Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution， Intellectual Property， Corporation Compliance，
From 2006 to 2008,—Beijing Yizhong Law Firm.
In October 2008, as a founding partner, he joined Beijing Zhengxin Law Firm, and then served as the director and founding partner of the law firm, responsible for the daily management of the law firm. In 2018, he established the Technology Legal Affairs Department (including intellectual property rights) , and achieved good results. Lawyer Zhou Xueteng has actively participated in social activities and held social positions during his practice, and has represented many typical cases. In the process of legal practice, he paid attention to theoretical study and published many interdisciplinary papers on law and economics.
1. Served as legal counsel for several listed companies, NEEQ companies and affiliate companies;
2. Established the Zhengxin Internet Financial Mediation Center, innovatively adopting judicial tools to handle financial lawsuits in batches;
3. Provide the whole process system construction of intellectual property rights for the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other key scientific research institutions;
4. Construction of the whole process system of intellectual property rights for technology companies such as Ruihua Group and Ruisikangda
1. Financing trade disputes of a listed company (involving more than 1 billion yuan);
2. Acting for a large number of unfair competition cases between listed companies, executives and competitors, recovering economic losses and maintaining brand value for clients;
3. Representing the listed company Pao Mart Co., Ltd. in copyright and unfair competition rights protection cases;
4. Participate in legal rights protection work such as CCTV, Jiangsu Satellite TV and other well-known brands and media in anti-unfair competition and brand rights protection;
5. Acting as an agent for a series of patent infringement disputes between American MI Company and a large domestic technology company (Supreme People's Court);
6. Participated in infringement and rights protection, anti-monopoly, and anti-improper dispute cases of the two leading listed companies in the battery industry;
7. Provide scientific and technological achievement transformation services for Chinese Central Sate-Owned Enterprises and SOEs such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Electronics Technology, and China Communications Communications;
8. Acting for CITIC Guoan Energy to sue a technology company in Suzhou for unfair competition;
9. Acting for a cultural communication company to sue Huawen Film and Television for copyright and unfair competition disputes;
10. Successfully defended the rights of many popular online works;
11. Representing Chuangyebang Company in defending rights against Shenzhen Entrepreneurship Consulting Company for counterfeiting brands and unfair competition disputes;
12. Acting as an agent of Chuangyebang Company to infringe copyrights and unfairly compete with Chuangye Castle;
13. Successfully represented Xueersi, Gaosi, Giant and other leading education institutions and executives in non-compete and unfair dispute cases;
14. The national rights protection case of the "rich and bottom blowing" (Fu Yang Di Chui) patent of China Enfei Company, a subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group;
15. Served as the perennial legal counsel of China Economic Information Network, dealing with various matters of copyright network rights protection all the year round;
16. Served as the legal counsel of Zhujiang Film and Television Company to deal with various disputes over film and television copyright
2. In October 2019, published "Discussion on Standards and Defense Measures of Violations of Financial and Economic Disciplines" in "Economic and Social Development Research";
3. In November 2019, "Research on Enterprise Financial Credit System" was published in "Pay Tax";
4. In November 2019, "Thoughts on Building my country's Green Financial System" was published in "Contemporary Accounting";
5. In November 2019, "Discussion on the Impact of Opening Personal Credit Information on the Consumer Credit Market" was published in "Accounting Study";
6. Published "Privacy Protection in the Medicare Plus AI Industry" in "The Frontiers of Society, science and Technology" ("Social Science Expo") in December 2019;
7. In September 2021, published "Looking at the Intellectual Property Protection of Technology Enterprises from the Intellectual Property War in the LED Industry" in "Zhongguancun";
8. In March 2021, "Economic Research Reference" and Jia Kang, Su Jingchun, etc. published "On the Top-level Planning of the Yangtze River Delta Integration and Related Supply Optimization Principles"
9. In April 2022, "Enterprise Reform and Management" published "Research on the Performance Management Mechanism of Government Investment Funds under the Interest Objectives of Four Elements"
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2024 01/30
Live streaming sales have turned over again? Celebrity endorsement of preserved meat reported to the police - Analysis of legal responsibilities borne by live streaming platforms
Did celebrity sales fail again?! A news report over the weekend about celebrity Huang Shengyi's endorsement of a cured meat brand being reported to the police has attracted attention. In recent years, online live streaming sales have become an emerging industry, with many "internet celebrities" and celebrities appearing in live streaming rooms to become "grass planting experts", attracting fans to place orders and make important contributions to driving consumption and stimulating economic growth. However, this business model is not yet mature, and many problems have gradually been exposed. Controversies over celebrity sales and top anchors frequently appear on hot searches. As the builders of virtual spaces, the role of the platform cannot be ignored. Depending on their specific actions, their legal responsibilities also vary.
