Minchao ZHOU Partner

Email: zhouminchao@anjielaw.com

Tel: +86 592 566 2919

Fax: +86 592 566 2911

Language: Chinese, English

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Data Protection & Privacy, Dispute Resolution

Industries: Digital Economy & AI, Technology, Media & Telecommunication, Culture & Entertainment

Office: XIAMEN

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Lawyer Zhou has a dual education background in both engineering and law, specializing in providing legal services to high-tech enterprises. He has rich experience in the field of digital economy legal services, providing year-round legal advice, intellectual property protection, personal information protection and data compliance, civil and commercial dispute resolution, and other legal services for enterprises such as games, anime, software, live streaming e-commerce, short videos, social e-commerce platforms, online freight platforms, maker spaces, MCN institutions, etc.


Representative Cases

  • Provided intellectual property litigation and non litigation services for a listed insurance company limited by shares, and the winning case was awarded as the annual excellent case of the listed company;
  • Provide intellectual property litigation and non litigation rights protection services for renowned life insurance companies in mainland China;
  • Provide brand protection legal services for the mainland parent company of the proposed NASDAQ listed company, including public security criminal reporting, civil unfair competition dispute litigation, etc;
  • The intellectual property dispute cases represented were selected for the Annual Report of the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court (2019);
  • The trademark infringement dispute case of the well-known hotel "Greenhouse" represented by the agent was awarded as an excellent case in the Fujian court system for 2023;
  • Copyright dispute cases represented by agents have been selected as one of the top ten intellectual property cases in Xiamen courts in 2020;
  • Provide intellectual property legal services for multiple well-known brands under a well-known shoe and clothing listed company, curb infringement at the source, promote settlement through judicial litigation, and obtain compensation for infringement;
  • Represented the defendant in responding to a high claim from the well-known German cosmetics trademark registrant "Schwarzkopf" and obtained a comprehensive victory in the lawsuit;
  • Successfully represented a well-known domestic social e-commerce company in an unfair competition dispute and won the lawsuit;
  • Acting as an agent for an animation company under China Telecom to deal with copyright network infringement claims, obtaining minor compensation or even no compensation under the premise of infringement facts;
  • Provided year-round insurance dispute litigation and non litigation legal services for a well-known life insurance company limited by shares.


Honors & Recognition

  • Professional Committee of China Economic Law Research Association and Competition Law Research Center of Peking University: China Youth Competition Law Excellent Paper Award;
  • Fujian Provincial Department of Education: Fujian Province Excellent Master's Thesis Award;
  • Xiamen Lawyers Association: Xiamen Excellent Young Lawyers Talent Pool Lawyers.


Professional Association

  • Shenzhen Data Exchange Data Trading Compliance Officer (DEXCO)
  • Member of the Maritime and Commercial Legal Advisory Team of Xiamen Haisi Central Legal District
  • Director of the Big Data and Intelligent Law Research Association of Xiamen Law Society
  • Member of the Data and Information Technology Professional Committee of Xiamen Lawyers Association
  • Member of the Intellectual Property Lawyers Professional Committee of Xiamen Intellectual Property Association


Publications

  • The Path Selection for the Protection of Commercialization Rights from the Perspective of the Civil Code, published in the Intellectual Property Law in December 2020;
  • Legal Interpretation and Judicial Application of Compensation for Mental Damage in Breach of Contract, published in Fujian Legal Science, 2020, Issue 4;
  • The Application of Compulsory Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights in Anti Monopoly, published in the second half of 2016 in Xiamen University Legal Review.


Working Experience

  • Partner at AnJie Broad Law Firm Xiamen Office


Education Background

  • Xiamen University, Intellectual Property Research Institute, Master of Law
  • Harbin Institute of Technology, School of Materials Science, Bachelor of Engineering


Qualifications

  • Chinese Bar Qualification