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Intellectual Property: We have a full-service intellectual property capability, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, trade dress and other legal issues related to this area. Our scope of service includes the following: Patents · Counseling clients on the patentability of inventions · Conducting prior art search and providing opinions on freedom of marketing · Preparing and drafting patent specifications and claims · Filing and prosecuting patent applications before the Chinese Patent Office · Providing opinions on the validity of patents · Preparing and filing request of invalidation to the granted patents · Defending clients in invalidation procedures · Providing technical support for licensing and litigation · Enforcing patent right against infringers Trademarks · Advising on whether a trademark can be registered · Conducting trademark searches · Preparing, filing and prosecuting trade mark applications · Preparing and filing trademark review, opposition and cancellation requests · Defending clients in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings · Advising on trademark licensing matters, drafting license agreements and recording agreements · Advising on validity and infringement of clients' and third party trade marks · Monitoring trademark publications Copyrights · Copyright clearance counselling and ownership/chain of title issues · Copyright subsistence and infringement · Copyright due diligence · Database right subsistence, ownership and infringement. Trade Secrets · To design and establish appropriate protection system for trade secret · To verify and assess the trade secret before the dispute · To take civil and criminal action against the infringement on trade secret. Corporate Issues: We have placed Corporate law at the core of its practice and development since our establishment, which includes: · Company establishment and daily management; · Equity structure design of the company; · Company restructuring, reorganization, acquisition and merge; · Finance and securities, including securities issuance, listing, assistance in financing projects, infrastructure, etc.; · Investigation of foreign investment and business affairs, including assisting in the design of investment structure, due diligence and obtaining approval according to law. Dispute Resolution: We represent domestic and international clients in litigation, arbitration, mediation and settlement discussions. Specific services include the following: Litigation · Representing clients in civil litigation trials, appeals and execution procedures · File re-appeals in civil litigation · Represent clients in civil and criminal intellectual property rights enforcement actions · Represent clients in employment related arbitration and litigation · Represent clients in the preservation of pre-trial evidence and assets · Conduct due diligence regarding the execution of judicial rulings · Apply for the execution of judgments and arbitration awards ADR · Design dispute resolution strategies and policies · Represent clients in negotiations, arbitrations, mediation and settlement discussions · Represent clients in civil and commercial arbitrations · Represent clients in employment related arbitration and litigation · Issue legal analysis in connection with PRC and foreign substantive and procedural laws |