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2024 02/01
What should companies do in the face of the increasing pressure from professional counterfeiters?
Recently, a news about Dongfang Zhenxuan's alleged sale of counterfeit "Wuchang Rice and Rice Flower Fragrance No. 2" quickly spread on the internet, causing widespread attention. According to media reports, Wang Hai, who played a dummy, revealed that after purchasing "Wuchang Rice and Rice Fragrance No. 2" sold by Dongfang Zhenxuan, he discovered that the product was suspected of being counterfeit. After some investigation, Wang Hai believes that the product does not come from the Wuchang area and there is a behavior of counterfeiting inferior products and deceiving consumers. The mixed online evaluations of this incident have also drawn attention to the controversial "professional anti-counterfeiting" group in recent years.
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2024 04/22
How to balance trade secret protection and employee mobility in the frequent disputes in the field of autonomous driving?
Recently, the grand debut of domestic cars such as Xiaomi, NIO, and Ideal has attracted everyone's attention. Technology has changed life, and this concept is constantly moving towards new stages in the automotive industry. However, the cutting-edge technology of autonomous driving has long been subject to disputes over patents, technical secrets, and other related issues. The reasons for this are not only the high, precision, and cutting-edge characteristics of the field and the scarcity of top talents, but also the inherent conflict between personnel mobility and trade secret protection.
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2024 04/25
The first AI sound infringement case in the country has been sentenced—— How can generative artificial intelligence avoid infringement?
On April 23, the Beijing Internet Court delivered a judgment on the first instance of the "first case of AI voice infringement in China" (hereinafter referred to as "AI voice case"), clearly affirming that, on the premise of identifiability, the protection scope of the rights and interests of natural persons' voices can extend to AI generated voices. The content generated by artificial intelligence often relies on certain materials for machine learning and training, which are then transformed into AI artifacts with a certain appearance. In this case, the AI sound generated using text to speech software (hereinafter referred to as the "product in question") is called a "recorded work". The five defendants in this case, including the design developer, voice material provider, seller, buyer, and user of the product in question, can be considered as the main entities involved in the generative artificial intelligence industry. It is worth pondering how to avoid infringement risks and better promote industrial development.
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2024 07/02
Unauthorized rental of member accounts? Gaopeng represents Xiaomi to strongly protect its rights!
Time sharing rental of video membership accounts is not uncommon in practice, and companies such as iQiyi, Tencent, and Youku have long suffered from infringement. However, not only online video network platforms, but also some film and television terminal equipment companies have been targeted, resulting in serious losses. Recently, Zhou Xueteng's legal team from Gaopeng Law Firm successfully represented Beijing Xiaomi Electronic Products Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Xiaomi Electronics), a subsidiary of Weiquan Xiaomi Group, in a case of unfair competition in renting and selling VIP member accounts.
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2024 07/12
A Brief Discussion on the Confidential Points in Commercial Secret Infringement Lawsuits
In modern society, trade secrets play an increasingly important role in the survival and development of a company. In cases of infringement of trade secrets, the concepts of "secret point" and "secret point separation" continue to emerge. This article examines relevant provisions in legislative documents, starting from cases of trade secret infringement litigation to explore the concept of secret point, clarify the scope of secret point, and then analyze its application in judicial practice, mainly to help rights holders clarify the scope of trade secret protection to support their litigation claims, and consider the factor of secret point separation when determining the amount of damages.
