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    Grandall excels in the fields of copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and anti-unfair competition, specializing in offering a comprehensive package of professional services covering IPR due diligence, risk assessment, policy formulation, transaction negotiation, and dispute resolution (e.g. IPR-related litigation and arbitration). In addition to its unique proficiency in the high-tech sectors such as telecommunications, electronics, biopharmaceuticals and precision machinery, the firm also demonstrates particular expertise in the film and entertainment, fashion, health, internet, finance, and consumer sectors.

    2. IPR-Related Dispute Resolution
    4. IPR-related civil litigation and arbitration
    7. IPR-related administrative litigation
    10. Defense in IPR-related criminal proceedings
    13. Customs protection measures for intellectual property rights
    16. Assistance with the U.S. Section 337 investigations
    18. Non-Contentious IPR-Related Services
      • Advisory service for companies’ IPR-related issues
      • Due diligence on enterprises intellectual property infringement risks
      • Enterprise intellectual property counsel
      • Implementation of intellectual property standards
      • Intellectual property training
      • Negotiation and contract preparation for intellectual property transactions
      • IPR-related legal risk assessment for product launches, and IPR due diligence
      • Enterprise intellectual property pledge financing, etc.
    20. Patent, Trademark and Copyright Attorney Services
      • Attorney services for trademark application, objection, review, invalidation, pledge and other procedures
      • Attorney services for patent application, review, invalidation, pledge and other procedures
      • Attorney services for copyright registration of various works, including software and IC layout design
      • Record-filing procedures for IPR transfer and license agreement
      • Recording filing procedures for customs protections of intellectual property rights
    First case in China accepting GPL defense: Nanjing Weilai Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. v. Jiangsu Yun Qingting Information Technology Co., Ltd. et al. for infringement of software copyright
    Tencent Technology v. Weiyuanma Software for unfair software competition - China’s first case in which the court awarded substantial damages related to the development and marketing of WeChat plugins
    China’s first administrative investigation and penalty for infringement of proprietary rights in IC layout design, and the first judgement in China awarded for a dispute over the ownership of IC layout design
    China’s first case in which the court ruled that a trademark lawsuit was initiated in bad faith and awarded damages: Zhongxun Digital Electronics v. Bittel Intelligent Technology for damages caused by intellectual property litigation initiated in bad faith
    China’s first criminal case involving piracy of audio works: Zhang’s infringement of copyright in Himalaya Technology’s audio works
    A landmark case setting a new record for damages awarded for online game trademark infringement and keyword search-related trademark infringement: Tencent Technology v. 4399 regarding trademark infringement
    Trademark protection litigation case of Swire Group UK and Swire Properties in China, setting a compensation record in China’s real estate sector
    First case in which a Shanghai court ruled that a case constituted an implied license of a patent: “Impression of Jialing River” Floating Bridge’s infringement of design patent rights
    First instance in Zhejiang Province where a civil dispute over the infringement of a geographical indication trademark was backed by a procuratorate: Yao and Zhang’s counterfeiting of the “West Lake Longjing” geographical indication trademark
    Apple Inc. v. Shenzhen Proview Technology in a dispute concerning the iPad trademark
    Unfair competition dispute filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. v. Shenzhen Weiyuanma Software Development Co., Ltd.Top 10 Internet-related Cases of the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC in 2020
    A criminal-civil crossover case involving an employee’s breach of their confidentiality obligations one of the Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases tried in Chinese Courts
    Yunnan Baiyao Group v. Yunnan Nuote Jinshen Oral Care Products LLC in a dispute over unfair competition (2020) one of the 50 Exemplary Intellectual Property Cases tried in Chinese Courts in 2020 released by the Supreme People’s Court
    Changsha Wenhexin Catering Culture Co. v. Liuzhou Laofuqiao Lobster Restaurant in a case involving unfair competition (2020) one of the 50 Exemplary Intellectual Property Cases tried in Chinese Courts in 2020 released by the Supreme People’s Court
    AstraZeneca v. Jiangsu Aosaikang Pharmaceutical in a dispute over invention patent infringement (2021)recognized as one of the Supreme People’s Court’s 50 Exemplary Intellectual Property Cases tried in Chinese Courts in 2021
    Copyright infringement case concerning a integrated circuit design company in Shanghai 2021 Top 50 Exemplary Intellectual Property Cases in Chinese Courts
    "Cognac" Unfair competition case - 2023 China’s Top 10 Valuable Intellectual Property Judgments for Research
    - Deal of the Year 2023 by China Business Law Journal
    Beijing Geekplus Technology Co., Ltd. v. Shenzhen Hai Robotics Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. et al. regarding patent infringement cases Top 100 Exemplary Cases in Five Years Since the Establishment of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court
    Wuhan Jingce Electronic Group Co., Ltd. v. Suzhou Haidi Electronics Co., Ltd. over patent infringement dispute 2024 Intellectual Property Guiding Cases of the Supreme People’s Court
    An international arbitration case involving allegations of trade secret infringement between a Shenzhen company and a U.S. company one of the Outstanding Foreign-related Legal Service Cases released by All China Lawyers Association
    Case regarding the patent rights ownership for a seawater desalination device between two technologies companies in Guizhou Province
    Cases involving the protection of rights and interests regarding National Defense and Military Equipment
    Trade secret infringement case involving an employee of Bayer CropScience (China) Co., LtdAs a n exemplary case of trade secret infringement civil litigation published by China Daily in 2023
    Case regarding "Saxagliptin" pharmaceutical invention Patent infringement
    Case regarding "Diesel Engine" technical secret license one of the 50 Exemplary Intellectual Property Cases tried in Chinese Courts in 2020 released by the Supreme People’s Court
    Series of cases involving infringement of model exemplary patents related to "intelligent logistics robots"