Dragon Intellectual Property Law Firm (DRAGON IP) is a leading foreign-related intellectual property law firm in China, officially authorized in 1998 by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)of China as one of the few Chinese law firms qualified for handling foreign IP matters. DRAGON provides legal services in areas of patent and trademark for both domestic and foreign clients, including prosecution, reexamination, invalidation and litigation of patent, and prosecution, opposition, review and litigation of trademark, and other intellectual property related matters.
DRAGON now has more than 160 staff members including more than 30 patent attorneys,10 trademark attorneys, 5 lawyers and more than 40 technical experts, among whom more than 50 hold Ph.D. degrees and Master's degrees.
DRAGON's headquarter is located in Beijing, China, with branch offices in Tokyo, Chicago and Geneva.
DRAGON's founders were among the earliest members of SIPO, with rich experiences as senior examiners or high-ranking officials, and were involved in drafting the Chinese Patent Law and its Implementng Regulations, and in writing SIPO's Guide for Patent Examination and its supplement.
Most of DRAGON's senior managers as the leading patent attorneys have worked or stuided in SIPO, Chinese IP law firms or foreign IP law firms. They are experts in the filed of IP law with rich experiences in patent examination, prosecution and infringement litigation.
Many patent attorneys in DRAGON are former patent examiner or members of the Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, who previously studied and/or worked in America, Japanese, European patent offices or foreign patent firms, and also worked in Chinese IP firms for many years. They have profound legal knowledge and patent prosecution ability. Most of DRAGON's patent attorneys and technical experts had previously engaged in scientific or technical work in Chinese or foreign companies before they became patent attorney. Their technical expertise covers a wide range of scientific and technological disciplines, including electronics, electrics, semi-conduct, computer, communication, automation, bioengineering, medicine, mechanics, and chemical engineering, etc. They are highly praised by the clients for their profound technical knowledge, rich experience and rigorous working style.
Most of DRAGON's trademark attorneys have degrees in law. They previously worked for years in Chinese or foreign IP firms or law firms, received systematic trainings of trademark knowledge and China Trademark Law, and have dealt with thousands of foreign-related trademark cases.
DRAGON has several registered lawyers who are experts in patent law and other related laws. The legal staffs of Patent Application Division previously worked in Legal Affairs and Management Department of the SIPO for many years and are thoroughly experienced in the legal procedures of patent prosecution. They are experts not only in the filed of Chinese patent law and Chinese procedures of patent applications, but also in PCT and its regulations and other international rules, and are excellent in operations management.
The patent attorneys, trademark attorneys and legal staffs of DRAGON are good in both Chinese and foreign languages. Among them more than 70 staff members are proficient in English, more than 40 staff members are proficient in Japanese, more than 30 proficient in both English and Japanese, and about 10 are proficient in Korean. They can discuss and communicate with foreign clients directly in English, Japanese or Korean, which ensures timely communication and accuracy of agency work.
The right defending team of DRAGON is composed of top-ranking experts with rich experience, such as the former examiners of the SIPO and young technical experts with ability to understand the cutting-edged science and technology, and registered lawyers with strong technical background and profound legal knowledge. They have successfully acted as an agent for many patent invalidation and litigation cases famous both at home and abroad with a high winning rate, and developed a unique capability of acting as agency for patent reexamination, invalidation and litigation.
Since its foundation in 1998, DRAGON has established long-term cooperative relationship with a great number of leading companies and law firms around the world. Many of DRAGON's clients are members of Fortune's Global 500 companies. Every year, DRAGON files thousands of patent applications and hundreds of trademark applications for its clients, and acts as agency for many world famous IP reexamination, invalidation and litigation cases. Praised by both domestic and foreign clients for its profound professional knowledge and rigorous working style, DRAGON has been widely regarded as one of the fastest expanding foreign-related intellectual property law firms in China with great increase of the business year by year.
DRAGON has a first-rate team of patent attorneys and technical experts and is equipped with modern office facilities and advanced patent application management software system. With its principles "Honesty, Preciseness, high-quality and efficiency", DRAGON endeavors to obtain the best IP protection for the clients with the lowest cost and stands ready to provide its worldwide clients with first-class and full legal services in the areas of intellectual property.