King & Wood Mallesons IP partner Qin Yugong made the list of 2022 ALB China Top 15 IP Lawyers released by Asian Legal Business (ALB) on 22 December 2022.
Mr. Qin has practiced in the IP field for many years with rich practical experience and theoretical expertise. He specialises in patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and unfair competition disputes, patent invalidation, patent and trademark administrative litigation; IP contract litigation, IP transactions and international negotiations, IP operation, anti-monopoly regulation on the exercise of patent rights, and enterprise IP strategy planning and the establishment and improvement of enterprise IP management systems.
Mr. Qin has long been engaged in IP civil litigation, administrative litigation, patent invalidation and other dispute cases. Also, as a top practitioner in IP transactions and negotiations of international disputes, he provides clients with comprehensive, one-stop and high-quality IP legal services. Mr. Qin has represented clients in typical litigation disputes and non-contentious cases, including the high-profile patent infringement case of Aigo Electronics Technology v. Toshiba, a series of patent infringement and patent invalidation cases of Mitsubishi Electric Co., Ltd. v. Taizhou Dihour Electric Co., Ltd., and patent infringement, patent invalidation and patent administrative cases of Mitsubishi Chemical.
"It’s a great honour to receive this award. I would like to thank my clients for their continued trust in me and my team, and the KWM global platform for its support. We will continue to provide full-chain patent solutions that are highly aligned with our clients' business strategies, to maximise the value of their patent assets and to build an efficient patent risk prevention mechanism, helping our clients enhance their core competitiveness. It is our development direction and goal to build the 'most trustworthy patent litigation and patent operation team.”
ALB comprehensively evaluates the candidates based on their major achievements, significant work done in the past year, client base and honours obtained, etc.