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Yonghong WANG
Equity Partner / Guangzhou
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Tel +86-20-2826-1728
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Practices
IP Licensing & Enforcement, Litigation & Arbitration
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
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Awards Related
Zhong Lun Honored on 2024 Benchmark Litigation China List
26 lawyers from a variety of practice areas in six regions where Zhong Lun operates were recommended.
2024-08-20
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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