Name
China Patent Agent (H.K.) LTD.
Description
China Patent Agent (H.K.) Ltd. (CPA) was established in Hong Kong in March 1984, accompanying the promulgation of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China. It is one of China's three earliest-established patent and trademark firms. Headquartered in Hong Kong, CPA also has branch and representative offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, New York, Tokyo, and Munich.
CPA is now one of the largest intellectual property (IP) firms in China. It has 550 staff members, including 230 patent attorneys, 30 trademark attorneys, and 85 attorneys-at-law. CPA's professional teams possess intimate knowledge of the IP laws of China, the United States, Japan, and Europe, and their working languages include Chinese, English, Japanese, German, French, Korean, and Cantonese.
CPA maintains close ties with major IP organisations worldwide, among them the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), Licensing Executives Society (LES), International Trademark Association (INTA), International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI), All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA), China Trademark Association (CTA), China Intellectual Property Society (CIPS), and China Society of Copyright (CSC). The firm's top management have been playing a leadership role in a number of influential IP organisations in China.
CPA has good cooperative relations with enterprises, law firms, as well as academic and research institutes from around the world, and provides both domestic and foreign clients with IP services including prosecution, litigation, mediation, licensing, assignment, and counseling in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright, domain name, and anti-unfair competition. The firm also prosecutes applications for registration of patent, trademark, and design in Hong Kong.
CPA is now one of the largest intellectual property (IP) firms in China. It has 550 staff members, including 230 patent attorneys, 30 trademark attorneys, and 85 attorneys-at-law. CPA's professional teams possess intimate knowledge of the IP laws of China, the United States, Japan, and Europe, and their working languages include Chinese, English, Japanese, German, French, Korean, and Cantonese.
CPA maintains close ties with major IP organisations worldwide, among them the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), Licensing Executives Society (LES), International Trademark Association (INTA), International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI), All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA), China Trademark Association (CTA), China Intellectual Property Society (CIPS), and China Society of Copyright (CSC). The firm's top management have been playing a leadership role in a number of influential IP organisations in China.
CPA has good cooperative relations with enterprises, law firms, as well as academic and research institutes from around the world, and provides both domestic and foreign clients with IP services including prosecution, litigation, mediation, licensing, assignment, and counseling in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright, domain name, and anti-unfair competition. The firm also prosecutes applications for registration of patent, trademark, and design in Hong Kong.
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