Fanli Bu

Senior Associate

Trademark & Copyright

Primary office

Beijing

Telephone

Practice focus

Trademark

Domain Names

Experience

Ms. Bu earned her Master’s Degree from the Beijing Language and Culture University and joined the firm in 2018, after practicing as an associate at another IP firm.

She represents clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 multinational corporations in the automobile, engineering, technology, food and other sectors.

Work Highlights

Won numerous oppositions and invalidations before the CNIPA. In one case, representing Continental, she successfully prevented squatters from securing registrations and removed bad faith marks from the registry. Ms. Bu also won rejection appeals before the CNIPA, obtaining trademark registrations for the clients in core classes.
Prevailed various opposition and invalidation actions before the CNIPA representing GEA, removing bad faith marks filed by squatters to safeguard the client’s goodwill.
Won various oppositions and invalidations before the CNIPA representing multinational companies, thereby protecting the client’s valuable brands.

Education

Master’s Degree, Beijing Language and Culture University
Bachelor’s Degree, Ludong University

Languages

Mandarin Chinese (native)
English (fluent)

Recent Insights

Summary: 2025 PRC Trademark Law Draft Revision

The 2025 Draft Amendment proposes modest changes to the current law, with most being beneficial to trademark owners. The most notable in this regard...

White Paper – 2025 PRC Trademark Law Draft Revision

On December 27, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (“NPC”) issued a draft amendment of the PRC Trademark Law (“2025 Draft...

Draft of PRC Trademark Law Revisions – December 2025 (Translation)

This Law is enacted for the purposes of protecting the exclusive right to use a trademark, strengthening trademark administration, and urging producers and operators...