China Science Patent & Trademark Agent Limited (CSPTAL) is a leading intellectual property law firm in China. The firm focuses its practice solely on Intellectual Property Law, including patent, trademark, copyrights, unfair competition, domain name registration and related litigation and transactional matters.

CSPTAL is a private law firm and the firm's predecessor was founded in 1984, when China first adopted patent laws, as the Patent Agency of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the leading and most comprehensive research institute in China.

CSPTAL, Currently, has 140 members, with 55 patent attorneys, 8 trademark attorneys and 11 attorneys at law. The firm's strong patent practice is backed by experienced professionals who are both top-rated scientists and engineers in their respective fields at the CAS and among the first groups of trained and qualified patent attorneys in China. For example, 9 attorneys at the firm hold the academic title of professorship; 45 attorneys hold Master's degrees or higher; and 8 attorneys are formal patent examiners at SIPO. Over half of the attorneys have received professional trainings in various patent offices or law firms in the United States, Japan, Europe, or Canada. Therefore, the firm's professionals not only are experienced in Chinese IP law and practice, but also understand the clients' needs from an international perspective.

CSPTAL has an active and vigorous trademark and copyright practice, which is based on the understanding that a critical aspect of any business today is the creation, maintenance and protection of its trademark, domain name and copyright portfolios.

Over the years, the firm has also earned a reputation forits strong IPlitigation practice. The litigation team provides proactive representation for clients whowish to enforce or defend their rights through both administrative and court proceedings.The professionals' knowledge inboth technologies and legal proceedings enable them to represent clients effectively and efficiently in all fields of intellectual property.

CSPTAL has access to computer databases that make rapid, in-house search services available. And also our office is located only three kilometers from SIPO, an ideal place toprovide immediate access to SIPO, and it also creats favorable conditions for frequent contacts between the patent attorneys and SIPO examiners.

The firm has 8 attorneys at law, each of them having the experience of more than 5 year. Some of them are also qualified patent attorneys and/or trademark attorneys. Backed by a strong team of patent attorneys, they are handling around 100 litigation cases every year, involving patent/trademark infringement, administrative enforcement of IP rights, and the cases arising from patent invalidation and trademark opposition. Among the cases, half are from domestic clients and half from foreign client.

The firm has 55 patent attorneys, including 8 former examiners from the Patent Office. Attorneys at law are 11 and Trademark attorneys are 8.

Our professionals are highly experienced. 70% of the attorneys have practiced IP laws for more than 5 years. 17 patent attorneys started their IP careers since the year 1984 when the Patent Law was formulated.

100 or more attorneys

Haidian District, Beijing, China

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