Gong Jiahui
ShanghaiLawyer
Profile
- Gong Jiahui is a practicing attorney at the Shanghai HIWAYS Law Firm. Ms. Gong graduated from the Intellectual Property School of East China University of Political Science and Law with a Master’s degree and previously worked at the Shanghai Allbright Law Office.
Ms. Gong's clients span multiple industries, including film & media, licensing, industrial manufacturing, internet, MCN agencies, healthcare, technology, furniture, interior design, and agricultural production. She has provided legal services to numerous well-known domestic and international enterprises, such as Universal City Studios LLC, Universal Beijing Resort, Markor Home Furnishings, Varia Brewing, Shanghai Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House, Dreame Technology.
Currently, at Hiways, Ms. Gong is primarily responsible for handling complex intellectual property litigation and administrative complaint cases across various courts in China, managing other types of dispute resolution cases, and trademark agency and strategy. She has represented many cases of significant importance in the industry.
Ms. Gong specializes in handling complex intellectual property litigation and administrative complaint cases in courts and enforcement departments across China, managing various dispute resolution matters, handling trademark registration, opposition, invalidation, and cancellation proceedings etc, as well as trademark portfolio management. She has represented clients in several landmark cases within the legal industry.. She has represented clients in several landmark cases within the legal industry.
Practice Areas
- Intellectual property
Dispute resolution
Educational Background
- Master of Intellectual Property, East China University of Political Science and Law
Bachelor of Laws, Beijing International Studies University
Representative Cases
- 1.Represented Universal City Studios LLC in China's first-ever IP litigation concerning Kung Fu Panda film series and achieved a favorable outcome in the second instance.
2.Represented Universal City Studios LLC in its first IP case in China for the Super Mario Bros. movie, and obtained a 500,000 RMB penalty from the Wuxi Municipal Market Supervision Bureau against the infringer.
3.Represented Universal City Studios LLC as the rights holder in Beijing’ s first criminal case involving a service trademark and the China’s first amusement park service trademark criminal case concerning the counterfeit "Universal Beijing Resort VIP Services" related registered trademark.
4.Represented a global film studio in copyright disputes against a Chinese entertainment conglomerate, achieving a high-value settlement favorable to the client.
5.Represented a leading domestic smart cleaning technology company in a series of unfair competition lawsuits with industry competitors, resulting in favorable settlements for all cases handled.
6.Represented a listed company in the field of furniture as the plaintiff in an architectural works dispute against another listed company at the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court, achieving a favorable settlement for the client.
7.Represented a leading Taobao women’s footwear retailer in a lawsuit against a competitor for commercial defamation published on a major social platform, achieving a favorable outcome in first and second trials.
8.Represented a technology company employee in a trade secret case as the defendant at Supreme People's Court resulting in non-infringement ruling, and in a patent incentive compensation claims against employer, and won the first and second trials.
9.Represented a listed company in a lawsuit against a major social media platform for network infringement liability due to the suspension of the account with great number of followers, archived the result that the Shanghai Second Intermediate Court ruling to remand the case for retrial.
10.Represented an internet technology company in a computer software copyright dispute with a former shareholder and won the case.
11.Represented in multiple reputation rights litigation and archiving favorable outcomes for both plaintiffs and defendants.
12.Provided legal services for trademark portfolios management and registration for a globally renowned coffee machine brand domestically and internationally; also provided domestic trademark-related service such as registration, opposition, invalidation, and cancellation etc and trademark portfolio management for a well-known domestic publisher and a leading Taobao women’s footwear brand on Taobao.
13.Provided long-term legal advisory services to globally famous coffee machine brand, renowned audio-visual publisher, well-known book publisher, architectural engineering firm, IoT information technology company, major testing technology company, electronics company, startup medical technology company, large-scale high-tech equipment manufacturing enterprise, major agricultural enterprise, well-know interior design company etc.
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