CPA Ranked "5A" in the Debut List of Top 600 Trademark Firms in China

On 22 November 2023, the debut list of "Top 600 Trademark Firms in China" was released by China Trademark magazine in conjunction with IPHouse. China Patent Agent (H.K.) Ltd. (CPA) is pleased to share that CPA was rated a "5A" trademark firm (i.e. among the top 100) in terms of service capabilities, thanks to the industry recognition of our high-quality and professional service.

The results of the top 600 list were derived through careful research of the trademark firms registered at the Trademark Office and evaluation based on more than ten dimensions including the number of trademark applications, and the trademark opposition and trademark appeal cases handled. In the evaluation, the leading 600 trademark firms were identified and rated as 5A (top 100), 4A (top 200) or 3A (top 300) according to their strength of service capabilities. As of June 2023, there were 32,000 registered trademark firms in China.

CPA was rated a top notch firm in this evaluation. With a history of close to 40 years, our firm has secured a leading place in the industry. We have built a strong team of trademark professionals providing whole-chain services from our offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, New York, Tokyo, and Munich. In addition to consistently ranking among the top by number of new trademark applications in China, in 2023, CPA was rated a gold firm for trademark prosecution and strategy and a bronze firm for trademark enforcement and litigation in China by the World Trademark Review 1000, and we continued to be ranked an excellent trademark firm in the 13th China International Trademark Brand Festival. Additionally, our trademark invalidation case involving "红梅杏" (red plum apricot) trademark and trademark review case concerning disapproval for registration of a series of device trademarks were selected as typical trademark cases of 2020-2021.