Lawyer team

Position:
Senior partner, lawyer, head of the intellectual property team, member of the Intellectual Property Professional Committee of the National Bar Association, founder of former Shanghai Tenwen Law Firm

Email:
sunliqinglawyer@126.com

WeChat ID:
sunliqinglawyer

Mobile: 13301976983
 

Fields of expertise:

TMT and Intellectual property rights
 

Educational background:

Bachelor of Law, Shanghai University, Master of Law in Intellectual Property, Shanghai University
 

Work experience:
Sun Liqing’s main fields of practice are TMT and intellectual property rights. Mr. Sun has successfully represented many cases to promote the development of the TMT industry. Representative work includes the following: provided litigation strategies for the plaintiff Sony Music (Hong Kong) in China’s first music network link infringement case and won the case; represented China’s first civil infringement case of P2P film transmission for the plaintiff in Beijing Ciwen Media Co., Ltd. v. Guangzhou POCO, and won the case; acted for the plaintiff in Sohu Company v. Baidu in the dispute over infringement of information network dissemination rights, a case which was selected as the top ten hot cases in APPI China’s copyright industry in 2018, etc. Sun Liqing is a leader in the research fields of copyright, patents and trademarks in the Internet industry, and is well received in and out of the industry for professionalism, enthusiasm and efficiency. In addition, Sun Liqing also gave lectures to the well-known Internet media IPForest and shared his professional experience and knowledge. He was selected as one of the TOP50 outstanding intellectual property lawyers in China, and won the honors such as 2019 ALB China Top 15 TMT lawyers.
 

Main clients:
The current and former clients served are China Literature, Iqiyi, Youku Tudou, Sohu Video, LETV, Sina Film and Television, Souche, Migu Video, Dadi Cinema Group, Xunlei, MSN, Yunfan Audio and video, Cenic Media, GH Entertainment and & Media, EMI Records and Entertainment Ltd., Rock Records & Tapes, Yuanhua Entertainment, Haidie Music, South Korea SBS TV China Headquarters, South Korea Meizhiyuan Group, Tianshi Culture, Ketton Culture, Guangcai Shiji Culture and Art, Ciwen Media, Xinmei Film Company, Mihoyo Online Games, Tsuburaya China Representative Office (Ultraman series of anime) and other well-known companies;

Sun Liqing has served as legal counsel for the famous movie star Mr. Wu Qilong for 8 years.
 

Well-known cases:

1. China’s first case of infringement of music network streaming media transmission - Universal Music Group (Hong Kong) v. Jiangxi Telecom and its Jiujiang Branch;

2. China’s first case of music network link infringement -Sony Music (Taiwan) v. Zhejiang Shaoxing Fuxi Network Company;

3. The world’s first case of music search engine infringement-Shanghai Busheng Music Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (EMI Records) v. Baidu;

4. The world’s first case of P2P film transmission civil infringement --Beijing Ciwen Media Co., Ltd. v. Guangzhou POCO;

5. China’s first case of online karaoke music copyright dispute-EMI Music Group v. Ikala Software;

6. EDKO Films Limited (Hong Kong) v. Shaanxi Branch of China Unicom over infringement in livestreaming of film Huo Yuanjia

7. Beijing Ciwen Media Co., Ltd. v. Sina over infringement in livestreaming of The Return of the Condor Hero;

8. Rock Records & Tapes (Taiwan) v. TOM Music Network over dissemination infringement;

9. The dispute among Zhejiang Dongyang Tianshi Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Beijing Jade Dreamland Network Technology Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Binhai International Pictures Co., Ltd. in adaptation investment series of online Game Hua Xu Yin: City of Desperate Love;

10. A series of disputes between Ketton Culture and Taiwan Kemi International over adaptation and development of online game KO One Re-member;

11.  Shanghai Softstar v. Kuaiwan over the infringement of the game The Legend of Sword and Fairy III and IV;

12. Shanda Literature v. Kuking over copyright infringement in audio adaptation of text works (Listening to Books)

13. Shanda Literature v. Baidu over copyright infringement of text works;

14. China Literature v. Phoenix FM over copyright infringement in audio adaptation of text works (Listening to Books);

15. China Literature v. Xunlei over copyright infringement of text works;

16. China Literature V. TTPOD over copyright infringement in audio adaptation of text works;

17. China Literature v. 66rpg.com over copyright infringement in game adaption of text works;

18. China’s first case of film and television drama props infringement -Kela v. Syndication over film and television art works infringement;

19. Series of cases of South Korea SBS and Tianshi Culture v. Baidu over plug-in infringement;

20. A series of disputes between Sohu Video and Baidu over copyright infringement;

21. A series of mutual litigation between LETV and PPTV over copyright infringement;

22. A series of litigations and arbitrations between Guangcai Century Culture and Perfect World Pictures over pre-listing equity acquisition;

23. Legal counsel for the TV series The Birde With White Hair (Wu Qilong Edition);

24. Legal counsel for the TV series Fox Volant of The Snowy Mountain (Zhang Jizhong Edition)；

25. Legal counsel for the TV series Special Agent No. 5;

26. Legal counsel for the TV series My Baby (starring: Tong Dawei, Yao Di);

27. Legal counsel for the TV series Naked Marriage (starring: Wang Lei);

28. Xuan Ting v. Baidu Netcom over infringement in mobile phone transcoding reading;

29. Xuan Ting v. Baidu Tieba over novel reading infringement;

30. Sohu Video v. Taotiao over short video clip infringement;

31. Nanjing Branch of Beijing Jiaodian Interactive Information Co., Ltd. v. Baidu over Infringement in information network dissemination rights;

32. Dongguan Senwei v. Shenzhen Mileseey over patent invalidation;
 

Participation in legislation:

Exchange seminar on New Trends in Intellectual Property Protection of Online Audio-visual Plug-ins;

The Seminar on the First Draft of the Second Amendment of the Copyright Law organized by the Chinese Musicians Association and the China Record Working Committee.