To give full play to the role of experts in advancing intellectual property (IP) development, enhance Baotou's capabilities in IP creation, protection, application, management, and services, and support the city's efforts to build a strong IP city, Baotou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation publicly selected professionals in the IP field. After multiple rounds of screening and review, Lawyer Zhou Xueteng, Senior Partner of Gaopeng Law Firm, was appointed as an expert in the IP field by the bureau for a three-year term, relying on her profound professional accumulation and rich practical experience.

Lawyer Zhou Xueteng Appointed as IP Expert by Baotou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation

As a core member of Gaopeng Law Firm's Service Station for Specialized, Refined, Characteristic, and Novel Enterprises, Lawyer Zhou Xueteng has been deeply engaged in the legal field for over 20 years, focusing on IP, anti-unfair competition, and transformation of scientific and technological achievements. She currently holds multiple positions, including Consultation Expert for Civil and Administrative Cases of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and Expert in the Expert Database of Beijing Municipal Intellectual Property Bureau. Her represented cases cover well-known domestic and foreign enterprises, ranging from brand rights protection for Xiaomi and Pop Mart to foreign-related IP disputes for U.S.-based MI Company and Germany-based Weiss Company. She has handled hundreds of complex cases and participated in services for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements of central enterprises such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Electronics Technology Group, achieving remarkable results in patent layout, copyright protection, and technical contract review.

This appointment is a high recognition of Lawyer Zhou Xueteng's professional capabilities. She stated that she will continue to leverage her strengths in IP services and years of professional experience, actively participate in IP-related practices in Baotou, and contribute professional expertise to the innovative development of local enterprises and the building of Baotou as a strong IP city.