Exceptional Talent, Multidisciplinary Expertise

At Fondee IP, our greatest asset is our people. Our distinguished team comprises seasoned practitioners drawn from top-tier IP firms and multinational corporations. Combining profound legal acumen with diverse technical and academic backgrounds, our attorneys bridge complex technology and the law. To support efficient cross-border collaboration, our professionals are fluent in multiple working languages, including Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, German, and French.

Comprehensive IP Protection, Worldwide

We navigate the complexities of intellectual property law across major jurisdictions worldwide, including China, Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Our core practice areas encompass the full lifecycle of patents, trademarks, and copyrights, ranging from prosecution, litigation, and enforcement to licensing, tech transfer, and strategic counseling. Through our closely integrated network of highly regarded associate firms across the globe, Fondee IP ensures that clients receive seamless, top-tier representation wherever their business takes them.

Patents

Patents are a core strength of Fondee IP. Our team has strong technical backgrounds across communications, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, biomedicine, chemistry, materials, and mechanical engineering. We work to turn complex innovation into durable legal protection across the full patent lifecycle.

  • Filing and rights acquisition: patent mining, drafting, and global filing strategies, including domestic applications, PCT filings, and Paris Convention routes.
  • Reexamination and invalidation: representation in reexamination, invalidation proceedings, responses, and subsequent administrative litigation.
  • FTO and patentability analysis: freedom-to-operate diligence, infringement-risk warnings, and design-around counseling for product launches and outbound technology.
  • Portfolio management: customized global portfolio planning and dynamic asset management aligned with business strategy.
  • Design protection: worldwide protection for industrial designs and UI-related design features.

Trademarks

Strong brands are the foundation of market differentiation. Fondee IP helps clients search, register, enforce, and develop trademark value worldwide, whether they are early-stage companies or multinational enterprises.

  • Search and registration: comprehensive clearance searches, risk analysis, and domestic and international filing strategies.
  • Refusal, opposition, and cancellation: trademark office actions, oppositions, invalidation, and non-use cancellation proceedings.
  • Brand enforcement: marketplace monitoring, anti-counterfeiting actions, and customs recordation.
  • Global brand strategy: coordinated international trademark portfolio management through the Madrid System and our global network.

Copyrights

We provide broad legal protection for literary, artistic, and digital works. As technology and creativity continue to converge, we bring practical experience in both traditional works and software-related rights.

  • Work registration: copyright registration for literary, artistic, musical, audiovisual, and engineering design works.
  • Software copyright: dedicated registration and protection for source code, databases, algorithms, and digital interfaces.
  • Anti-piracy and enforcement: responses to online infringement, piracy, and unauthorized commercial use.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

When commercial friction arises, Fondee IP’s litigation team stands ready to protect your interests. We handle matters before courts at all levels and specialized IP tribunals, always with a focus on business outcomes and efficient resolution through litigation, arbitration, or settlement.

  • Infringement litigation: civil actions for patent, trademark, and copyright infringement, with tailored offensive and defensive strategies.
  • Administrative litigation: challenges to rights-grant decisions issued by the China National Intellectual Property Administration.
  • Trade secret protection: protection of know-how and business information, including trade secret claims and non-compete disputes.
  • Cross-border coordination: management of parallel disputes across multiple jurisdictions and overseas enforcement actions.

IP Strategy & Transactions

Beyond prosecution and enforcement, we help clients turn intellectual property into commercial value. IP management is integrated into the broader business strategy, especially for companies expanding globally.

  • Due diligence: IP diligence and risk review for venture financing, private equity, M&A, and IPO transactions.
  • Technology transfer and licensing: drafting, reviewing, and negotiating licensing, joint development, and transfer agreements.
  • Outbound compliance strategy: tailored overseas IP planning and risk controls for Chinese companies expanding abroad.