Full-service firm Chang Tsi & Partners has a good name in the IP market and is particularly known for its trade mark work. "I would highly recommend the firm because it exhibits the necessary combination of competent client service and price to value ratio," says a client who instructs the firm on trade mark and domain name issues. "Spring Chang is my primary contact and she demonstrates the highest degree of skill, personal attention and professionalism."
Many luxury brands like working with Chang Tsi & Partners. For example, one engaged Chang to oppose several trade mark registrations of which the English part is identical with the client's mark. As the registrations were not made in the same class where the client registered its mark, Chang had to help the client obtain well-known status for the mark. Although the CTMO did not grant the well-known status, it used its discretion by describing the client's registrations as "prior trade marks with certain fame" and ruled in favour of the client.
Other highlights of the practice in 2010 include dealing with IP infringements on an e-commerce platform by lodging a complaint with the network platform provider against several online sellers and assisting a client on several patent infringement suits. "Their advice is straight forward and to the point," sums up a client. "Spring is an energetic and knowledgeable partner with a keen sense of our needs who manages her staff efficiently."