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

PRC – Extraterritorial Use of Unfair Competition Law against Trademark Registry Pirate

A recent judgment issued by the Shanghai IP Court (“SIPC”) clarifies how the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law (“AUCL”) can be applied to parties that...

PRC – Amendment of Anti-Unfair Competition Law

The revised law will enter into effect on October 15, 2025. While the new law introduces a number of changes impacting a wide range...

New Guidelines on Non-Use Cancellations

Recently, the China National IP Administration (CNIPA), the parent organization to the Trademark Office (TMO), began introducing new policies and procedures relating to non-use...