On the morning of April 23, Mr. Robert J. Gaybrick, a Partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dr. Yalei Sun, Silicon Valley Office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Ms. Lijie Liu, patent agent of Beijing Office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP visited Tahota Law Firm.

Lawyer Shoutai Cheng (director of Tahota), Lawyer Hong Ni (director of Intellectual Property Department), Lawyer Shan Wu (deputy director of Intellectual Property Department), and patent lawyers Xu Yang and Xiangkun Zeng launched extensive communication and shared wisdom with American peers on current situations of intellectual property business of the two firms, foreign-related patent law practice, patent business experience and cooperation model.

After over 2 hours of in-depth discussion, the two parties reach a common understanding of establishing a cooperation mechanism, thus beginning the cooperation and communication of the two parties. The cooperation mechanism established would realize resource integration and information sharing of the two parties and erect a good platform for training and learning.

It was learned that Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP was established in 1873 and had over 1,300 lawyers. It established 22 branches worldwide and it was global top-10 patent litigation law firm. This cooperation was of profound significance for the development of Intellectual Property Department of Tahota. Through cooperation with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, clients of Tahota could be provided with more convenient global intellectual property legal services and also the international communication cooperation efforts of intellectual property business of Tahota would be further enhanced.