Recently, the famous authoritative IP media Managing IP published in 2020 IP STARS Trademark Ranking. Watson & Band, with its long-term outstanding performance and good reputation in the intellectual property area, received top ranking in the “Trademark: Contentious” area.

IP STARS is the leading specialist guide to IP law firms and practitioners worldwide. Managing IP published its first legal directory in 1994 and rebranded it in 2013 as IP STARS. The research for IP STARS covers a variety of IP practice areas and more than 80 jurisdictions, making it the most comprehensive and widely respected guide in the IP profession.

Before compiling the rankings, IP STARS’ research analysts also conducted their own independent research, including an analysis of publicly available information (such as court or IP office data) and existing data we hold on firms. The aspects assessed for the firm rankings include expertise, workload, market reputation/record, outcomes achieved for clients, and unique strengths in a given practice area.

In 2019, Watson & Band’s IP services continued healthy and steady growth in terms of litigation and enforcement, prosecution and strategy, as well as licensing and transactions. In addition to keeping our strengths in the conventional services, we also explored and consolidated new types of IP services. We have served many domestic and foreign clients in IP-related actions throughout the years, among which a number of cases were selected as landmark or typical IP cases of the year by the Supreme People’s Court, the Higher People’s Courts and the IP Courts at provincial or municipal levels, or by authorities like the Patent Reexamination Board. By these efforts and achievements, we have won extensive recognition and trust among our clients.

Although the current situation might be a bit harder than the past years, we will adhere to our philosophy of “Integrity, Strategy, Professionalism and Dedication” and spare no effort in providing cost-effective services for our clients. We look forward to working with you hand in hand and tide over this almost unprecedented crisis.