On 29 April 2021, LEGALBAND, a well-known legal rating agency, announced its Client Choice “Top 15 IP Versatile Practitioners”, and Mr. FANG Shilong, partner of Grandall Shanghai won this award.

Reasons: Mr. FANG has a strong legal background and strong trial presentation and negotiation skills, and has a proven track record in intellectual property litigation, non-litigation and compliance. When the client is in a passive position, he is able to use his years of litigation experience and argumentative skills to help the client save the day in court and protect the client's rights and interests to the maximum extent possible. For example, Mr. FANG has represented University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (formerly known as "Hujiang University") in a series of trademark disputes with Hujiang.com. He assisted the University in its several rounds of negotiations, opposition, invalidation, trademark and unfair competition litigation against Hujiang.com, and finally both parties reached a coexistence agreement. The case is a representative case of trademark defense for Chinese universities, which has far-reaching impact on the industry and society, and was also successfully selected as one of the top ten typical cases of annual trademark opposition review by the State Intellectual Property Office. “Mr. FANG is professional and solid, diligent and responsible, with the awareness of thinking about the issue from the client's perspective and the ability to explore innovative solutions beyond the existing framework.”