Irene Wang

Associate

Trademark & Copyright

Primary office

Beijing

Telephone

Practice focus

Trademark & Copyright

Unfair Competition

Domain Names

Customs Protection

Experience

Ms. Wang obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from China Agricultural University and joined the firm in 2015.

She assists clients ranging from multinational Fortune 500 corporations to startups in technology, hospitality, and pharmaceutical areas.

Work Highlights

Assisting multinationals in enforcement actions in China, including trademark oppositions, trademark invalidations, onsite investigations, administrative complaints, online complaints, and other contentious matters.
Assisting multinationals in brand protection in China, including defensive applications, copyright recordal, domain name complaints, possible actions against preemptive registrations, and other actions to combat pirates and counterfeiters.
Won invalidation actions representing startup companies, successfully removing pre-emptive registrations from the registry while clearing a path for the registration of the client’s own marks in core Classes.
Won multiple domain name complaints under UDRP and CNDRP policies, on behalf of world leading companies in various industries.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Law, China Agricultural University

Languages

Mandarin Chinese (native)
English (fluent)

Recent Insights

Overview of Civil Litigation in the PRC

China’s legal system is based on Civil Law principles. It is sometimes said to be a hybrid, with selected elements of common law inserted....

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...