This English-language blog serves to guide attorneys on navigating Chinese intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent and trademark law. We discuss the latest cases, laws, rules, and guidelines and how they might impact foreign corporations.
China IP Law Update was selected as one of the Top 100 Intellectual Property Blogs To Follow in 2020 by Feedspot on March 2, 2020.
This blog, China IP Law Update, does not contain legal advice and is for informational purposes only. Its publication does not create an attorney-client relationship nor is it a solicitation for business. To the best of their ability, the authors provide current and accurate information at the time of each post, however, readers should check for current information and accuracy.
The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A., any other of its lawyers, its clients, or any of its or their respective affiliates.
Authors
Director of China Intellectual Property Law Practice
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Aaron Wininger is a Principal and Director of the China Intellectual Property Practice at SLW. Aaron counsels both U.S. and Chinese companies on patent and trademark portfolio development, non-infringement and invalidity opinions, and cross-border enforcement of intellectual property rights, including enforcement of patents via Amazon’s Patent Evaluation Express (APEX) program. He has worked with clients in the areas of artificial intelligence, networks, medical devices, semiconductors and physics. His knowledge of both the Chinese and American markets allows him to advise his clients as they expand and enforce their intellectual property portfolios. He frequently publishes articles on his blog, China IP Law Update.
His articles on Chinese patent guidelines, artificial intelligence, and enforcement trends have been cited in testimony in both U.S. House and Senate Judiciary Committee hearings and cited in reports by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC). Furthermore, his documentation of international stances on the copyright eligibility of AI-generated content has been cited in filings before the Supreme Court of the United States.
In 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, Aaron was selected for the IAM Strategy 300 (Law Business Research). IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists highlights individuals who develop excellent IP value creation strategies and put them into action.
Aaron has also been chosen for inclusion in WIPR Leaders 2024, 2025 and 2026. Worldipreview.com is an online publication owned and operated by Newton Media Limited.
Aaron has worked in China for more than a decade and is conversational in Mandarin.
Aaron is quoted regularly in major periodicals regarding IP law including Bloomberg, IPLaw360, IAM, Asia IP Magazine, Managing IP, The Fashion Law, and the South China Morning Post. He is a frequent contributor to SLW美国知识产权. You can subscribe via WeChat by scanning the following QR code:
As Chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association China Committee, Aaron has spearheaded responses to Requests for Comments from China’s National Intellectual Property Administration and China’s State Administration for Market Regulation on the Provisions on Prohibiting Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights to Exclude and Restrict Competition; Regulations on the Procedure for the Formulation of Regulations of the National Intellectual Property Administration; Anti-monopoly Guidelines in the Field of Standard Essential Patents; and Revised Patent Examination Guidelines.