Xin Li

Xin has over 15 years of hands-on expertise in the field of intellectual property (IP), with outstanding professional achievements in trademarks, copyrights, design patents, domain name disputes, and unfair competition.

Xin represents a broad range of internationally renowned clients across the luxury, fashion, publishing, fast-moving consumer goods, and high-end manufacturing sectors. As a Senior Associate, she has extensive experience in client communication and management and is dedicated to developing a deep understanding of each client’s business to craft effective and tailored IP strategies through close collaboration.

Xin has advised numerous influential cases in the areas of trademark enforcement, copyright protection, and unfair competition, many of which have become guiding judicial precedents. Her cases have been repeatedly recognized with benchmark awards by judicial authorities and legal media, including the ‘Top 50 Typical IP Cases of the Year’ selected by Chinese Courts and the ‘ Top 10 Cases of Combating Copyright Infringement and Piracy in China’ selected by National Copyright Administration of China.

Work Highlights

As a core team member, Xin has handled cases involving:

• Represented Tesla against Zhongyin Company and others for trademark infringement and unfair competition -- Shanghai IP Judicial Protection Model Cases of the Past Decade (released in 2024), CBLJ Deals of the year 2023 (IP)
• Advocated for an international luxury brand against a certain Shenzhen jewelry company for trademark infringement -- Recommended Model IP Cases of Guangzhou IP Protection Association 2023
• Represented an international luxury brand against a certain Shenzhen watch company for unfair competition -- Recommended Model IP Cases of Guangzhou IP Protection Association 2023
• Represented an international luxury brand against Mengjinyuan Company and others for trademark infringement and unfair competition -- Top 10 IP Cases by Tianjin High People's Court, Top 50 IP Cases Selected by the Supreme People's Court 2022
• Supported an international luxury jewelry brand against a certain jewelry company for unauthorized reproduction and distribution -- Top 10 IP Protection Cases in Guangzhou 2021
• Represented an international luxury jewelry brand against a certain Yiwu accessories company for unfair competition -- Top 10 IP Cases of Yiwu Court in 2021, Top 10 IP Judicial Protection Cases of Jinhua Courts 2021
• Represented an international publishing group against a certain Beijing technology company for information network dissemination rights infringement -- Top 10 Cases of Combating Copyright Infringement and Piracy in China 2015 by National Copyright Administration of China