Ms. Li is a Senior Associate with extensive experience handling both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters, including trademark, unfair competition, copyright, trade secrets, and defamation/commercial disparagement disputes.

She advises and represents clients across a broad range of industries, including software, fintech and financial services, semiconductors, communications and media, entertainment, automotive and autonomous vehicles, and life sciences and chemical sectors. She has substantial experience in trademark infringement and unfair competition litigation, helping clients secure favorable judgments or reach successful settlements, including matters resulting in RMB-million-level compensation.

Ms. Li also advises on IP-related transactions such as software development and licensing, brand/trademark licensing, technology licensing and transfers, and frequently conducts IP due diligence for transactions. With a technical background in computer science, she is able to develop a deep understanding of clients’ business needs and technical requirements. She also supports enterprises with IP management and planning, including the development and implementation of IP protection strategies, internal policies, and related processes.

Intellectual Property Litigation

• Represented Owens Corning, a leading global building materials company, in civil trademark infringement litigation. The court found infringement and awarded damages of RMB 3.5 million. During the proceedings, assisted the client in obtaining property preservation that largely covered the awarded amount, providing strong security for enforcement of the judgment.

• Represented Honeywell in an unfair competition action to protect its product trade dress, achieving a favorable settlement with an RMB-million-level settlement amount.

• Assisted Philip Morris, a leading tobacco company, in trademark infringement litigation and secured compensation satisfactory to the client. 

• Defended a well-known multinational company in a commercial disparagement suit; successfully challenged jurisdiction, resulting in the plaintiff withdrawing the case. 

• Represented a party in a high-profile defamation dispute; achieved a favorable settlement and assisted in the prompt takedown of defamatory online content.

• Represented Unilever in a series of administrative enforcement actions to protect the trade dress of multiple brands. In numerous cases, infringers were subject to administrative penalties or agreed to settlements on terms satisfactory to the client.

IP Advisory and Transactions

• Advised Dell on IP terms in a large volume of goods and services transactions with PRC counterparties, including complex and non-standard arrangements. 

• Provided full legal service to a domestic leading internet company.

• Served as long‑term IP counsel to a leading integrated circuit wafer foundry, advising on day-to-day IP issues. 

• Provided IP support to a global premium spirits group.

• Provided long-term IP legal advisory services to a multinational agrochemical company. 

• Served as long‑term IP counsel to a well-known domestic astronomical research institution, including advising on and drafting agreements for multiple collaborations with overseas counterparties.

• Advised a leading global biopharmaceutical company on service invention award and remuneration matters and on trade secret protection mechanisms in collaborations with domestic partners, including drafting internal policies and procedures.

• Provided IP support to a leading German high-tech polymer materials supplier on transactional agreements.

• Advised a well-known chemical company on disputes arising from a technology license agreement with a domestic counterparty.

• Advised Johnson & Johnson on brand licensing arrangements involving a well-known Japanese brand. 

• Advised a leading U.S. turbocharger company on IP provisions for a technology development project with a domestic software enterprise (transaction value exceeding RMB 1 million). 

• Advised a well-known U.S. photonics chip company on IP aspects of technology collaboration projects in China.

• Assisted a well-known U.S. medical technology company in connection with software and image infringement disputes.

• Delivered IP contract review training to a renowned U.S. medical technology company.

• Advised a globally renowned multinational pharmaceutical R&D company on its service invention award and remuneration policies.