On June 3, 2018, the fifth China Intellectual Property Forum was hosted in Beijing. The “Top Ten Patent Lawyers” list was announced at the forum and Jingtian & Gongcheng Partner—Ye Zhao was named to the list.

The China IP Annual Forum is the largest, most influential and most reputable of the non-official intellectual property forums. With “Innovation, Coordination, Openness, and Sharing” as the establishment philosophy, “Responsibility, Innovation, Challenge” as the slogan, and the competency to “Innovate, Impact, Develop and Manage” as the evaluating criteria, the forum aims to identify emerging enterprises and outstanding professionals in the IP industry and develop and incentivize the IP practitioners to increase their contribution to improving the country.

Mr. Ye Zhao, with his deep knowledge about the subject, professional perfectionism, and drive for innovation is an ideal candidate according to the IP Forum’s philosophy and criteria.

Mr. Ye Zhao, a veteran practitioner in IP and antitrust litigation, has a wealth of experiences representing many of the world’s leading corporations in various complicated intellectual property infringement cases, antitrust cases and various unfair competition cases including Qihoo360 v. Tencent, Huawei v. InterDigital SEP antitrust case, Sina Weibo v. Maimai unfair competition case and Huawei v. Samsung patent infringement cases.

Jingtian & Gongcheng provides world-class service in IP transaction and dispute resolution with years of experience in the IP field since its establishment. In both 2017 and 2018 Jingtian & Gongcheng was listed in the IP Rankings by ALB, and its quality service, team strength and development speed were well acknowledged by the industry and clients in the market.