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Christopher W. Smith
Christopher W. Smith
Baker & McKenzie Beijing Office
Beijing




Partner
+ 86 10 6535 3899
  • Not admitted to practice law in this jurisdiction

Christopher Smith has been a partner of the Hong Kong office of Baker & McKenzie since 2002 and is a partner in the Firm’s Intellectual Property Group. After almost 10 years working in Hong Kong, Mr. Smith relocated to Beijing in 2004 to head the office’s team of intellectual property practitioners. Chambers Asia Pacific and World Trademark Review 1000 recommend Mr. Smith as one of the leading IP lawyers in China.

Practice Focus

Mr. Smith’s practice focuses on PRC intellectual property law, with particular emphasis on PRC trademark prosecution and enforcement, licensing, domain names, product labelling, unfair competition and copyright issues.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised on all aspects of trademark applications and trademark prosecution.
  • Advised on IP rights enforcement strategies in the PRC and coordinated administrative actions against infringers.
  • Advised on strategies for obtaining well-known trademark status.
  • Advised on recent developments in China’s technology import, trademark and copyright regimes.
  • Advised on trademark and copyright licensing issues and drafting licensing contracts.
  • Advised on cross-border commissioning contracts with PRC software developers and foreign commissioning parties.
  • Advised on employment contracts for key PRC employees, with a particular focus on non-disclosure, confidentiality and ownership of proprietary rights.
  • Reviewed clients’ existing IP rights portfolios and advised on how to streamline or supplement such portfolios.

Admission

Hong Kong (1996)
England & Wales (non-practicing)~United Kingdom (1994)

Education

Manchester Polytechnic  (L.S.F.) (1992)
Manchester Polytechnic  (C.P.E.) (1991)
University of Leeds  (B.A.) (1988)

Baker & McKenzie, a Hong Kong partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.
 
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