In December 2021, IP House and Zhichanli released the finalists of the 3rd China Outstanding IP Lawyer TOP 50. With top-notch practice performance and profound experience in IP law, Llinks partner James Wang (WANG Zhan) has been ranked among the list.
The ranking enjoyed wide attention from the legal society, with over 300 submissions collected altogether. The co-organizers selected 200 candidates through multi-dimensional data analysis and then applied sophisticatedly-set criteria to score each candidate accordingly. Eventually, 50 PRC IP lawyers stood out after an online voting and a comprehensive evaluation by a panel consisting of 50 well-known corporate in-house legal counsellors.
James Wang, Partner
James Wang specialized in providing both litigation and non-litigation legal services in practice areas including intellectual property, internet and information technology, etc. He now primarily focuses on representing clients in internet antitrust, unfair competition and online game litigation cases.
Representative Matters and Cases:
Competition Law Cases
WeChat user profile picture and ID case (2019)
Open platform interface sharing dispute case (2019)
China's first-ever case of WeChat platform ecology litigation case (2020)
China's first-ever case of 'click-farming' platform dispute case (2021)
China's first-ever dispute case of capturing and providing data on WeChat public platform (2021)
Online Gaming Cases
The case of 'the Legend of Blue Moon' (2018-2021)
The 2nd trial of the 'Minecraft' and 'Mini World' case
The 2nd trial of the 'Overwatch' case
China's first-ever case of unfair competition over game studios (2019)
China's first-ever case of unfair competition disputes over the sale of plug-ins by online game streamers (2020)
Other IP-related Cases
China's first-ever case of related regard after the implementation of 'Regulation on Protection of the Right of Communication through Information Network'
Li suing Sohu regarding the infringement of his right to communicate 'Shanghai Blind Date Lover' to the public over information networks (2006-2007)
China's first-ever case of short message copyright infringement
Fu suing Sohu regarding the infringement of copyright over 190 short messages (2007)
China's first-ever case over IP infringement of fan fictions
IP cases regarding 'The Adventures of Three Tomb Raiders' and 'MoJinXiaoWei' (2015-2018)
China's first-ever infringement case on the usage of prop items in movies/dramas
WANT WANT suing TV drama 'Grow up' regarding the tort and misusage of WANT WANT jelly as a prop item in the drama (2017)
Publications
Wang Kun and Wang Zhan, Research on the Systematization of Copyright Law (the China University of Political Science and Law Press, ISBN 978-7-5620-8467-9)
Several Copyright Legal Issues Concerning the Protection of the Image of Main Characters in Well-known Works. (Zhichanli, 2017.12.12)
Judicial Research on the Types of Online Game under the Background of the New Copyright Law. (Zhichanli, 2021.6.15)
The Judgment of Online Game Infringement Similarity Comparison Method and Rights Protection Strategy. (Game Copyright Work Committee of Copyright Society of China, 2021.7.20)
