On June 20, 2023, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2023 Power List: Top 15 IP Lawyers". The ranking spotlights 15 exceptional IP lawyers in mainland China. Han Kun partner Tao Zhang was named to the list.
Reasons for selection: In recent years, Mr. Zhang has helped many industry-leading companies to handle IP litigation, IP transactions, and patent prosecution, invalidation, and searches, and has accumulated extensive experience and a great reputation in serving both domestic and multinational clients. A testimony to his leading practice is a patent infringement and invalidation litigation case in which Mr. Zhang fully understood and efficiently responded to the client's needs while leading his team to deeply analyze related technical and legal issues, delivering clear-cut legal opinions and technical advice and ultimately winning a favorable judgment to protect the client from related IP risks. The quality services provided by Mr. Zhang and his team in this case, resulting from their profound theoretical knowledge and exceptional problem-solving ability, have won them recognition and trust from the client, laying a solid foundation for them to establish a long-term, stable cooperation with the client. "Mr. Zhang is a diligent, responsible and professional lawyer who never fails to deliver timely and satisfactory replies to our various questions. Owing to his technical and legal expertise, Mr. Zhang has led his team to help us acquire a large number of significant patents in China."
Lawyer's profile: Mr. Zhang received a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University. During his over 20 years of practice, Mr. Zhang has focused on patent prosecution and litigation as well as IP transaction and due diligence. He has extensive experience in providing legal services to both domestic and multinational clients, helping many industry leaders to handle IP matters such as patent portfolio planning, patent excavation, patent prosecution, patent invalidation and litigation, and freedom-to-operate searches. Mr. Zhang has also advised many corporate clients on IP system construction, due diligence and open-source compliance issues.
Mr. Zhang has successfully represented many clients before the China National IP Administration and local courts in various patent invalidation, administrative litigation, and civil infringement cases. He is adept in handling technically complex cases especially in healthcare, automotive, new energy, and software industries. He has been frequently in charge of handling large and complex cases and is widely recognized and trusted by his clients for obtaining excellent results.
