Hans She

Practice Areas

MR. SHE IS AN ADVOCATE WITH A COMPETITIVE SPIRIT AND HIGH‐OCTANE CONFIDENCE. HAVING GRADUATED WITH MASTER DEGREES FROM TOP CHINESE AND AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS AND RECEIVED BUSINESS MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AT A PRESTIGIOUS EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOL, HE INTEGRATES HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH INTER‐PERSONAL SKILLS AND SPECIALIZES IN HIGH‐PROFILE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

Career

Mr. She joined Fangda in 2005 and became a homegrown partner. Mr. She was named one of the “Top 15 IP Lawyers” in China by Asian Legal Business in 2016.

Experience

Represented dozens of foreign IP holders in various legal proceedings in China, including patent infringement lawsuits, patent invalidation proceedings, trademark infringement lawsuits, trademark opposition procedures, trademark invalidation actions, unfair competition litigation, copyright lawsuits, domain name disputes, and trade secret protection lawsuits

Advised both international and Chinese media and entertainment companies in dispute resolutions and in non-contentious, transactional matters with respect to motion pictures, video games, smartphone apps, holiday resorts, etc.

Defended in association with local German lawyers a publicly listed Chinese chemical company in a patent infringement lawsuit in Düsseldorf District Court

Advised a Dutch flower breeding company in enforcing its plant breeder’s rights against unauthorized sales of propagation materials in China

Advised a Pritzker prize-winning US architecture firm in protecting architecture-related intellectual property

Advised various multinational corporations operating in China on data protection, data localization, e-commerce and cybersecurity issues

Acted as the victim’s lawyer in a number of IP criminal theft proceedings, including criminal lawsuits for trademark infringement and trade secret encroachment

Litigated before China’s Supreme People’s Court on multiple occasions, including having represented a French global automotive supplier in the first-ever patent infringement lawsuit at the Intellectual Property Court of China’s Supreme People’s Court

Represented US multinational corporations in commercial arbitration in China and Switzerland in entirely English-language hearings for IP-related disputes

Education