On January 14, 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice and the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration jointly organize a salon to help the local businesses with global growth ambitions to connect with the intellectual property law firms capable of supporting their commercial and legal objectives.

In the dialogue section, 15 lawyers from the local law firms, 10 arbitrators and 15 corporate representatives have an in-depth discussion over building patent portfolios and avoiding compliance risks across a wide variety of industries, over different stage of corporate growth.

Zhu Zhigang, Partner, Wanhuida Intellectual Property, attends the salon. Zhigang shares insights on a slew of hot-button issues including oversea trademark classification of derivatives, combating pre-emptive oversea trademark registrations, regulating parallel imports, among others.