The Zuiko Shanghai's Trade Secret Criminal Case Represented by DeHeng Was Selected as One of the "Top Ten" Cases in Shanghai

2023-04-26

On April 25, 2023, the Shanghai Higher People's Court held a press conference to announce the top ten cases of intellectual property protection in 2022, and the case of Zuiko (Shanghai) Corporation, represented by DeHeng lawyers, where it sued a company in Huangshan and seven defendants including one surnamed Fang for infringement of its trade secrets. The case was also included into the top ten cases of intellectual property protection in Shanghai in 2022 voted by the Office of the Shanghai Joint Conference on Intellectual Property Protection.

This case involved multiple types of trade secret crimes in which employees continued to use the original company drawings after changing jobs and used them to apply for patents, which constituted illegal use and illegal disclosure of trade secrets, and the amount involved was huge. After receiving the mandate of Zuiko Shanghai, the DeHeng team, with primary support of partner Han Ying, business partner Sha Yunfei, lawyers Zhang Feng and Yang Yuming, provide comprehensive technical and legal services for the rights holders while dealing with the public security organs, the procuratorate and the court.

The lawyers' solid understanding of the technical points and accurate expression of the content of technical secrets, as well as the organization and representation opinions of rights holders' evidence in various aspects such as the ownership of trade secrets, technical content, constituent elements, infringement acts, and calculation of damages laid a solid foundation for the subsequent investigation and trial of public security, procuratorial and judicial organs. In the criminal settlement procedure, DeHeng fought for the maximum commercial interests for the rights holders on the communication platform set up by the procuratorate.