张妍

律所负责人
商标和版权

地点

北京

专业领域

诉讼与争议解决

商标

不正当竞争

域名

海关保护

版权

经验

张律师获得中国政法大学法律硕士学位,于2006年加入本事务所,现担任律所主任。

张律师主要从事商标、著作权及不正当竞争等业务领域,尤其擅长为客户制定品牌保护策略、处理商标授权确权行政诉讼等。主办诉讼案件四百余起,深入案件的每一个细节,精准把握案件节点,为客户提供全方位多角度的解决方案。

张律师曾代理《财富》500强企业和跨国公司处理过百余件知识产权侵权纠纷,行政查处、合同纠纷、权属纠纷等领域的争议解决,对风险防范、谈判磋商、驰名商标认定等疑难复杂的商标法律问题有丰富的经验。 张律师带领商标团队为Ritz-Carlton(丽思卡尔顿)、Yahoo!(雅虎)、Adobe (PHOTOSHOP)、Cisco(思科)、NOK等在国家知识产权局、北京知识产权法院、北京市高级人民法院、上海市高级人民法院审理的商标行政和民事案件中获得驰名商标认定。

工作亮点

  • Won court appeals representing Freudenberg before the Beijing IP Court, the Beijing High Court and the China Supreme Court. These cases centered around the issue of determination of similarity of goods. Successfully defended in a court appeal for Freddie Mac before the Beijing First Intermediate Court, the Beijing High Court and the China Supreme Court. This case involved the issue of determination of similarity between an English mark and its Chinese equivalent.
  • Won court appeals representing Maerz before the Beijing IP Court, the Beijing High Court and the China Supreme Court, obtaining favorable judgments affirming similarity between English and Chinese marks.
  • Won court appeals for Facebook before the Beijing First Intermediate Court, the Beijing IP Court and the Beijing High Court, resulting in cancellation of various FACEBOOK marks for unrelated goods that were obtained by bad faith filings.
  • Won a court appeal for Lonely Planet before the Beijing First Intermediate Court and the Beijing High Court. The Courts affirmed the high reputation of Lonely Planet’s trade name and granted cross-class protection.
  • Won appeals for Instagram before the Beijing IP Court and the Beijing High Court, resulting in revocation of certain trademark registrations that were obtained by bad faith filing. This case illustrates the fact that the transfer of the trademark in dispute regardless of whether the assignee purchased in good faith does not affect the determination of the bad faith of the original registrant.
  • Won a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit representing NOK before the Shanghai High Court. The Court recognized NOK’s “NOK” mark as a well-known mark on oil seal goods and held that the defendants’ acts constituted trademark infringement and unfair competition.
  • Won four trademark infringement, copyright infringement and unfair competition lawsuits for American Petroleum Institute (API) before the Shunde Court and the Foshan Intermediate Court. The case was selected as one of the Top 10 IP Cases handled by the Shunde Court in Guangdong Province.
  • Won two trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuits representing a NASDAQ listed U.S. online travel information provider before the Beijing First Intermediate Court and the Beijing High Court. The Courts ordered the defendant to cease the trademark infringement and pay damages.
  • Successfully settled a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit representing a famous U.S. hotel company before the Fuzhou Intermediate Court. The defendant ceased infringement and changed the trade name with local AIC.
  • Successfully defense for client in a dispute relating to a domain name transfer agreement.  In this case Ms. Zhang represented a famous U.S. social network company before the Shenzhen Intermediate Court. The Court affirmed the validity of the domain name transfer agreement and dismissed all claims of the plaintiff.
  • Successfully defended client in a trademark infringement lawsuit representing one of the world’s largest hard drive manufacturers before the Guangdong High Court. The Court affirmed that there was no infringement and dismissed all re-trial requests of the plaintiff.
  • 代理美国某知名生活时尚品牌供应商在上海浦东人民法院与当地某公司就商标侵权纠纷案达成和解,原告最终撤诉。
  • Won numerous cases under UDRP policy and CNDRP policy in .com and .cn domain name disputes, representing world leading companies in various industries.

学术文章

  • Opposition Trends in China Reveal CNIPA Crackdown on Trademark Squatting (2024)
  • China’s New Punitive Damages System Bolsters Protection Against Trademark Infringement (2023)
  • A Brief Look into NFTs in China (2022)
  • Key Considerations When Protecting Chinese Language Marks (2022)
  • 《“微信”域名案:腾讯为啥首选香港仲裁??》,2016年2月23日知产力
  • Analysis From Typical Cases: Corresponding Relationship Between Chinese Marks and English Marks (2015)
  • Protection of the Chinese Equivalent for its English Trademark (2015)
  • Analysis From 32 Cases: Trademark Protection Practice in Real Estate Field (2015)
  • 《楼盘相关商品、服务的相同类似判定》,2015年第5期《中华商标》
  • Analysis From 13 Cases: How to Protect Your Trademark by Applying Prior Copyright (2015)
  • 《商标争议案件中在先著作权的保护》,2014年第10期《中华商标》
  • Admissibility Of New Evidence During Trademark Administrative Trials (2014)
  • Determination of Infringement and Use of Trademark In OEM Business (2014)
  • Key Amendments of New Chinese Trademark Law 2013

Presentations

  • Session entitled “The Hungry Caterpillar: Colin V. Cuthbert and a Look at How to Best Protect Cutting Edge Marks Inside and Outside the Trademark Arena” at INTA’s Annual Meeting (2022)
  • Strafford Live Video Webinar “Trademark Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents” (2021)
  • Seminar entitled “Protecting Your IP in China-Early-Stage IP Strategy Planning and Litigation” Hosted by the US-China Business Council (USCBC) (2021)

教育经历

  • 中国政法大学,法学,硕士学位
  • 河北师范大学,英语,学士学位

执业

  • 执业律师

语言

  • 中文(母语)
  • 英语(流利)

资讯动态

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...
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近期,中国国家知识产权局(即中国商标局的上级单位)新出台了与商标不使用撤销申请(“撤三”)相关的政策及程序,可能会产生更高的花费、带来更大的不确定性。