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2024 07/26
Analysis of Risk Prevention Measures for Intellectual Property Rights of Chinese Enterprises Going Overseas: Taking the Phenomenon of Trademark Registration in ASEAN Countries as an Example
With China's economic development and the promotion of the "the Belt and Road" initiative, more and more enterprises have begun to go abroad to explore overseas markets. Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and other member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), as close neighbors of China, have abundant natural and labor resources, huge market potential, and have become important destinations for Chinese enterprises to go global. In 2023, bilateral trade between China and ASEAN will continue to grow, with a scale of 6.41 trillion yuan. ASEAN has maintained its position as China's largest trading partner for four consecutive years, and China has also been ASEAN's largest trading partner for many consecutive years. Southeast Asian countries are important regions for Chinese companies to apply for trademarks overseas. According to data statistics from FOVEA IP (a large online database of intellectual property that provides services such as data collection, online search, and custom reports), the number of trademark applications filed by Chinese companies in Southeast Asia from 2021 to 2023 was 23215, 23538, and 29778, respectively, showing an increasing trend year by year. Among them, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia rank among the top in terms of application volume.
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2023 06/16
Lawyer Zhou Xueteng Accepts an Interview with Legal News Agency to Explore the Future Trends of Intellectual Property Securitization
Recently, during the research on the "Guide to Elite Intellectual Property Legal Service Brands (2023)", the Research Center of Law and Social Security had a dialogue and exchange with Zhou Xueteng, a senior partner of Beijing Gaopeng Law Firm, and Yu Ling, a team member who participated in the first intellectual property ABS product issuance in the western region and a lecturer at Dagongxin (Beijing) Asset Appraisal Co., Ltd., to explore the current status and future development trends of intellectual property securitization. This article extracts the essence of the interview with lawyer Zhou Xueteng by Law News Agency for forwarding and interpretation, for the readers.
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2023 07/01
Gaopeng Joins Hands with Taraxacum Women's Leadership Institute to Carry out Public Welfare Classroom
On July 30, 2023, Gaopeng Law Firm and Taraxacum Women's Leadership Research Institute jointly held the "Intimacy Empowerment Workshop - Decrypting the Language Code of Love" public benefit class for outstanding women from all walks of life. Lawyers Sun Meiyan and Zhou Xueteng, senior partners of Gaopeng Institute, participated in the organization and attended this offline meeting.
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2024 07/01
The seminar on enterprise compliance and data asset management was successfully held
On June 28, 2024, a business seminar on "Enterprise Compliance and Data Asset Management" was successfully held in the conference room of Beijing Gaopeng Law Firm, hosted by the Compliance Working Committee of the China Enterprise Federation and organized by the Intellectual Property Professional Committee of Gaopeng Law Firm and the Beijing New Century Multinational Corporation Research Institute. This seminar brought together senior leaders and industry experts from more than 20 well-known enterprises, including Beijing Energy Group Co., Ltd. and Kunlun Smart Technology Co., Ltd., to jointly explore key issues such as corporate compliance management, data asset management, and intellectual property management. The aim was to explore new ideas and methods for the development of corporate compliance.
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2024 09/30
Lawyer Gao Peng's article was published in Beijing Lawyer, focusing on the first AI voice infringement case in China
Recently, an article written by Lawyer Zhou Xueteng, Senior Partner of Gaopeng Law Firm, titled "Announcement of the First AI Voice Infringement Case in China! - How Generative Artificial Intelligence Can Avoid Infringement?" (click to view the original text) was published in the third issue of Beijing Lawyer magazine in 2024 (total issue 236). Our intern lawyer Yang Qian also participated in the writing of this article and contributed valuable insights.