Xitao Shi

Xitao Shi is the founding partner and director of Guangdong Chongyi Law Firm in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province.

Practice Focus

With 12 years of specialized experience in intellectual property law since beginning practice in 2013, Mr. Shi has built a reputation as one of the Pearl River Delta leading IP attorneys. Shi legal qualifications encompass both IP specialization and comprehensive corporate legal advisory services.

Shi has extensive experience with design patent infringement cases under Article 23 of the Patent Law regarding existing design defense strategies that help defendants avoid high infringement damages. He handles complex patent cases involving technical claim construction, infringement analysis, and damages calculation in Chinese courts. Shi trademark practice includes trademark registration strategy, opposition proceedings, trademark infringement enforcement, and application of the legal source defense under Article 64 of the Trademark Law to protect legitimate distributors.

He also handles domain name disputes and unfair competition cases involving well-known trademark protection. Shi also advises businesses on intellectual property protection strategies including IP portfolio development, employee IP assignment agreements, technology licensing, and IP due diligence for corporate transactions. His contract review practice covers standard form contracts where he ensures proper compliance with Civil Code requirements for liability exclusion clauses.

Shi offers specialized IP legal services including patent and trademark enforcement, IP protection strategy development, and defense against infringement claims. Shi handles design patent infringement cases with particular expertise, representing both patent holders enforcing their design rights and accused infringers defending against claims. Article 23 of the Patent Law requires that design patents be substantially different from existing designs, and Mr.

He also handles invention patent cases involving technical claim construction, means-plus-function interpretation, and doctrine of equivalents analysis under Chinese patent law. In trademark practice, Mr. He has particular experience with the legal source defense under Article 64 of the Trademark Law, which protects legitimate distributors who unknowingly sell infringing products if they can prove they obtained the products from legitimate sources.

Shi offers comprehensive IP legal services covering all major forms of intellectual property rights, with practical enforcement strategies tailored to the Chinese legal environment. Shi also advises on standard form contract terms under Article 496 of the Civil Code, ensuring that businesses using standard contracts properly bring key terms to the attention of counterparties. He helps companies develop contract templates that comply with Chinese law while protecting their commercial interests.

His corporate advisory practice covers entity formation, contract review, employment matters, and regulatory compliance for businesses in the Pearl River Delta. IP Protection Operating Model — Xitao ShiI convert complex Chinese procedure into a dated checklist with owners for translation, notarization, and internal sign-off across time zones. I plan enforcement first—assets, licenses, receivables, and interim measures—so strategy is not limited to winning on paper.

Where local counterparties rely on relationship pressure, I re-anchor discussions to contract text, statutory rights, and verifiable performance records.

Working Method

• 💼 His practice covers patent infringement litigation, patent invalidation proceedings, trademark registration and enforcement, copyright protection, anti-unfair competition litigation, trade secret protection, and IP portfolio management.
• 💼 He also handles copyright registration and enforcement, trade secret protection litigation, anti-unfair competition cases, and domain name dispute resolution.
• 💼 Shi offers specialized IP legal services covering the full spectrum of intellectual property protection, from patent and trademark registration through enforcement litigation.
• 🛡️ After key milestones I deliver a short handover: decisions made, open conditions, filing receipts, and calendar items for renewals or enforcement.

He also handles copyright registration and enforcement, trade secret protection litigation, anti-unfair competition cases, and domain name dispute resolution. Shi offers specialized IP legal services covering the full spectrum of intellectual property protection, from patent and trademark registration through enforcement litigation.

I keep those streams visible in status notes so headquarters can decide without re-reading the entire file. After key milestones I deliver a short handover: decisions made, open conditions, filing receipts, and calendar items for renewals or enforcement.

Shi assists clients with trademark registration strategy including class selection, opposition to conflicting applications, and enforcement against infringing uses. For foreign companies seeking to protect their intellectual property in the Pearl River Delta, Mr.

For foreign companies and international businesses in Guangdong Province, Mr. His extensive experience and founding-partner level commitment ensure that foreign clients receive sophisticated IP legal services tailored to their specific industry and business objectives.

Copyright matters need three coordinated workstreams: ownership chain and registration status verification, infringement assessment and evidence preservation, and enforcement or licensing strategy.

⚖️ Written scope and remedy map📜 Bilingual document control🛡️ Deadline and limitation tracking💼 Enforcement and settlement options in parallel Cross-Border Coordination for Xitao ShiI prefer early written notices and clean evidence indexes over informal WeChat-only chains when the amount or regulatory exposure is material.

I convert complex Chinese procedure into a dated checklist with owners for translation, notarization, and internal sign-off across time zones.