Kevin Han Partner, Beijing
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Professional Profile

Mr. Jinwen Han has been practicing intellectual property litigation and non-litigation work since 2008. Mr. Han specializes in the development of corporate IP protection strategies, civil and administrative IP litigation, unfair competition litigation, domain name arbitration, and IP commercial negotiations.

Mr. Han has developed effective litigation strategies and achieved satisfactory results in many difficult and complex trademark, copyright, design patent and unfair competition litigation cases. Based on his extensive experience in IP licensing and enforcement and IP commercial negotiations, Mr. Han has developed tailored IP protection solutions for domestic and foreign companies on Internet-related issues and other fields. In addition, Mr. Han also has extensive experience in administrative protection of intellectual property and domain name arbitration.

Mr. Han pays close attention to hot issues in the field of intellectual property and has published articles and opinions in World Trademark Review, China Youth Daily, China Intellectual Property News, Guangdong Science and Technology News, Zhi Chan Li and other media.

In 2016, Mr. Han was ranked by LEGALBAND as one of the Top 30 Under 30 in China's Legal Profession and by LEGAL 500 as a rising star in the field of dispute resolution. In 2019 and 2020, Mr. Han was continuously ranked by LEGALBAND as one of the rising stars in the field of IPR litigation in China.

Honorary Titles And Awards

Endorsed by LEGALBAND as Top 30 Under 30 in China's Legal Profession (2016)

Endorsed by LEGAL 500 as Rising Star in Dispute Resolution

Endorsed by LEGALBAND as Rising Star in Intellectual Property Litigation (2019, 2023)

World Trademark Review,Enforcement and Litigation (2023)

INTA,Member of the Anti-Unfair Competition Commission(2023)

Experience

Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition Litigation

  • Represented NBA Properties Inc. in a trademark infringement and unfair competition litigation against Qingdao Lingxian Interactive Network Technology Co., Ltd. and Chengdu Blue Fly Huyu Technology Co., Ltd., and received compensation of RMB 3 million. This case was recognized by Guangdong High People's Court as a “Top 10” intellectual property cases and “Top 10” internet cases in 2018. It was also selected by QBPC as a “Top 10” non-criminal cases in 2018.

  • Represented China Overseas Property Holdings Ltd. in a trademark infringement litigation with the subject matter amounting to RMB 90 million.

  • Represented the famous bakery brand “Bao Shi Fu” in a series of trademark infringement disputes including a case with the subject matter amounting to RMB 40 million.

  • Represented Travel Sentry in a series of trademark infringement cases in China and successfully curbed the infringing products in the Chinese market.

  • Represented Peking University Yinghua Technology Co., Ltd. (PKULAW.COM) in a trademark infringement litigation against Shanghai Baishitong Co., Ltd. where the first-instance court awarded the compensation of RMB 3 million and successfully negotiated a favorable settlement in the appeal.

  • Represented Dulwich College in a trademark infringement case against a Beijing kindergarten that free-rode the high popularity of Dulwich College, received favorable decisions in first and second instance procedures and successful enforced the judgment.

  • Represented GrandVision (China) Co., Ltd. in a trademark infringement case against Shenzhen Jia Ma Zhong Co., Ltd., and received favorable results by arguing the disputed mark caused confusion among relevant public to make a breakthrough in the first and second instance procedures.

Administrative Cases Concerning Trademark Right Authorization and Affirmation

  • Represented the German company HUGO BOSS in a series of administrative cases concerning trademark oppositions and invalidations among which the trademark invalidation case on the “BOSSSUNWEN” mark against WangChun Industry Development Limited is one of the most concerned cases in China.

  • Represented Major League Baseball (MLB) in a series of administrative cases concerning trademark oppositions, reviews on refusal of registration and invalidations.

  • Represented Travel Sentry in a series of administrative cases concerning trademark oppositions and invalidations.

  • Represented the well-known Japanese pen tablets company Wacom in multiple trademark administrative cases and reviews on the refusal of trademark registration.

  • Represented South Korean giant company in dairy products industry NamYang Dairy Products Co., Ltd. in trademark administrative cases concerning trademark registration and reviews on refusal of registration.

  • Represented a leading tea company in a trademark invalidation case and received favorable result to help the client maintain its core trademark.

Copyright Cases

  • Represented the world-famous software vendors ADOBE and AUTODESK in several software copyright infringement cases where a case against a Beijing media company was selected by Beijing Intellectual Property Court as an annual typical case.

  • Represented a Shenzhen video game development company in a dispute over the software development contract with the disputed amount exceeding RMB 200 million.

  • Represented Volkswagen in a copyright infringement case against a picture company and successfully forced the company to withdraw the litigation.

  • Represented Johnson & Johnson in a copyright infringement action against a picture company and successfully forced the company to withdraw the litigation.

  • Advised Europe's leading online game company Wargaming in copyright protection and registration matters in China and United States.

Patent Cases

  • Represented world famous chemical enterprise Honeywell in a patent infringement case against a chemical factory in Shandong province and successfully secured the preliminary injunction.

  • Represented the globally well-known tobacco company Philip Morris in a series of design patents infringement cases and received favorable results.

  • Represented a leading medical device provider company in a case concerning maliciously filing patent litigations and successfully forced the opposing party to withdraw the lawsuit after a three-day court trial.

  • Advised Volkswagen involving patent protection and patent litigations in Guangdong and Jiangsu.

Trade Secrets

  • Represented a leading enterprise in the mobile WIFI industry in a civil litigation case on trade secret infringement.

  • Represented a Chinese technology giant in a civil litigation case on trade secret infringement.

  • Represented a leading Sino-European joint venture in the agricultural field in a criminal case of trade secret infringement.

IPR Strategy

  • Developed IPR strategies for Qoros Automotive Co. Ltd. on the world trademark rights protection in dozens of countries and regions such as the United States, Canada, Australia, European Union, Argentina, etc.

  • Formulated the global strategies on trademark protection for Kuaishou and advised on the protective and defensive trademark registrations.

  • Reorganized trademark registrations and advised on the trademark protection for 36 Kr.

  • Developed trademark protection strategies for Kuaikan Comics and successfully negotiated to purchase the core trademark.

  • Developed IPR strategies for the WHM Group and advised on protective and defensive trademark registrations.

  • Advised the US company Kamcord on IPR strategies and conducted protective and defensive trademark registrations for the client.

  • Formulated the trademark protection strategy for NamYang Dairy Products Co., Ltd. in China and successfully negotiated on the purchase of core trademarks.

Practice Areas

> Intellectual Property Rights Strategy

> Civil and Administrative Litigations on Intellectual Property

> Unfair Competition Litigation

> Domain Name Arbitration

> Business Negotiation of Intellectual Property Rights

Education Background

Southwest University of Political Science and Law, LL.B.

Admissions

China

Working Language

Chinese, English