Lawyer team

Email: xuchao@rtlawyer.com.cn, xuchaolawyer@126.com
 

Fields of expertise:
1.Perennial legal counseling services and special legal counseling services for companies in the fields of pan-entertainment and cultural media industry, art and fashion, advertising, digital new media, Internet, etc.
2. Representation services for investment and financing disputes, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights disputes, and anti-unfair competition disputes in the pan-entertainment and cultural media industry.

3. Public opinion public relations consulting services and rights protection services for the portrait rights, reputation rights and honor rights of entertainers, stars, athletes, KOLs and other public figures.

4. Legal services for signature rights, reputation rights and other rights protection and compensation claims of producers, directors, screenwriters, writers and other industry practitioners in the pan-entertainment and cultural media industry.
 

Social position
Legal Counsel of Shanghai Film and Television Workers Union

Working languages: Chinese & English
 

Social position：

Specially-appointed Legal Counsel of Shanghai Film and Television Workers Union

Member of the Legal Affairs Committee of China Television Drama Production Industry Association

Member of Cultural Media Business Research Committee of Shanghai Bar Association

Member of China Film and Television Industry Legal Talent Expert Database
 

Educational background:
Master of Law from Tongji University
 

Work Experience

Lawyer of Shanghai Ronly & Tenwen Partners
Partner of Shanghai Ronly & Tenwen Partners
 

Professional qualifications:
Lawyer's Qualification Certificate, Securities Qualification Certificate, Fund Qualification Certificate, Performance Agent Qualification Certificate
 

Typical cases:

I. Non-litigation projects:

1. Served as a perennial legal counsel for dozens of cultural industry companies.

2. Served as a legal counsel for more than 10 variety programs such as "Dream Maker" and "Lightning Battle" of Beijing Satellite TV, "Climb up the Hurdles" and "Go Ahead and Enjoy the Music" of Jiangsu Satellite TV.

3. Served as a legal counsel for more than 100 popular movies and TV series.

4. Served as a special legal counsel for many well-known international entertainment events such as Ferrari Racing Days and Miss Universe China.

 

II. Litigation projects:

1. CCTV International v. Yuntu TV over infringement of the right of information network transmission and other rights of the 2016 Spring Festival Gala.

2. Chongqing Radio & TV Information Network v. iQiyi over infringement of a series of variety shows.

3.Guangcai Century Media v. Perfect Vision Film Media over investment review series arbitration case.

4. FounderType series of computer software copyright infringement disputes.

5.China Literature Limited v. Orange Optical Game Network over written works and games adaptation series infringement disputes. China Literature Limited v. Baidu Netcome series copyright infringement disputes.

6. China Literature Limited v. TTPOD and TT FM series copyright infringement disputes.

7. "Six Walnuts" series of trademark infringement disputes.

8. Asia Family Entertainment v. Dongfang Fengxing, Tianjin Radio and Television Station, RedBaby, Oriental Pearl over copyright infringement and unfair competition disputes.

9.China Literature Limited v. Duolet Radio over series copyright infringement disputes.

10. China Literature Limited v. 7K7K mini-game over series copyright infringement disputes.

11. China Literature Limited v. Litchi FM over series copyright infringement disputes.

12. Dongguan Xukun v. ADM Cultural Media over film and television investment contract dispute.

13.The famous Hong Kong scriptwriter Qiu Ting v. Xingjing Film over film and television script commissioning contract dispute.

14. Mirror Space Culture Media v. Qiangshi Media over copyright contract dispute.

15. China Literature Limited v. Tianxing Audio Book over the copyright series infringement disputes.

16. Hebao Culture v. Nanjing Haiyu Lanxing Culture Communication Co., Ltd. Over contract dispute.

17.Jilian Network Technology v. Jecheng Huashi Wangju over infringement of the right of information network transmission.

18. Zeyou Technology v. iQiyi over "Idol Producer" trademark infringement dispute.

19. Jilian Network Technology v. Zhihu over reputation right infringement dispute.

20.Drawing JN v. Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce over trademark invalidation administrative litigation dispute

21. Ling Rui’s entertainment artist agent contract dispute.

22. Muse Animation v. lawsuit Mantrace & Tmall over "Natsume Yuujinchou" copyright infringement dispute.

23. Shixiang Culture Media "Meitantei Conan: Movie 20" series of infringement monitoring, evidence collection and rights protection.
24. Xi Ruiyi v. Jingrun Pearl design contract dispute.
 

Papers & Monographs:

1. Participated in the soft science research project of China National Intellectual Property Administration, "Research on the Construction of Intellectual Property Talent System", served as the team leader, led the team to undertake responsibilities such as data collection and analysis, report drafting and proofreading, etc.

2. Participated in the soft science research project of China National Intellectual Property Administration, "Research on the Construction of Foreign Intellectual Property Administrative Personnel Training System", served as the team leader, engaged in the collection and analysis of American intellectual property administrative personnel information, and research report drafting.

3. Participated in the editing of “Research on Intellectual Property and Competition Law”, engaged in the collection and translation of American intellectual property and competition law and relevant information, proofreading and editing of the book content.

4. Collected and studied the cases of disputes in related fields in the past decade, compiled research reports including “Investigation Report on Legal Data of Script Disputes”, “Investigation Report on Legal Data of Audio Novel Copyright Infringement Disputes”, “Report on Legal Risk Prevention and Control of Construction Design Industry”, “Report on Legal Risk Prevention and Control of Intellectual Property Rights of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises”, and “Report on Radio and Television Copyright Management and Maintenance”.

5. Published paper: "Legal Analysis of the case of Michael Jordan v. Qiaodan Sports Company for Infringement of the Right to Name", published in Electronics Intellectual Property, March 2012.

6. Published the article "The portrait of the artist in the promotion of film and television varieties, did you use it correctly?" in IP Lead, 2018.

7. Published nearly 100 articles related to intellectual property through Sina blog and WeChat public account. Intellectual Property blog ID: Xu Chao _ Entertainment lawyer; Wechat public account: Star News entertainment law.
8. Master's degree thesis of Tongji University: "Research on Originality and Judgment of Photographic Works."
 

Career testimonials:

Build my career with professionalism, be a moral man with conscientiousness