In the expanded seventh edition of the World Trademark Review 1000 2017 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, Wan Hui Da Law Firm & Intellectual Property Agency has been rated in the Gold Band as a top PRC firm for both “Prosecution and Strategy” and “Enforcement and Litigation” for seven years in a row.

According to the World Trademark Review 1000 2017, which was published in January 2017, “Combining a well-oiled agency with an elite law firm, Wan Hui Da provides a truly comprehensive soft IP offering. Single-mindedly solutions focused, the firm explores all angles and never gives up for its clients.”

The firm’s Senior Partner Dr. HUANG Hui also receives individual honor (Gold Band) from WTR in the category of “Enforcement and Litigation”, and Senior Partner Ms. REN Haiyan (Silver Band) in the category of “Prosecution and Strategy”. WTR describes Dr. HUANG as “both an astute prosecutor and a seasoned litigator, with a string of influential decisions to his name” and Ms. REN Haiyan “one of the country’s most perceptive brand strategists”.

PEKSUNG Intellectual Property Ltd is also ranked by WTR in the Bronze Band of the PRC firm for the category of “Prosecution and Strategy”. The firm is acclaimed as a reliable partner of “domestic and overseas companies to safeguard their crown-jewel assets at all stages of the trademark lifecycle”, a firm with “attentive and personalised case handling as its major USP, which prides itself on its long and fruitful client relationships”, as well as a team whose “flair for the fine print and superb command of IP law also earn it kudos.”

WAN HUI DA is a leading IP service powerhouse in China. It has three main legal entities, Wan Hui Da Law Firm, Wan Hui Da IP Agency and PEKSUNG IP Ltd. The merger with PEKSUNG in November 2016 was a milestone in the development of this IP powerhouse.

The WTR 1000 is the definitive guide exclusively dedicated to identifying the world’s leading trademark legal services providers. This year’s publication features more than 80 countries and US state-specific chapters analysing local trademark legal services markets and profiling the firms and individuals singled out as leaders in their respective fields. Individual practitioners, law firms and trademark attorney practices qualify for inclusion in the WTR 1000 on receiving sufficient positive feedback from market sources. To allow for easy navigation, the results are presented in bands – gold, silver and bronze – to reflect the depth of expertise, market presence and level of work on which firms are typically instructed.