Recently, The Legal 500 officially published its 2022 Asia-Pacific Guide. Watson & Band is again ranked in both the IP contentious and the IP non-contentious areas this year.

The Legal 500 provides the following commentary on Watson & Band:

“Watson & Band's team, which includes both lawyers and agents, is equally strong in contentious and non-contentious work, and advises a number of well-known multinational companies from the tech and fashion sectors. The firm, which has an extensive office network covering most of China's major cities, is experienced in both trademark and patent issues, assisting with licensing, filing and prosecution. Managing partner Jean Yang is one of the key team members, while Jianguo Huang focuses on patent litigation.

Other key lawyers include Joe Liu, Xiaobo He, Cathy Wu, Hua Xiao, Yingcong Xu, Liming Zhang and Guohua Tang”

— The Legal 500