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GEN Law
GEN Law Firm is a natural result of unconditional commitment to partnership and leadership, supported by years of expertise and winning track records for our clients. We are proud of what legal profession is meant to accomplish, while we have true listening for what is important to our clients and relentlessly look for new and multi-dimensional solutions. We ongoingly generate trust and produce impact for our clients.
Our attorneys have been serving leading industry players in and outside China for more than 20 years. The industry sectors where we have deep expertise nearly include all the essential fields, including automobile, banking and financial industry, wireless communication, semiconductor, computing, pharmaceutical, retail, publication, software, sports, chemical, social media, advertisement, etc. Top global and leading firms routinely entrust our team members with their highest-stake courtroom briefs, which should give some measure of the quality our practitioners are known to possess.
Our attorneys have been serving leading industry players in and outside China for more than 20 years. The industry sectors where we have deep expertise nearly include all the essential fields, including automobile, banking and financial industry, wireless communication, semiconductor, computing, pharmaceutical, retail, publication, software, sports, chemical, social media, advertisement, etc. Top global and leading firms routinely entrust our team members with their highest-stake courtroom briefs, which should give some measure of the quality our practitioners are known to possess.
Liu, Shen & Associates
Established in 1993 as the first private patent agency authorised to handle foreign-related patent matters in China, Liu, Shen & Associates has now become one of the largest intellectual property law firms in China. Liu, Shen & Associates provides high-quality services of patent and trademark prosecution and full-range IP-related legal services such as patent invalidation, patent infringement/administrative litigation, trademark infringement/administrative litigation, covering the technical fields of mechanics, electronics, telecommunications, chemistry and biomedicine. As one of the pioneer IP-dedicated law firms in China, Liu Shen has already filed over 100k patent and trademark applications, with the grant rate above the average level. In IP litigation field, Liu Shen has experiences of large quantity of technical cases about patent infringement, trademark infringement, and patent and trademark right administrative cases, trying the best to protect interests of clients. The firm currently has 475 staff, including 90 attorney at law, 228 patent attorneys, 64 double-qualified attorneys and 13 trademark attorneys.
Sujata Chaudhri
Sujata Chaudhri IP Attorneys is a boutique IP firm that was founded in 2014 to provide prosecution, advisory, and litigation and enforcement services in all areas of IP law. Although young in years, the firm’s reputation and competence are unparalleled. The firm is also well known as a rapidly growing nurturing ground for lawyers.
One of the factors that sets the firm apart from competition is that its legal professionals are trained to constantly add value to the firm’s clients’ businesses rather than the standard approaches taken. The firm endeavours to provide its clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies located around the world to small start-ups with limited budgets, with cogent and practical tailor-made advice within a quick turn-around time and with the aim of furthering their business goals.
Our professionals are team players and client interest is our primary driving factor in our daily work. Our firm’s lawyers and staff are deeply committed to collaborating with our clients to create dynamic legal solutions for their businesses while building a brand of their own – one that stresses quality over quantity.
One of the factors that sets the firm apart from competition is that its legal professionals are trained to constantly add value to the firm’s clients’ businesses rather than the standard approaches taken. The firm endeavours to provide its clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies located around the world to small start-ups with limited budgets, with cogent and practical tailor-made advice within a quick turn-around time and with the aim of furthering their business goals.
Our professionals are team players and client interest is our primary driving factor in our daily work. Our firm’s lawyers and staff are deeply committed to collaborating with our clients to create dynamic legal solutions for their businesses while building a brand of their own – one that stresses quality over quantity.
White & Brief
Founded in 2016 by Nilesh Tribhuvann, White & Brief - Advocates and Solicitors is India's fastest growing full-service law firm. Headquartered in Mumbai, the Firm also has offices in New Delhi and Bengaluru, and services clients internationally through various partnerships.
The Firm's practice spans a broad spectrum, advising clients across Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Taxation, Corporate, Commercial Transactions, and Regulatory Advisory mandates.
White & Brief - Advocates and Solicitors was built on a foundation of innovation, integrity, and impact, driven by a team that is agile, accessible, and committed to delivering excellence at every stage of a matter - Beyond the Expected. Ahead of the Rest.
The Firm's practice spans a broad spectrum, advising clients across Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Taxation, Corporate, Commercial Transactions, and Regulatory Advisory mandates.
