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  • Gang ZHAO

    Equity Partner / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-5087-2893

    Email zhaogang@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    IP Licensing & Enforcement, Antitrust & Competition, Litigation & Arbitration

  • Industries

    Telecommunications & Internet, Information & Intelligence Technology, Media-Sports & Entertainment

CV

Gang ZHAO

Mr. Gang Zhao has been practicing law for more than 15 years, handling over 2,500 IP and antitrust cases of different types. He specializes in IP lawsuits concerning copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and unfair competition, among others. Mr. Zhao also has considerable experience in managing complex antitrust litigation, advising clients on brand development and IP protection strategies, protection of well-known trademarks, representing clients in administrative litigation of trademark authorization, and helping clients on assignment, licensed use, and compliance of IP rights. He has strong experience and a large client base in sectors such as real estate, media, electronic games, internet, software, artificial intelligence.

He has advised on a number of high-profile and often ground-breaking cases including the copyright infringement litigation regarding the famous teleplay “Empresses in the Palace (甄嬛传)” (selected as one of the “Top 50 IP Innovation Cases” in 2013 by the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC), the copyright infringement lawsuit regarding the world-renowned game “The King of Fighters (拳皇)” (selected as one of the “Top 10 Copyright Cases” in 2020 by the High People’s Court of Beijing Municipality), the “Zhong She (中设)” unfair competition case (China’s first case where a stock name constitutes unfair competition and the judgement was completely enforced), the “JINMAO (金茂)” trademark infringement behavior preservation case (China’s first IP infringement behavior preservation case in the real estate field).

Representative Matters

Copyright

  • Defended Qihoo in China’s first copyright infringement and unfair competition case relating to an electronic map

  • Represented Xunlian Technology Co., Ltd. in a software copyright infringement case

  • Represented Ledo Interactive (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. in copyright infringement cases relating to The King of Fighters

  • Defended Qingdao Press in a copyright infringement and unfair competition case relating to Ghost Blows Light

  • Represented Sogou in a copyright infringement case

  • Defended Beijing APIcloud Co., Ltd. in a software copyright infringement case

  • Represented Zhejiang Haofeng Film Entertainment Co., Ltd. against a local television group in contract disputes relating to content production and broadcast licensing


Trademark and unfair competition

  • Represented Jinmao Investment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in more than ten trademark infringement and unfair competition cases relating to real estate and successfully obtained China’s first two temporary injunctions in real-estate trademark infringement disputes

  • Represented Beijing Xibei Catering Management Co., Ltd. in several trademark infringement and unfair competition cases

  • Represented China Machinery Engineering Co., Ltd. in an unfair competition case relating to a stock name

  • Represented Pfizer in trademark infringement and unfair competition cases relating to the “伟哥" trademark

  • Represented Sino-Ocean Real Estate Co., Ltd. in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case

  • Represented JD against an express delivery company in an unfair competition case

  • Represented 58.com in several retrials of trademark refusal administrative disputes

  • Represented Hangzhou Qianjiang Compressor Co., Ltd. in a trademark invalidation administrative dispute

  • Represented Hebei Chengde LoLo. Co., Ltd. in a trademark infringement case and a contract dispute relating to the “露露" trademark


Anti-monopoly

  • Defended a transnational communication company in an antitrust case relating to a SEP

  • Represented an international energy company in an antitrust dispute relating to a horizontal monopoly agreement

  • Represented an international energy company in an antitrust dispute relating to a vertical monopoly agreement

  • Represented an international energy company in an antitrust dispute relating to abuse of dominant market position

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.M., China University of Political Science and Law, 2005-2008
    LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law, 2001-2005

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2015 to present

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English