Formerly associated with Bird & Bird, the four-partner team headed by James Luo of Xiang Kun Law Firm has specialist industry expertise in the electronics, luxury goods and services, IT, telecommunications, sports and pharmaceutical sectors. Some of the clients that have sought the firm's advice in these areas include Chanel, Gucci, Motorola, Microsoft, Nokia, Prada and Philips.
The firm has been busy with civil enforcement and litigation against counterfeiters. For example, it acted for LVMH and helped the French company to win Rmb500,000 ($76,000) in an infringement case in Shanghai against repeat offenders. The amount is the maximum statutory damage under China's Trade Mark Law. It has also helped Sony Ericsson, LeSportsac and Abercrombie & Fitch to coordinate administrative raids. "Xiang Kun has managed a handful of PRC AIC raid actions for us. James Luo is widely known and respected with good experience in IP enforcement and good contacts. He can be trusted to work with integrity," says a client.