On May 7, 2024, the world renowned legal rating agency Benchmark Litigation published its Asia-Pacific Guide 2024. With its nearly three decades’ dedication in the intellectual property area, Watson & Band is listed for the 7^th time in the “Intellectual Property” area in this year’s Guide for its outstanding performance and achievements.

Reasons for recommendation:

Watson & Band, one of China’s oldest intellectual property service providers, offers agency and consulting services concerning trademarks, patents and copyrights, as well as enforcement and litigation services and commercial IP-related legal services. Its industry specialty lies in the fields of chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, electronics, telecommunications, metallic materials and semiconductors. Over the years, it has successfully represented many world famous enterprises in their IP rights enforcement actions and won favorable judgments for the IP rights.

Benchmark Litigation was first published in 2008 covering the litigation and disputes markets in United States and Canada. Since 2018 it broadened its coverage to include Asia-Pacific. Benchmark Litigation does not only evaluate domestic, regional and international law firms in Asia-Pacific but aims to develop data and intelligence solutions for Asia’s legal decision-makers, business developers and marketers. Research is based in Hong Kong and is conducted through extensive interviews with litigators, arbitrators, dispute resolution specialists and their clients to identify the leading litigators and firms as well as examining recent casework handled by law firms and lawyers.