CHINA IP PROTECTION
Lawyer Zhao Xin helps international companies respond to trademark squatting, counterfeit goods, unauthorized product listings, copyright misuse, trade-secret leakage and unfair competition risks connected with Mainland China.
Is your brand, product image, software, design or business secret being copied in China?
Practice Areas
Support for brand name, logo, product line and market-entry protection, including trademark squatting response, conflict review and dispute planning.
Response strategies for copied images, product listings, manuals, software materials, marketing content and unauthorized online use.
Evidence review and action planning for supplier leakage, employee misconduct, partner misuse, customer-list exposure and technical information theft.
Legal responses to imitation packaging, misleading promotion, false affiliation, malicious complaints, traffic diversion and commercial disparagement.
Coordinate evidence, rights documents and complaint materials for China-facing e-commerce, sourcing, exhibition and supply-chain infringement scenarios.
FEES & ENGAGEMENT
Our reference hourly rates are shown below so you can understand the starting cost before discussing your rights, evidence and infringement situation with the team.
Rights and document review, evidence organization, research and supporting work under the matter strategy.
IP strategy, complex infringement analysis, negotiations, escalation decisions and senior-level case direction.
Most matters require at least 3-4 hours to review the rights, evidence, target and China-law route. Final scope, staffing and fees are confirmed in writing before work begins.
High-Risk IP Scenarios
Early action can preserve evidence, narrow the dispute target and prevent a small infringement from becoming a China market-entry obstacle.
Review trademark records, actual use evidence, business history and bad-faith indicators to choose opposition, invalidation, negotiation or litigation routes.
Build evidence around production, sale, logistics, platform activity and payment chains, then consider complaints, preservation, claims and enforcement options.
Clarify confidentiality documents, access records, technical similarity, business damage and urgent steps to reduce further leakage.
Prepare rights proof, screenshot preservation, platform complaint materials and follow-up dispute strategy if the infringer reappears.
Lawyer-Led IP Response
IP conflicts in China often overlap with supplier disputes, payment pressure, channel control, contract breach and evidence preservation. Lawyer Zhao Xin reviews the IP issue together with the commercial background, so the action plan can support negotiation, enforcement and long-term market control.
For international clients, the service focuses on practical next steps: what rights can be asserted, what evidence is missing, who should be targeted, which route is faster, and how to prevent the same infringement from returning.
Action Path
Review rights certificates, screenshots, sales records, product comparisons, contracts, confidentiality materials and Chinese party information.
Evaluate platform complaints, demand letters, administrative complaints, civil claims, preservation, negotiation and commercial settlement pressure.
Clarify responsible parties, timeline, documents, target outcome, escalation path and follow-up monitoring after the first action.
International Client Services
Lawyer Zhao Xin assists international clients in understanding Mainland China legal procedures, evidence expectations and local enforcement realities. The goal is not only to identify the legal theory, but to turn the IP problem into a usable action plan for business recovery, supply-chain control and risk reduction.
Mainland China Scope Check
This page mainly reviews intellectual property matters involving Mainland China rights, Mainland China infringers, Chinese suppliers, China-facing platforms, Chinese evidence or Mainland China procedures.
