Andrew SU, Esq. - Grandall law firm

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Andrew SU, Esq.

  • Education:LL.B.; Bachelor of Economics
  • Email: suxiaonan@grandall.com.cn
  • Location:Beijing
  • Tel:010-6589 0715
  • Fax:010-6517 6800
Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property; Dispute Resolution; Corporate Affairs

Professional Experience

  • Mr. Su has extensive experience in the field of intellectual property, dispute resolution and corporate affairs and has served clients including many Top 500 companies involved in apparel, automotive, medical, medical equipment, home appliances, industrial machinery, finance, and many other fields. The practice areas of Mr. Su include trademark, copyright, domain name, trade secret and anti-unfair competition. The authorization and determination of trademark rights, civil litigations of trademark and copyright infringement, crackdown on infringement, prosecution on criminal infringement, and technology import and export highlight outstanding performance of Mr. Su.
  • Civil Litigations and Criminal Litigations on Intellectual Property
  • Proview Technology v. Apple on IPAD trademark ownership, infringement and administrative disposal disputes, which ends with a historic settlement amount of USD60,000,000 in intellectual property field in China;
  • Michael Jordan v. Qiaodan Sports Co., Ltd. on “乔丹” name right infringement, and trademark invalidations and oppositions;
  • Polo/Lauren Company L. P. v. Shenzhen Dabaishun Trading Co., Ltd. on “POLO” trademark OEM infringement;
  • Criminal case of trademark infringement of Malaysia White Cafe Sdn Bhd’s registered trademark “OLDTOWN” in Shanghai and Hanzhou; (the principle criminal was sentenced to two years and a half in prison and was fined RMB200,000)
  • Trademark protection cases against criminal infringement of Monsanto’s trademark “迪卡007” in Guangxi Province and Yunnan Province; (In the trans-provincial case supervised by the Ministry of Public Security, 1 criminal gang was cracked down, 12 criminal suspects were arrested, 8 counterfeit products manufacturing dens were destroyed and 65 tons of counterfeit corn seeds in the amount of RMB21 million were detained.)
  • TaiKang Assets v. Tai Kang Funds, infringement of registered trademark right and right of corporate name in Chongqing and Yinchuan;
  • Cetis, Inc. v. Bittel Electronics Co., Ltd., dispute over the liability for harm caused by malicious institution of an intellectual property action in Beijing, Shangdong Province and Jiangsu Province. (The amount involved in the cases totaled RMB31.12 million).
  • Administrative Litigations of Authorization and Determination of Trademark Rights:
  • Fujian Huaying Luggage Co., Ltd. v. Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) on trademark “SWISSWIN” administrative litigation;
  • Yue v. Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) on trademark “PPS” administrative litigation, Shanghai Zhongyuan Network Co., Ltd. as the third party;
  • Cetis, Inc. v. Bittel Electronics Co., Ltd. on trademark "TELEMATRIX" & "TELEDEX" ownership-related administrative litigations;
  • Chengdu Jia De Zhi Ye Co., Ltd. v. Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) on trademark “蔚蓝卡地亚LA CADIERE” administrative litigation;
  • Jomoo Group v. Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) on trademark “科牧 KOMOO” administrative litigations, Kohler Co. the third party;
  • CCW Home Tex (Shenzhen) Company Limited v. Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) on trademark “CASA CALVIN” administrative litigation;
  • Dongguan Jintian Paper Co., Ltd. v. Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) on trademark “金泊JINBO” administrative litigation (Retrial before China Supreme Court);
  • The Football Association Premier League Limited v. Xuzhou Xiangshi Celebration Etiquette Co., Ltd. on trademark “Lion Design” administrative litigation.
  • Non-litigation Administrative Proceedings of Authorization and Determination of Trademark Rights:
  • Trademark Review against opposition decision for American costume designer Michael Bastian;
  • Trademark oppositions and invalidations related to “NICOPANDA & Panda device” series trademarks for American costume designer Mr. Nicola Formichetti;
  • Trademark oppositions on “Adelson” series trademarks and trademark applications for Mr. Sheldon Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp.;
  • Trademark oppositions on “SCHICK” series trademarks for Energizer Holdings, Inc.;
  • Trademark applications, review against refusal decision for “STORM风暴电音节”, a well-known electronic music festival brand in China;
  • Trademark opposition, trademark review against opposition decision, dispute cases and review against refusal decision for “TEXWOOD苹果” series of trademarks of Texwood (Hong Kong) Limited;
  • Trademark opposition, review against opposition decision, and dispute cases for “VALEO/法雷奥” serial trademarks of VALEO;
  • Trademark dispute cases, opposition, and review against opposition decision for Cetis Inc.;
  • Trademark applications and dispute cases in China for Xi’an High-tech AEH Technology Metrology Co., Ltd.;
  • Trademark applications in China’s Mainland and Hong Kong for Panasonic Corporation;
  • Recordal of series trademarks license contracts in China for Omron Corporation.
  • Overseas Protection of Intellectual Property:
  • Overseas trademark applications for “ChinaJoy”, the largest digital entertainment exhibition of Asia;
  • Domestic and overseas trademark applications and protection for China Volant Industry Co., Ltd.;
  • Overseas trademark applications and protection for Shenzhen Miracle China (Group) Co., Ltd.;
  • Overseas trademark applications for Suzhou Etron Technologies Co., Ltd.;
  • Domestic and overseas trademark applications and protection for Shanghai Kunyuan Biotechnology Company Limited.
  • Dispute Resolutions:
  • Counselling and legal services for Malaysia White Cafe Sdn Bhd for trademark infringement administrative complaints and on-line trademark infringement cases;
  • Counselling and legal services for DHL for on-line trademark infringement on Taobao and Alibaba;
  • Counselling and legal services for Monsanto LLC for trademark infringement;
  • Counselling and legal services for Itamar Medical against counterfeit medical apparatus and instruments;
  • Counselling and legal services for Common Sense against counterfeit medical apparatus and instruments.

Work Experience

  • Grandall Law Firm Partner
  • Grandall Law Firm Lawyer

Education Background

  • LL,B. Peking University Law School

Languages

  • Chinese, English

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