Sophia Hou

With 24 years’ experience in providing global professional IP protection, Sophia has been focusing on providing IP protection strategies for multinational companies, including administrative protection for trademark, copyright, patent, trade secret, trade name and anti-unfair competition, customs protection, civil litigation and criminal prosecution.

She is well regarded in the industry for her handling of complex trademark infringements, unfair competition disputes and criminal protection. She also has experience in trade secret management and protection, providing supply chain trade secret legal training, compliance audit, trade secret management consulting, and related evidence collection, administrative, civil, and criminal protection services for many multinational enterprises.

Sophia operates from an international perspective assisting a wide range of clients in cross-jurisdictional affairs. She has built successful teams which provide transnational IP protection for Chinese enterprises in the Middle East, Russia, Egypt, South Africa, and Southeast Asia. In 2015, Sophia worked as a IP lawyer in Vietnam for a half year.

Sophia’s recent work includes:

• Working with one of China’s largest electronics provider on their international trade mark protection.
• Undertaking IP protection services for one of the US’ fast growing consumer goods companies in Vietnam.
• Providing trademark registration and consulting services for a UK/UAE fast fashion brand in Hong Kong.
• Advising a famous multinational footwear brand on the risk control and management of trade secrets in China's supply chain.

Conducting an in-depth investigation on a Shenzhen import and export company, whereby after cooperating with Shenzhen Customs, we intercepted a whole container of patent infringing products and civil litigation was filed immediately.