■ Patent
Our top-tier patent legal services are provided by professionals qualified as both lawyer and patent agent, with specialist knowledge in the fields of electronics, communication，mechanics, biology and chemistry etc., ranging from non-contentious services of risk control to contentious dispute resolution. Our lawyers are capable of providing one-stop, comprehensive intellectual property development strategy by means of patent precautions, patent planning and patent search analysis, as well as enhance IP competitive advantage and build a patent protection barrier. We assist our clients with application for patents, patent invalidation and reexamination reviews, so that our clients may overcome unfavorable competition obstacles when entering into new markets, with full enjoyment of sustainable and complete patent rights protection afforded by law.
Jin Mao patent team conducts special due diligence investigations and issues special legal opinions on important matters such as IPR ownership, IPR risks, core IPR and technology information disclosure, R&D investment performance, core technology scope and value confirmation in the IPO process of technology-based and innovative companies.
Jin Mao patent team conducts IPR due diligence for investment and M&A projects of companies with core technology value and provides evaluation services on core indicators and potential risks such as patent ownership, patent value and patent stability of the core technology involved in the transaction. We conduct Free To Operate (FTO) investigations for core products. Based on the above due diligence, we will provide the basis and reference for the design of key terms and conditions of the transaction structure and legal documents.
■ Trademark
Jin Mao was founded at the time when China's intellectual property legal system began to be established, therefore, Jin Mao lawyers have been deeply cultivated in the field of trademark legal services for many years, and have provided many international famous brands with the whole process services of trademark monitoring, filing, review, opposition, invalidation, revocation, administrative litigation, infringement investigations, complaints, and litigation, etc.
Trademark infringement cases represented by Jin Mao have been awarded as typical cases time and again. Among them, such as the dispute over the conflict of trademark right and enterprise name right of "Infineon" and the dispute over trademark infringement and unfair competition of "Partyworld" are classic intellectual property cases, which have been included in the selected cases of relevant courts or China Intellectual Property Legal Instruments Network. The trademark infringement case of "SPALDING" was awarded "Top 10 Classical Cases of Intellectual Property Protection by Jiangxi Court in 2022".
■ Copyright
In the field of Shanghai's cultural industry development, Jinmao Law Firm has served as the permanent legal advisor of such national famous publishing enterprises as Shanghai Century Publishing (Group) Co., Shanghai Cishu Publishing House, Shanghai Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House, Shanghai People’s Publishing House, Shanghai Classics Publishing House, Shanghai Music Publishing House, China Welfare Institute Publishing House. Jin Mao has provided long-term legal services for cultural enterprises (groups) such as Shanghai Yiwen Publishing House, Shanghai Educational Publishing House, Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishing House, Shanghai Book Trader Company, Shanghai Book Company Limited, China Art Museum, Power Station of Art, etc. in relation to the extension of cultural products, transactions, diversified investment portfolios, as well as the operation and management of copyright and its derivatives, and the regulation of copyright protection.
Jin Mao has a team of lawyers in the field of cultural industry who have been deeply engaged in the research of copyright-related laws and regulations for a long period of time and have rich practical experience. Not only can Jin Mao provide mature solutions in the operation and management of traditional business of cultural enterprises and the development of new type of business under the rapid development of the Internet economy, the design of transaction structure, the formulation of transaction model for digital publishing, the avoidance of intellectual property rights infringement risk, and the formulation of programme for the protection of copyright infringement. The firm is also highly recognized by clients for its representation of cultural enterprises in intellectual property rights prosecution or litigation. Jinmao Law Firm has represented Shanghai Century Publishing Company Limited, Shanghai Cishu Publishing House, Shanghai Classics Publishing House, Shanghai Music Publishing House, Shanghai People's Publishing House, Shanghai Yiwen Publishing House, Shanghai People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, Shanghai Culture Publishing House, Shanghai Storytelling Culture Media Co., Ltd. and other publishing and distributing enterprises involved in "The Dictionary of the Chinese Language", "Charlotte's Web", "The Five Thousand Years of China", "Shanghai Characteristic Dwellings and Lane Style", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" serials and other famous works to provide copyright protection services, and Cai Yuanpei, Li Ao, Dai Dunbang, Lv Houmin, the heirs of Wang Luobin, He Cheng, Wang Yichiu, Li Shoubai, and other cultural celebrities to represent the disputes of the cases in the court, and have achieved results to the satisfaction of the clients.
■ Trade Secret Protection
Over the years, Jin Mao has provided trade secret protection services for many enterprises, accumulated a lot of experience in undertaking, and formed a relatively mature systematic service model, which can assist enterprises to build a trade secret protection system, determine the scope of confidentiality, divide the level of secrets, formulate confidentiality systems and implement measures; Drafting confidentiality agreements and non-competition agreements; Investigate the infringement of the infringer and the consequences of the infringement, including the investigation of the suspected employee; Defending the trade secrets of enterprises (including civil, administrative and criminal); Provide training on protection strategies for enterprise trade secret management personnel, and carry out legal popularization education and warning education for employees in important secret-related positions of enterprises.
■ Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution
Jin Mao has extensive experience in the field of intellectual property dispute resolution, specialising in infringement litigation and bulk rights protection in various segments of intellectual property. Jin Mao has provided legal services for the intellectual property rights defence of a number of internationally renowned brands. Jin Mao has successfully fought against patent, trademark and unfair competition lawsuits with large groups of companies such as CCCC, China Railway Third Bureau, China Railway Twelfth Bureau, China Railway Fifteenth Bureau, East China Construction, Hefei Road and Bridge, Nantong Sixth Construction, Anhui Provincial Road and Harbor Group, Purimak, Aruk, Microsoft, Shanghai Jahwa, and Baisuoshan etc. Jinmao specialises in a series of rights protection cases for enterprises. Jin Mao represented the defendant in a number of patent infringement litigation cases, in the unfavourable situation of having fallen into the scope of patent protection, through the prior art (existing design) defence, patent invalidation and other means of responding to the lawsuit, and ultimately prompted the court to reject the plaintiff's litigation request.
In recent years, the patent infringement litigation case of "a kind of rubber exhaust pre-treatment equipment" on behalf of the defendant by Jin Mao lawyers was awarded "2022 Shenyang Court Top Ten Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Rights"; Jin Mao lawyers on behalf of the plaintiff's trademark infringement case of "SPALDING" was awarded "2022 Jiangxi Court Top Ten Classical Cases of Intellectual Property Rights Protection".