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Feb 01,2019

WTR Ranks Wanhuida

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In the 2019 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, Wanhuidahas been rated in the Gold Band as a top PRC firm for both the “Prosecution and Strategy” and “Enforcement and Litigation” category.

According to the World Trademark Review 1000 2019, which was published in January 2019, Wanhuida is “one of the nation’s most venerable destinations for trademark instructions” with “undisputed prestige” coming not just from its size but also from its “deep bench of academic knowledge”.

The firm’s Senior Partners Dr. Huang Hui, Mr. Bai Gang and Mr. Jason Yao also receives individual honor from WTR in the category of “Enforcement and Litigation”, and Senior Partner Ms. Ren Haiyan in the category of “Prosecution and Strategy”.

WTR describes Dr. Huang as “an exemplary scholar” who is “not afraid to break new ground” and newly ranked Jason Yao a “main driving force in the litigation department” who “possesses a can-do attitude that enables him to craft novel brand protection solutions”. Mr. Bai Gang made the list for his clout in the trademark community and peer partner Haiyan Ren for “holding down the fort on the prosecution side”.

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.