On Thursday 28th May 2026, Hong Kong-based legal magazine China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) releases the winners of its “China Business Law Awards 2026”. The awards are designed to showcase the diversity of talent in the legal services market while offer assistance to in-house readers as they consider and select their legal advisers.
Wanhuida Intellectual Property is ranked in the categories of IP (Patent) PRC Firm and IP (Trademark) PRC Firm.
According to CBLJ, Wanhuida Intellectual Property helped secure a landmark ruling for New Balance against Jiangxi-based New BailunLP for infringing the former’s iconic “N” trademark, with Jiangsu High People’s Court ordering RMB58.9 million (USD8.5 million) in damages. The firm also represented Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals in a trademark and unfair competition suit against Tonghua Dongbao involving their similar “长秀霖” (Basalin) and “长舒霖” (Changsulin) marks. Gan & Lee was awarded RMB61 million in damages.
China Business Law Journal undertook a rigorous, months-long evaluation process, reviewing hundreds of firm submissions and thousands of client assessments from corporate executives, in-house counsel and legal professionals. Candidate firms were assessed primarily on three sources of information: the firms’ own submissions, feedback from client referees, and credible nominations from the whole industry, to identify those law firms that have demonstrated outstanding performance across a range of practice areas and industry sectors. In addition to peer recommendations, CBLJ research team also factored into input from government bodies, the judiciary and academic institutions.
The China Business Law Awards maintain a three-tier structure: general awards recognising overall excellence; practice area awards spanning 27 legal specialties; and industry awards covering 14 key sectors. This year, the practice areas include 4 IP-related subcategories of IP (copyright), IP (patent), IP (trademark), and IP (trade secret).
Wanhuida has been ranked in the China Business Law Awards fourteen years in a row.