White & Brief - Advocates and Solicitors was built on a foundation of innovation, integrity, and impact, driven by a team that is agile, accessible, and committed to delivering excellence at every stage of a matter - Beyond the Expected. Ahead of the Rest.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE PARTNERS
Docket Navigator
Docket Navigator is a litigation research and analytics platform that delivers deep insights into US federal patent, trademark, copyright, antitrust, securities and trade secret litigation. Based in Texas, Docket Navigator’s unique and innovative approach to modeling court cases in a digital platform has made it a must-have tool for patent litigators in the US, including over 16,000 attorneys, judges, clerks, litigation support firms, expert witness firms, tech companies and researchers. Docket Navigator delivers insights to its subscribers via a daily email called the Docket Report, customised daily alerts, a searchable online database, and powerful analytics tools. Eighty-eight of the AmLaw 100 firms, and 28 of the top 30 ‘busiest’ patent litigation firms (based on the number of patent cases filed each year) maintain subscriptions to Docket Navigator.
Law.com
Law.com provides lawyers within the world’s leading law firms and legal departments (Global 200, Law.com subscribers, GCs at the F1000) with news and analysis of the global legal industry, insights into what’s happening across all sectors of the legal industry in all major markets around the world. Law.com is the world’s legal authority, offering quality local coverage with global insights & trends on the entire legal industry to give international lawyers the competitive edge and business intelligence needed to grow their business worldwide.
Lexology
Lexology delivers the most comprehensive source of international legal updates, analysis and insights. Publishing in excess of 450 articles every day from over 900 leading law firms and service providers worldwide across over 50 work areas in 25 languages. Lexology’s searchable archive now contains more than 1,000,000 articles. Endorsed by more than 100 associations, corporations and corporate counsel groups, Lexology is not only considered an invaluable resource of its kind, but also regarded as the industry benchmark.
SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS

Asian Patent Attorneys Association
Established in December 1969, membership of APAA is open to individuals practising the profession of patent attorney in the Asian region as well as organisations which comprise such individuals and are constituted in the Asian region. The association now has more than 2,500 members from 21 Recognised Groups in Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as from Bhutan, Brunei, Laos and Mongolia.
The members include some of Asia’s leading practitioners of intellectual property law. They meet annually at a Council meeting and biannually at a General Assembly at a location within the Asian Region to, amongst others, network and exchange views and information concerning intellectual property protection in the Region.
With its large pool of members and expertise, APAA is well placed to play an influential role in promoting and enhancing intellectual property protection in the Asian Region.
The members include some of Asia’s leading practitioners of intellectual property law. They meet annually at a Council meeting and biannually at a General Assembly at a location within the Asian Region to, amongst others, network and exchange views and information concerning intellectual property protection in the Region.
With its large pool of members and expertise, APAA is well placed to play an influential role in promoting and enhancing intellectual property protection in the Asian Region.
International IP Commercialization Council
Established in 2014 in Hong Kong, IIPCC is a world-wide non-profit, apolitical, non-governmental organization, network, standard-setting organization, and think tank dedicated to serving SMEs and the entrepreneurial ecosystem with chapters in 40 geographies. We work with governments, industry organizations, NGOs, universities, etc. to design system and incentives, and provide education for the startups, entrepreneurs and the like to better commercialize their products and services.
Japan Intellectual Property Association
The Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization representing "industries and users of the intellectual property (IP) system". It was established in 1938. It claims to be the largest private organization in Japan concerned with intellectual property rights, with more than one thousand members as of 2009.
Japan Trademark Association (JTA)
The Japan Trademark Association (JTA) was established on November 28, 1988 as an independent association.
As of October 2026, JTA has 904 members consisting of 4 advisors, 452 individual members, 16 special members (academic experts) as well as 282 corporate members and 150 other legal entity members. Corporations, attorneys and patent attorneys, and professors, who share the common interest in trademarks and the related field, collaboratively engage in various activities such as research and studies, policy advocacy, information exchange, mutual development of the members. Mutual communication among the members is also encouraged at JTA.
As of October 2026, JTA has 904 members consisting of 4 advisors, 452 individual members, 16 special members (academic experts) as well as 282 corporate members and 150 other legal entity members. Corporations, attorneys and patent attorneys, and professors, who share the common interest in trademarks and the related field, collaboratively engage in various activities such as research and studies, policy advocacy, information exchange, mutual development of the members. Mutual communication among the members is also encouraged at JTA.
















