Lifang & Partners, founded in 2002, has established a reputation as one of the country’s leading law firms concentrating on intellectual property law and has a broad range of commercial law practices especially in industries in which IPR protection is extremely important.

With offices in Beijing, Guangzhou and Wuhan, our firm provides litigation, prosecution, licensing and counseling services relating to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and related matters.

Our firm possesses the most preeminent intellectual property litigation group in the country. We have some of the nation’s best litigators who possess extensive and first-chair trial experiences. They are supported by dozens of lawyers, patent agents, foreign legal counsel, and a professional administrative team. With their dedication, Lifang has grown rapidly and we provide high-quality legal services and business solutions based on a profound knowledge of PRC law and practice and an understanding of each individual client.

The emphasis of our firm’s practice is towards providing legal services in IPR intensive sectors, especially chemistry, mechanics, automobiles, materials science, electricity and electronics, telecommunications, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, Internet and entertainment.

We provide our services in Chinese, English, French, Japanese and Korean.

Our firm has established and continues to support the Beijing Intellectual Property Institute, a renowned research center dedicated to IPR issues, chaired by Lifang senior consultant and well known retired IP judge, Mr. Cheng Yongshun. The center is the first think tank of its kind in China and is made up of permanent and guest academics and industry specialists.