Chang Tsi's Intellectual Property practice and 3 lawyers have earned high rankings from Chambers & Partners in the 2025 edition of Chambers Greater China Region. The firm has been ranked in IP litigation (PRC Firms) and non-litigation (PRC Firms) in the new edition, managing partner Spring Chang was again named eminent practitioners, partners Michael Fu and Michael Wu were also in the guide's top tier.
Recently, the list of “2018-2019 China Trademark Administrative Litigation Agency TOP10” has been jointly published by IPHOUSE, Zhichanli and IPRdaily. Due to its outstanding performance in the IP field and strong growth in business, Chang Tsi & Partners was included in the list. Under the objective and fair principle, the list is decided on the basis of the IPHOUSE database of nearly one million of written orders and judgments on IP cases after strict review and calculation of those enlisted agencies whose cases concerning trademark administrative litigation should be more than 100 in number, as well as consideration of the victory rate, classic cases and clients grading.
On December 25th, Chang Tsi & Partners celebrated Christmas in Beijing headquarters together with Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Nanning offices, and prepared a luncheon for all the colleagues. The firm took this opportunity to thank for the trust and support from clients, and the dedication and contribution of every of its members.
On December 23rd, 2019, Asian Legal Business (ALB) published the list of 2019 China Top 15 IP Lawyers. The list was decided by ALB in consideration of firm recommendations, lawyer achievements, practice features, client comments and other aspects.
On December 5th, 2019, Chambers and Partners published 2020 Asia-Pacific Guide. Founded in 1969, the agency is globally accepted as one of the international authorities on legal rating.
Asialaw Profiles, an internationally renowned legal rating agency, has recently published the lists of Chinese law firm recommendations and the leading individuals 2020.
On September 27, 2019, the Government of Malaysia deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with WIPO’s Director General, making Malaysia the 106th member of the Madrid System, which now covers 122 countries. The Protocol will enter into force for Malaysia on December 27th, 2019.
On the eve of the European International Trademark Conference MARQUES, Simon Tsi, the managing partner of Chang Tsi & Partners, and founding partner Spring Chang, arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 5, 2019. A two-day visit and study was conducted with law firms in Argentina.
On August 30, 2019, Chang Tsi & Partners and its software partner, China Great Wall Technology Group, celebrated the launch of a new office management system at the firm’s Beijing office.
China currently does not have specific requirements to determine whether a trademark can be recognized as well-known. Obtaining well-known trademark recognition is reasonably difficult. This article will use one of our clients, Skechers, as an example to discuss the challenges and benefits of obtaining well-known trademark recognition in China.
We are pleased to announce that Chang Tsi & Partners recently added five new partners and senior consultants to the firm.
Recently, the Jianfa v. Michael Kors case, named “Deal of the year” and “The Top Ten Intellectual Property Case with Research Value”, was finally concluded. Managing Partner Simon Tsi, and Partner Michael Fu from Chang Tsi & Partners represented Michael Kors (hereafter referred as “Defendant”) to win the second instance trademark infringement case, wherein all the claims by Shantou Chenghai Jianfa Handbag Craft Factory (hereafter referred as “Plaintiff”) were rejected.
