Advance China IP Law Office (ACIP), founded in 1999, is now one of the largest full-service IP law firms in China with over 1,000 IP professionals. We have four main offices located in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, one U.S. representative office in Silicon Valley, and several other branch offices in major cities of China. Our mission is to help clients from all over the globein a vast range of industrial sectors to obtain and manage valuable patent portfolios, protecting their technologies. For that purpose, we provide comprehensive IP services covering pre-filing strategy, filing, and prosecuting patent and trademark applications, post-grant proceedings, enforcement, andlitigation, aiming to maximize the client’s benefits with cost and time efficiencies。
Client-oriented customizable services with strategic flexibility
ACIP always seek to identify and focus on the true needs of our clients, providing comprehensive solutions with commercial-goal oriented strategies. With vertical management of branch offices across the country, we are capable of cross-regional deployment of resources for our clients to form a team with most suitable professionals to take care of ‘their specific needs. Over the years, ACIP has not only established long-term relationships with industry leaders, but also become a trusted counsel for small-to-medium innovative companies and start-ups.
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Professional and versatile team with quality delivery
Clients trust us in both contentious and non-contentious IP matters for our accurate understanding of technology, versatile legal skills, strategy planning, and flexibility and creativity in customizing tailor-made services. Our patent attorneys with advanced science degrees can skillfully handle patent matters in most technical fields, while our trademark attorneys are strong in trademark portfolio and brand strategies for various industries. The IP litigation team help domestic and international clients enforce their IP rights by formulating contentious strategies, resolving infringements disputes, and combatting counterfeits. Our working languages include Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and German.
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Innovative, thoughtful, proactive, and excellent
ACIP closely follows the hot trends and events in the field of intellectual property, focusing on the needs of clients. We have created new service types such as "IPR solutions related to the listing on the Science and Technology Venture Exchange/Beijing Stock Exchange", "IPR value assessment and package operation", and "research transfer empowerment solutions" to continuously enrich our solutions to meet clients’ needs. We also use self-developed business management system to standardize and monitor the whole process of case management and improve business efficiency while ensuring the maximum information security for clients.
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Win-win cooperation with global alliances
ACIP has served more than 3,000 clients around the globe together with hundreds of associates and partners and has been highly recognized by the community. We are recommended by Chambers (Intellectual Property, Non-litigation, 2023), The Legal 500 (Intellectual Property, Non-contentious, 2022-2023), MIP IP STARS (Patent & Trademark prosecution, 2020-2022), IAM Patent 1000 (Firms on prosecution & litigation, 2019-2022), WTR 1000 (Firms of enforcement and litigation, 2015-2023, Asia IP (Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year (China), 2022-2023), ALB (China Firms to Watch, 2022), China Business Law Journal Award, 2022).
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