Dr. Hui Huang is a Partner at Wanhuida Intellectual Property and a Member of the firm’s Management Committee. He holds a J.D. on Trademark Law from the China Academy of Social Sciences and another from the University of Strasbourg in France.
Dr. Huang is a multi-faceted intellectual property counsel with stellar academic credentials on China’s trademark legislation and practice, who has been vigorously representing clients’ interests in a wide variety of intellectual property matters, some of which have become landmark cases.
Since joining private practice in 2002, Dr. Huang has been fighting for the clients in their most intricate matters before the nation’s IP authorities, protecting and defending client’s interests and helping advancing China’s legal fronts.
Dr. Huang is a prolific writer. He authors or co-authors a dozen publications, including “Trademark & Unfair Competition Cases in China”, Trademark Section of “Intellectual Property in European Union” (1st & 2nd Edition), Trademark Chapter of the “Study on Global Intellectual Property Developments” (2019 & 2020 Edition), “L’IMPACT DE L’USAGE SUR L’ÉTENDUE DE LA PROTECTION DES MARQUES: ÉTUDE DE DROIT COMPARÉ CHINE – UNION EUROPÉENNE” (2010-2018), “Zheng Chengsi IP Anthology - Trademark & Unfair Competition”, “Trademark Law” (1st, 2nd & 3rd Edition) and the “Trademark Laws of Twelve Nations”. He translates the Legislative Part of the “Intellectual Property Code of France” (1st & 2nd Edition).
On account of his expertise in the Trademark Law, Dr. Huang has been vigorously involved in the initial drafting and subsequent amendments to China’s major trademark-related laws, regulations, judicial interpretations, as well as regulatory documents.
Dr. Huang has been rated as an Outstanding Individual by WTR fourteen years in a row and has been included in Managing IP’s List of IP STARS in China since 2015. He has been identified as one of the WTR Global Leaders (Private Practice) since 2020. He has been selected as a Recommended Lawyer by The Legal 500 since 2015, a Distinguished Practitioner by asialaw since 2016 and a Leading Individual by Chambers & Partners since 2017.
Year Joined Firm: 2002
Education/Alumni:
- China Academy of Social Sciences
- University of Strasbourg
Network Memberships:
- INTA
- MARQUES
- AIPPI
- UNIFAB
