University Research Institute Collaboration Association

Work Warehousing Expert, Guangdong Intellectual Property

Enforcement Assistance Exper, Guangdong Intellectual Property

Director-General, Intellectual Property Research Association of the Guangdong Law Society

Adjunct Professor, Renmin University of China Lawyer College

Master Supervisor, KoGuan School of Law in Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Publications

“Implementation of Intellectual Property Strategy for Guangzhou

Asian Games”, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, 2011

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    Lawyer’s License of People’s Republic of China
    Patent Agent
    Trademark Agent

  • Education

    Distance education diploma, World Intellectual Property Institute, 2007
    China’s Protocol of Accession——Non-discriminatory Rules and Legal Practice Senior Seminar,Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, 2003
    B.A., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1995

  • Professional Experience

    Equity partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2013 to Present
    Associate & partner, Guangdong Guangxin Law Firm, 1997 to 2013
    Patent agent, Yogo Patent & Mark Agency Limited Company, 1996 to 1997
    Technician, Shenyang Transformer Factory, 1995 to 1996

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English