Shanghai Patent & Trademark Law Office, LLC (SPTL) is among the largest international intellectual property firms in China, dedicated to providing overseas and domestic clients with one-stop full-range intellectual property (IP) services.
SPTL has a staff of nearly 300, including a group of national-level IP professionals, aiming to maximize clients’ IP portfolios with our integrated and conscientious expertise and help clients to move towards their goals. Since its establishment, SPTL has developed an extensive network with thousands of clients and associates across more than 70 countries and regions. Today, SPTL is among the best IP firms in China and enjoys a solid reputation around the world as well.
We are committed to helping domestic clients “go global” and overseas clients to “get into” the Chinese market, thus helping both domestic and overseas clients to promote their development strategies with our high-level IP services.
Patents should lead the way in going global. SPTL actively assists domestic companies in making their IPR “go global” by providing a full range of quality intellectual property IP services, such as pre-filing clearance, infringement and FTO search and analysis, and corporate intellectual property management and consulting services to help clients to manage and protect their IP and let them go global with more confidence.
In addition, SPTL specializes in providing conscientious services to help foreign companies fully adapt to China's IP protection laws and practices. We provide overseas clients with external-oriented IP services through proficient application of laws and regulations under the principle of being reasonable and restrained, striving to seek legal and adequate IP protection for them. For example, when an important invention patent application of a U.S. communication company was rejected during review, SPTL never gave up finding strong evidence in the administrative proceedings to rationalize the company’s scope of protection. In the end, the court ruled in favor of the client.
In the IP services sector, SPTL is deeply involved in various international and domestic IP events, such as those held by the International Trademark Association (INTA), the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). Also with members of our firm serving as vice chancellor of the China Intellectual Property Society (CIPS), vice chairman of the All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA), and vice chairman of the China Trademark Association (CTA), we are making active contributions to the development of the IP services sector.
In the future, SPTL will move towards the strategic goal of being a leading international IP service provider in China by building an IP service brand featuring superior service and constant innovation to better serve both domestic and overseas clients.