CPA Continues to be Ranked Top Patent Firm & Eight CPA Professionals Recommended in IAM Patent 1000 (2025)
Recently, the UK magazine Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) released its 2025 edition of IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, an authoritative guide for the world’s top-tier patent firms and professionals.
In this year's IAM rankings, China Patent Agent (H.K.) Ltd. (CPA) was recognised again as a "gold band" firm for both patent prosecution and patent litigation work in China. Thanks to industry and client recognition of our firm's overall strong performance in the patent field, CPA has been on the list for 14 consecutive years ever since the launch of IAM Patent 1000 fourteen years ago.
In the IAM guide, our firm was described as:
"Lauded as an unparalleled pillar in the Chinese IP market, China Patent Agent (HK) Ltd is no stranger to leading the industry regarding comprehensive IP services and technical expertise";
and some of clients' commendations of our firm and attorneys were quoted:
"one of the best in China when it comes to patent work”，“always understands my needs and goes the extra mile, securing a 100% winning rate in offensive invalidation cases".
Concurrently, in addition to top-tier firms, the guide also featured rankings of outstanding individuals, and eight senior attorneys/litigators of our firm were named to the lists of leading patent experts:
(category of patent litigation)
Mr. Wu Yuhe, general manager
Mr. Xiong Yanfeng, deputy general manager
Mr. Liu Peng, manager of Electronics & Electricity Department
Mr. Ke Ke, deputy manager of Legal Affairs Department
Mr. Wayne Ma, deputy manager of Chemistry, Biotech & Pharmaceutics Department
Mr. Bruce Tang, litigator
(category of patent prosecution)
Mr. Liu Chunyuan, deputy manager of Electronics & Electricity Department
Mr. Wayne Ma, deputy manager of Chemistry, Biotech & Pharmaceutics Department
Mr. Zou Songqing, patent attorney of Mechanics & Designs Department
To identify the outstanding firms and individuals in key jurisdictions around the globe, IAM undertook a five-month extensive qualitative research, during which 1,800 interviews were conducted with numerous attorneys-at-law, patent attorneys and in-house counsel to gather market intelligence on the leading players in the field, taking into account factors including candidates' depth of knowledge, professional skills, market presence, service scope and quality, as well as peer and client feedback.
CPA is committed to providing the highest standard of professional intellectual property (IP) services in adherence to its pledge of "optimising the protection of clients' IP rights and interests". To live up to the trust and confidence of our clients, we will spare no efforts to continue providing our domestic and foreign clients with comprehensive, high-quality and one-stop IP services.
