Andrew Sim

Mr. Sim's practice focuses on IP protection and enforcement in China, including assisting clients to strategize their IP rights and directing anti-counterfeiting operations as well as providing advice on licensing and commercial IP issues and agreements. His practice also includes domain name, Internet and technology laws.

• Advised Starbucks Corporation on obtaining judicial well-known recognition of their trademarks in Shanghai, Beijing and Supreme People's Court, as well as well-known trademark recognition in the PRC Trademark Office and PRC Trademark Review and Adjudication Board.
• Advised Starbucks Corporation on its partnership agreement with Chinese leading food and beverage producer Tingyi Holding Corp.to manufacture and expand the distribution of Starbucks ready-to-drink products throughout China.
• Successfully filed an administrative complaint for an American fruit breeder and obtained the first punishment decision under the PRC Seed Law. 
• Advised Harley-Davidson and Assisted with obtaining IP protection of their unregistered trademark in a civil lawsuit before Beijing Intermediate People’s Court and Beijing Higher People’s Court.
• Advised Hasbro and Assisted with securing their first successful IP infringement lawsuit in Guangzhou. 
• Advised the Louis Vuitton and obtaining well-known trademark recognitions in the PRC Trademark Review & Adjudication Board, Beijing Intellectual Property Court and Beijing Higher People’s Court.
• Advised Givenchy and obtaining their first well-known trademark recognition in the PRC Trademark Review & Adjudication Board.
• Advised Moet Hennessy and Assisted in securing their first successful trademark infringement lawsuit in relation to their 3-D bottle mark in Shandong province.
• Advised OSIM International and Assisted to defend the design patent invalidation action. Also securing a successful design patent infringement lawsuit against a Chinese infringer in respect of a massage chair product.
• Conducted successful raid action for Vitasoy in Guangdong Province of China, in which lemon tea drink products, packaging boxes were confiscated. This is Vitasoy's first IP enforcement action in China.
• Coordinated series of successful criminal raid actions relating to counterfeit coffee products throughout China, results in criminal convictions.

• Recommended Lawyer (China: Foreign Firms) - WTR 1000 (2020, 2019)
• Best Lawyer, Intellectual Property - BestLawyers.com (2019)
• Trademark Star (China) - Managing Intellectual Property: IP Star (2019)

• New York State Bar Association - Attorney
• Law Society of Singapore - Advocate & Solicitor
• Lincoln's Inn - Barrister
• Law Society of England & Wales - Solicitor

• Hong Kong
• Shanghai