In the expanded sixth edition of the World Trademark Review 1000 2016 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, WAN HUI DA has been rated in the Gold Band as a top PRC firm for both “Prosecution and Strategy” and “Enforcement and Litigation” for six years in a row.

According to the World Trademark Review 1000 2016, which was published in January 2016, WAN HUI DA is “a ‘marvellous’ firm and ‘true one-stop shop’, as well as “a perennial fixture in the top tier”. WTR notes in its description of WAN HUI DA as a firm with “brands etched into its DNA”. The firm’s “preparation and prosecution of trademark applications is a strong suit, but the set has been litigating at a high level for several years now, building up an eye-catching record of victories in administrative, criminal and civil suits.”

WAN HUI DA Senior Partner Dr. HUANG Hui also receives individual honor (Gold Band) from WTR in the category of “Enforcement and Litigation”. WTR describes Dr. HUANG as an “erudite” scholar whose “various scholastic achievements make him instantly recognisable” and an extraordinary practitioner who “does his best work as a practising attorney and has several landmark decisions to his name”.

The WTR 1000 is the only definitive guide exclusively dedicated to identifying the world’s leading trademark legal services providers. Through an extensive research process conducted by a team of highly qualified, full-time analysts, the publication identifies the leading trademark law firms and individuals in over 70 global jurisdictions. Individual practitioners, law firms and trademark attorney practices qualify for inclusion in the WTR 1000 on receiving sufficient positive feedback from market sources. The results of WTR’s extensive research are presented in bands – gold, silver and bronze – to reflect the depth of expertise, market presence and level of work on which firms are typically instructed.