In order to further advance the special campaign against online intellectual property infringement and counterfeiting crimes and to give full play to the exemplary and guiding role of typical cases, the Ministry of Public Security has selected and released the “Top 10 Model Cases of Combating Online IP Infringement & Counterfeiting by the Ministry of Public Security”. The case concerning the production and sale of pirated toys by Yang Mou Shan and others, handled by Lusheng Law Firm on behalf of a certain internationally renowned toy and entertainment group, has been honorably selected.
Brief Case Overview
The public security authorities in Shandong cracked a case involving the production and sale of pirated toys by Yang Mou Shan and others. In June 2024, based on clues reported by the right holder enterprise, the public security authorities in Heze, Shandong, uncovered the case, arrested 29 criminal suspects, destroyed 7 criminal dens, and seized on site more than 100,000 pirated toys, with the amount involved exceeding RMB 76 million. Upon investigation, since November 2019, the criminal suspect Yang Mou Shan and others had registered multiple companies and engaged in large-scale production of pirated toys, copying the design of product packaging, printing assembly instructions, and, after packaging, selling the products through e-commerce online stores and physical shops in small commodity markets.
Lusheng Law Firm assisted the client and the public security authorities in handling this case.
Typical Significance
This case is another major case in which Lusheng Law Firm assisted the right holder and the Shandong public security authorities in cracking down on the manufacture and sale of pirated toys. The significance of this case lies not only in the exceptionally high amount involved, but also in the full-chain crackdown and the cutting off of the cross-border supply chain of infringing products. In this case, our firm assisted the public security authorities in uncovering the entire network for designing and manufacturing pirated toys. In addition to the persons in charge and key managers of the factories manufacturing pirated toys, the designers of the pirated toys, as well as downstream distributors responsible for wholesale, retail, and export, were also arrested, thereby effecting a comprehensive and thorough crackdown on the entire infringement ecosystem. The infringing products in this case were exported by traders to multiple countries in Southeast Asia, Europe, and other regions. This crackdown has cut off the export routes of the infringing products and has also helped to establish China’s image of intellectual property protection in the international arena.
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WANG Shan
Director of Shanghai Office, Co-head of Dispute Resolution Practice
Lusheng Law Firm
Ms. WANG Shan is currently the Director of Lusheng’s Shanghai office and Co-head of the Dispute Resolution Practice, and is based in Shanghai. Ms. Wang is a distinguished expert in the field of intellectual property protection, with a practice covering trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trade names, and unfair competition, and has accumulated over 20 years of practical experience.She serves numerous world-renowned enterprises, mostly from the media and entertainment, sports, fashion and luxury, automotive, technology, chemical, and restaurant chain industries. She has successfully represented many high-profile contentious matters with broad social impact and cases involving damages in the tens of millions of renminbi. Many of these cases have repeatedly been selected as “Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases of Chinese Courts” released by the Supreme People’s Court and as annual typical cases by courts at various levels, and have been included in lists such as “QBPC: Top 10 Cases of Intellectual Property Protection of the Year” and “China Business Law Journal: Deals of the Year”.Ms. Wang has been widely recognized by many international legal ranking institutions and authoritative media, including Managing IP, Benchmark Litigation, World Trademark Review, IAM (Intellectual Asset Management), among others, and has been listed in rankings such as “Managing IP: Top 250 Women in IP Worldwide”.
Email: cwang@lushenglawyers.com
FENG Guimei
Senior Lawyer
Lusheng Law Firm
Ms. FENG Guimei joined Lusheng in 2008 and has worked in the field of intellectual property for more than ten years, with extensive practice experience. She is adept at the design and management of intellectual property enforcement projects. As a senior intellectual property lawyer, Ms. Feng provides many world-leading enterprises in the toy, sports brand, and luxury goods industries with comprehensive intellectual property protection strategies, brand protection consulting, and litigation-related legal services. Ms. Feng has also represented and prevailed in various types of litigation cases involving trademark infringement, unfair competition, and copyright infringement.
Email: hfeng@lushenglawyers.com
