Our Team

Contact information

Phone

010-57600588

Fax

010-57600599

Address

50F, China World Tower 3B, No. 1 Jianguomen Wai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020, P. R. China

Areas of expertise

Copyright
Patent
Trademark
Unfair competition

Zhang Yurui/ Senior Partner

Beijing

HENGDU LAW FIRM

Practice Description

Mr. Zhang Yurui is the member of Copyright Law Committee of the 10th Session Beijing Lawyers Association, China Law Association on Science and Technology,China IP Law Association, China Intellectual Property Society.  Mr. Zhang has participated in the handling and discussion of many high-profile and complicated IP cases covering patent, copyright, trademark, anti-unfair competition, etc. He has great prestige in China with in-depth practical and theoretical study of copyright and trade secret. 

As a Hengdu expert, Mr. Zhang handled numerous difficult cases in IP and Commercial Litigation to serve the best interests of his clients.

Representative Cases

Mr. Zhang got rulings in favor of his clients in the following IP cases, many of which are first-of-its-kind cases:

  • Yikang Enterprise Trade Secret Case, the earliest trade secrets criminal case in Beijing;

  • National Print Works vs. Mr. Fan Trade Secret Case, (represented defendant and the court found there is no infringement);

  • Taiwan Deer Brand vs. Avery Dennison,trade secret case amount RMB 100 million;

  • a SOE vs. Rio Tinto Group, trade secret case.  Ministry of Science issued a report identifying the core issues in this case, Mr. Zhang's opinions were quoted in the report;

  • Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd. v. P&G (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. for copyright infringement, Mr. Zhang argued on behalf of P&G that single character is not a piece of artwork, and finally won in the second instance;

  • Genyou Ye v. KFC (Wuxi, Jiangsu) for copyright infringement, Mr. Zhang argued for KFC that the use of character styles available for free in the fontlib is not an infringement of copyright, finally won in the second instance.

Publications

Mr. Zhang has published many important works on trade secret, including the Pursuit of Truth---Trade Secret Litigation Dispute (《追求真相——商业秘密诉讼论争》), Trade Secret and Commercial Bribery (《商业秘密与商业贿赂》), Internet-related IP---Litigation and Law (《互联网上知识产权——诉讼与法律》),  Legal Protection of Commercial Secret (《商业秘密的法律保护》), 200 Problems on the Application and Protection of Trade Secret (《商业秘密的运用和保护200题》), Analysis of Legal Precedents of the People’s Republic of China (《中华人民共和国判例分析全书》), Patent Law and Practice(《专利法与专利实践》), etc.

His most authoritative book Law of Trade Secret (《商业秘密法学》)is still a textbook for judges to study relevant issues and cases.