Lifang & Partners is ranked ‘Highly recommended’ in intellectual property. The firm has earned recognition for its IP practice, providing legal services to its clients in the areas of IP litigation, patent and trademark prosecution, licensing and technology transactions, and administrative enforcement of IP rights. Partner Guanbin Xie’s practice includes IP disputes, antitrust and competition law, and consultancy for hi-tech companies. The firm lured Li Wu, along with another four IP partners from Anjie Law Firm in June 2022, it also welcomed Jun Hu joining from Pfizer this February.
Client feedback
“High effective service and high-quality work from Mrs. Zhang Bin and her team”
“The team of the law firm is very professional and has a clear division of labour. It has experience and knowledge in many aspects such as invalidity, non-infringement, and rate of litigation, and can effectively compete with the world's top patentees and lawyers. Their comprehensive consideration of litigation is also very in-depth, and they can bring us the best solution. Their team has many lawyers with strong logic and defence skills. They can timely predict the opponent's attack point, to make an effective counter-attack.”
Bin Zhang
“Very proactive and has a good relationship with most of the local IP courts.”
Yuanyuan Zhang
“She has extremely high talent and experience in the field of patent invalidation and litigation and is a very calm lawyer. No matter what case is handed over to Zhang, she is very reassuring.”
Work highlights
Represented Xiaomi in invalidation of a series of Standard essential patents (SEP) against IP Bridge.
Represented Xiaomi in invalidation of a series of video patents against GE.
Represented Dyson Technology in a patent infringement against Chinese cleaning appliance manufacturer Puppyoo. This dispute between an international and a domestic manufacturer aroused widespread concerns in the industry.
Key clients
Autodesk, China Unicom, Dyson, Panasonic Electric Works, Samsung, Sony.
