HONOR RECORDS

● The leading managerial staff of Lingda & Co. also engage themselves in the research of major IP cases and contribute academic works to industrial publications. The professional view points on new IP issues both nationally and internationally give the IP administrations and the industrial specialists a spur to focus on dealing with emerging controversies and disputes. On a frequent and regular basis, managing partners of Lingda & Co. write research articles for The Economic Daily, China Legal Daily, China Trademark News, China Intellectual Property News. Senior partner of the firm, Mr. Gao Guangwei has published educational books like "Approach Trademarks, Approach Trademark Law", "Law Basics", etc. Some books have been used by the Trademark Office as teaching materials for training courses.

● Lingda & Co. executes flexible fee schedule policy, which markedly reduces the budget burden of the clients while maintaining the same service standards. In addition, the firm has all along provided much of the free consulting services on the details-focused basis. The clients would find that such free consulting with Lingda & Co. staff, which are usually chargeable at other firms, has greatly helped them better understand how to secure their intangible assets and how to better exert their rights. All these efforts by Lingda & Co. have been rewarded: the domestic client base is ever increasing and the client industries are even broadening nationally and internationally.

● In terms of the volume of trademark applications, Lingda & Co. was ranked by the China Trademark Office at No. 11 in the year 2003 and at No. 9 in the year 2004. Presently, more and more direct clients and clients by referral contact Lingda & Co. for advice, and many regional organizations communicate with us for establishment of working relations.