Congratulations to August Zhang (China), Kin Wah Chow (Indonesia), Claire Corral (Philippines) and Nuttachai (Jump) Unatarana (Thailand) who have all been newly recommended.
Linda Chang heads the team at Rouse, which primarily handles trade mark and patent infringement matters. The team includes Carol Wang, who specialises in copyright and design protection issues, as well as patent prosecution and litigation. August Zhang has extensive experience in litigation and enforcement matters across trade marks, copyrights and unfair competition.
Linda Chang – Leading Individual
August Zhang - Recommended
Carol Wang – Recommended
Rouse Legal Hong Kong maintains strong relationships with leading global brands, which turn to the firm for trade mark prosecution and portfolio management. Litigation also features; Adelaide Yu and senior associate Theresa Mak successfully represented a well-known company in the fashion and clothing sector in a trade mark opposition appeal at the High Court. Chris Vale heads the practice.
Adelaide Yu – Recommended
Chris Vale – Recommended
Theresa Mak – Recommended
‘With many connections in the IP field’, Suryomurcito & Co. in association with Rouse provides ‘reliable advice’ and ‘can get moving on things very quickly’. Kin Wah Chow had recent success acting for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in a trade mark cancellation action and subsequent Supreme Court appeal. The team has been particularly active in contentious IP work. Registered patent attorney Gunawan Suryomurcito is also recommended.
Gunawan Suryomurcito – Leading Individual
Kin Wah Chow – Recommended
Baranda & Associates’ department is headed by Edmund Baranda, and is supported by trade mark expert Claire Corral. Schwan-Stabilo is a key client.
Claire Corral – Recommended
Edmund Baranda – Recommended
At Rouse, a recent highlight for Fabrice Mattei’s team was defending Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s ‘MIT’ mark against an application from a domestic company with a similar logo. In another case, Nuttachai Unaratana and Mattei won a trade mark appeal for Asahi Golf Company.
Fabrice Mattei – Leading Individual
Nuttachai Unatarana – Recommended
Rouse Legal acted for several international companies in trade mark disputes, including successfully representing Honeywell International in a trade mark application dispute concerning the word Honeywell. The team of seven, including Hong Kong-based head Chris Vale, also has experience in criminal litigation and trade mark licensing. Senior associate Yen Vu [recently promoted to Executive] is expert in copyright disputes, trade mark appeals and raid actions.
Chris Vale – Recommended
Yen Vu – Recommended