On October 14, 2024, Mr. Weiss Chemie+Technik GmbH&Co.KG, the Vice President of Legal Affairs of Weiss Chemie+Technik GmbH&Co.KG (abbreviated as Weiss GmbH in Germany) Ringsdorf and Ms. Liu Ying, the manager of Beijing Gaofenbaoshu Technology Co., Ltd., the general agent in China, visited Gaopeng Law Firm ("Gaopeng Beijing") in Beijing for exchange and discussion. Senior partners of Gaopeng Beijing, including lawyers Zhou Xueteng, Li Xiaojuan, and Jiang Liyong, as well as young lawyers Cao Shitong and Li Sijia, warmly received the visitors. The meeting was chaired by lawyer Li Xiaojuan.

Weiss GmbH is headquartered in Haiger, Germany. It was founded in 1815 and has a long history of 209 years. The company focuses on the research and sales of high-tech products such as adhesives, which are widely used in various fields such as aerospace rockets, airplanes, and high-speed railways. With excellent quality, adhesive products have won high reputation and awareness in the industry, occupying a considerable market share. Since entering the Chinese market in 2005, the COSMO series products have suffered serious infringement in terms of trademarks, packaging, and brand names in the past 20 years. This not only leads to a decline in sales for Weiss in Germany, but also frequently troubles Chinese consumers with counterfeit goods. Therefore, effectively curbing counterfeit behavior and actively and effectively combating infringement has become the key to Weiss' further development in China.

After accepting the entrustment, Zhou Xueteng's lawyer team won a comprehensive victory for customers by using the comprehensive rights protection mode of "criminal civil overlapping" and "civil bank overlapping", skillfully and comprehensively using a series of measures such as court litigation, applying for patent invalidation to the China National Intellectual Property Administration, making administrative complaints to the market supervision department, supervising complaints on the network platform, freezing the infringer's account, etc., and successively obtaining the decision of the China National Intellectual Property Administration to declare invalidity, the administrative judgment of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court and the civil judgment of the first instance of the Tianjin Hexi District People's Court, effectively safeguarding customers' rights and interests. Weiss, a German company, highly praised the professional competence, efficient service, and upright and dedicated spirit of the Gao Peng legal team.

At the symposium, Lawyer Li Xiaojuan and Lawyer Jiang Liyong gave a comprehensive introduction to the development history, overseas business areas, and service provided by Gaopeng Law Firm to foreign clients, especially German clients. Weiss, a German company, also introduced its business scale and historical evolution. The two sides had in-depth discussions on the areas of further cooperation in China in the near future, and both hoped to actively strengthen the exchange and cooperation of legal affairs between the two places and work together for common development.

Finally, Lawyer Zhou Xueteng presented the German company with ink paintings rich in Chinese cultural characteristics and beautiful meanings. Both sides will take this symposium and exchange as an opportunity to further enhance communication, deepen cooperation areas, and create a better future together.