Elaine Huang
ShanghaiLawyer
Profile
- Elaine Huang is a lawyer of HIWAYS Law Firm. She graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law with an master degree in Intellectual Property. Her main practice areas are intellectual property and dispute resolution. She has solid practical experience in IP dispute resolution, including IP litigation, trademark administrative cases and administrative complaints.
Elaine Huang has provided legal services to domestic and international enterprises, including Universal City Studios LLC, Beijing Universal Resort, Varia Brewing, Green Tank, Meinian Health Group, Gufengyuan Group, Dreame, Heytea, Weaver Network, Tongji Architectural Design, AMG Asia Music Entertainment & Culture, Baroque Timber, OFILM Group and Beijing Superstar. Her services cover a wide range of industries, including culture and entertainment, intelligent manufacturing, information technology, architectural design, food and agriculture, medical and healthcare, education and publishing, and home furnishing and building materials. She assists clients in developing targeted dispute resolution and rights protection strategies based on their business characteristics, IP portfolios and enforcement needs.
In intellectual property matters, Elaine Huang has handled trademark, copyright, patent, unfair competition and related infringement disputes. Her work covers IP civil litigation, trademark prosecution and invalidation administrative litigation, trademark oppositions, invalidation and cancellation proceedings, administrative complaints, infringement investigations, coordination of administrative enforcement actions and follow-on civil claims. In civil and commercial dispute resolution, she has handled contract disputes, commercial arbitration, reputation rights disputes and other matters, and assists clients in formulating litigation or response strategies based on the facts, evidence and core objectives of each case.
Elaine Huang has strong bilingual legal service capabilities in Chinese and English, and provides domestic and overseas clients with bilingual legal document drafting, case analysis, litigation strategy reports and cross-border communication support.
Typical Cases
- Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Disputes
1.Represented Universal City Studios in multiple IP administrative complaint matters, assisting the client in taking enforcement actions against offline infringement, unauthorized use of well-known film and television IP elements and related unfair business practices.
2.Represented Universal City Studios in the “Minions” series of trademark administrative litigation matters involving disputes over the registration and validity of trademarks related to the names of well-known film characters.
3.Represented a Canadian company in a service invention patent ownership dispute against a former senior executive, involving inventorship ownership, service invention determination and protection of related rights in a cross-border R&D cooperation context.
4.Represented a healthcare examination chain enterprise in trademark infringement and unfair competition enforcement matters, assisting the client in actions against brand confusion, trademark use and market misrepresentation by competitors and related business operators.
5.Deeply involved in Baroque Timber’s trademark infringement and unfair competition dispute. The case was reversed on appeal, and the court ultimately upheld a high damages claim, ordering the opposing party to pay RMB 12 million in compensation.
6.Handled multiple trademark administrative matters for Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd., covering trademark oppositions, trademark applications and trademark invalidation proceedings, and assisted the client in advancing brand protection and trademark portfolio planning.
7.Represented a VR visual development company in copyright infringement and unfair competition disputes.
8.Represented a communications technology company in technology contract and design patent ownership disputes.
Civil Disputes and Commercial Arbitration
9.Represented a well-known listed company in a reputation rights infringement dispute, securing substantial damages and an interim conduct preservation ruling.
10.Represented a listed company as defendant in a software sales contract dispute. The court dismissed all claims brought by the plaintiff and upheld the defendant’s counterclaims.
11.Represented a well-known artist as respondent in an arbitration concerning a Jinhua concert contract dispute. The arbitral tribunal dismissed all arbitration claims brought by the opposing party.
12.Represented a well-known artist as claimant in an arbitration concerning a Haikou concert contract dispute. The arbitral tribunal supported all arbitration claims brought by the client.
13.Represented a party in a shareholder capital contribution dispute involving capital contribution obligations and related liabilities.
14.Represented a listed company in a commercial arbitration against an authorized operation center.
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