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This English-language blog serves to guide attorneys on navigating Chinese intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent and trademark law. We discuss the latest cases, laws, rules, and guidelines and how they might impact foreign corporations.

China IP Law Update was selected as one of the Top 100 Intellectual Property Blogs To Follow in 2020 by Feedspot on March 2, 2020.

This blog, China IP Law Update, does not contain legal advice and is for informational purposes only. Its publication does not create an attorney-client relationship nor is it a solicitation for business. To the best of their ability, the authors provide current and accurate information at the time of each post, however, readers should check for current information and accuracy. 

The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A., any other of its lawyers, its clients, or any of its or their respective affiliates.

Authors

Aaron R. Wininger
Director of China Intellectual Property Law Practice
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner

Aaron Wininger is a Senior Attorney and Schwegman’s Director of China Intellectual Property. Aaron counsels both U.S. and Chinese companies on patent and trademark portfolio development, non-infringement and invalidity opinions, and cross-border enforcement of intellectual property rights. He has worked with clients in the areas of software, networks, lasers, medical devices, semiconductors and physics.

His knowledge of both the Chinese and American markets allows him to advise his clients as they expand and enforce their intellectual property portfolios. 

Aaron was named a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader in the area of Intellectual Property Law by the National Law Review (2020) (the National Law Review is operated by the National Law Forum, LLC).

Aaron has worked in China for more than a decade and is conversational in Mandarin.

Aaron is quoted regularly in major periodicals regarding IP law including Bloomberg, IPLaw360, IAM, Asia IP Magazine, Managing IP, and the South China Morning Post. He is a frequent contributor to 闻宁阁美国知识产权报. You can subscribe via WeChat by scanning the following QR code: