Rosita has over 32 years of experience in dealing with both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property, entertainment, and information technology issues in Hong Kong and the Mainland China. She handles the full spectrum of intellectual property work from enforcement, litigation to licensing and portfolio management.
Rosita is a former IP Partner of Mayer Brown (formerly known as Johnson Stokes & Master, then JSM, then Mayer Brown JSM) and she has advised global conglomerates and Hong Kong blue-chip clients on their global trademark portfolio and enforcement portfolio in APAC, spreading across different industry sectors such as financial services, real estate, retail, hospitality as well as luxury and fashion.
She also has solid experience and excellent track records in IP litigation (including handling interlocutory injunctions and Anton Piller orders, Hong Kong Customs seizures, domain name complaints, shadow company name disputes). On the commercial and transactional side, she assists clients in drafting and negotiating licence and franchise agreements and conducting IP audit and IP related due diligence.
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- Admitted as Solicitor in UK and Hong Kong in 1992
- Former IP Partner of Mayer Brown (formerly JSM)
- President of the Licensing Executives Society China, Hong Kong Sub-Chapter
- Domain Name Panelist, World Intellectual Property Organization
- Domain Name Panelist, Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre
- Top Lawyers in the Greater China Region – Intellectual Property, Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2023
- Distinguished Practitioner – Intellectual Property, Asialaw 2022 – 2023
- Mentor of the Year, ALB Women in Law Awards 2023
- Ranked Lawyer: IP, Chambers Asia Pacific 2011 – 2020
- Silver Tier Individuals: Enforcement and Litigation, WTR 1000, 2018 – 2022
- Acted as a supervising solicitor in the execution of an Anton Piller Order
- Acted for a cassette manufacturer and supplier in defending a patent infringement litigation in Hong Kong. The case was one of the very few patent infringement cases which went to trial
- Acted for collecting societies in their enforcement actions
- Advised a Michelin star restaurant in its dispute over the franchise agreement
- Successfully handled over 120 domain name dispute complaints and close to 500 company name disputes
- Handled over 300 trade mark oppositions (in English and in Chinese) in Hong Kong and China
- Acted for a major real estate developer in Hong Kong in defending an action brought against them including an interlocutory injunction application based on passing off and trademark infringement
- Represented a famous international school in a High Court action against a local educational establishment for trade mark infringement and passing off
- Acted for a major Bank in Hong Kong in an interlocutory injunction against a PRC financial company for trade mark infringement and unfair competition
- Acted for a famous hotel in Hong Kong and secured victory for them in a litigation against a PRC company for using its logo on hotel
- Advised leading advertising, PR and marketing agencies on drafting and negotiating artist agreements and on IP issues in advertising campaign.