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Joanne Sum-Ping helps clients navigate the legal and business environment in China, with a special focus on protecting intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. She has counseled clients in the technology, media, and branded goods industries, among others.
Before joining Covington’s Beijing office, Ms. Sum-Ping was a litigator in Covington’s New York office. There, she focused on civil litigation, securities litigation, and white collar defense & investigations. She has successfully litigated cases from the pleadings stage through discovery and trial, and has also briefed and argued several appeals.
Representative Matters
- Advised leading international software company on anti-piracy campaign in China.
- Advised leading international software trade association on copyright litigation in China.
- Advised US company in dispute with Chinese manufacturer that registered the company’s trademark in China in bad faith.
Previous Experience
- U.S. Peace Corps, China, Environmental Education Volunteer (2001-2003)
Pro Bono
- Argued before the Second Circuit on behalf of prisoner challenging New York parole policy as unconstitutional.
- Helped obtain favorable settlement for post-9/11 detainees pursuing constitutional claims that they were unlawfully detained and subjected to abusive conditions.
- Obtained T Visa for young woman illegally trafficked from Philippines to United States.
- Lead trial counsel in removal proceedings before Immigration Court on behalf of asylum applicant from Uzbekistan.
- Negotiated favorable plea bargain on behalf of indigent misdemeanor defendant.
Publications and Speeches
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