Starke Intellectual Property Co. Ltd.

20/03/2026

The visit of the National Day of Mauritius, was actually our first time to join an event of an African country. New opportunities are on the horizon.

14/03/2026

Last Thursday and Friday we visited member companies of the AHK Nord China in Shenyang and participated in a meeting of our local advisory board. It was not only nice to meet many company representatives in the north to gain insights into the situation there on site, but also to be able to learn a lot in the context of insights into the productions.

03/03/2026

Happening at the sidelines of last week’s visit of our German Chancellor - a deeper cooperation between the German Chamber of Commerce and the CHKD - Die Chinesische Handelskammer in Deutschland e.V. It was a pleasure for Starke Managing Counsel and AHK Nord China board member Daniel Albrecht to took part at this historical and promissing moment.

In the impressive premises of Bank of China - who currently holds the presidency of the Chamber - we had the pleasure to establish closer ties with the German-based business organization.

28/02/2026

The AHK Nord China was able to welcome 40 members and friends of the chamber at its annual green cabbage meal at the Kempinski. For those who do not know what kale is, here is a short explanation:

The kale dinner (Grünkohlessen) is a long-standing winter ritual in Northern Germany, traditionally enjoyed in a convivial atmosphere. This hearty dish of kale is typically served with specialties like smoked pork or pink sausage, accompanied by beer and a hint of caraway – a culinary delight that not only warms the body but also brings people together.

We are looking forward to more traditional German events.

11/02/2026

03/02/2026

Wonderful celebration of the Dominican Republic national day in the Kempinski tonight. We are happy to learn more about their wonderful product portfolios and history behind it.

30/01/2026

In December 2025 Starke Managing Counsel Daniel Albrecht was appointed as Mediator for IP related cases at the Shanghai Eastern International Commercial Mediation Center.
SICMC is the first commercial mediation institute in China that is authorized by the Ministry of Justice. It was jointly established by Shanghai Arbitration Commission, Shanghai Lawyers Association, Shanghai Notary Association, Shanghai Intellectual Property Service Industry Association, and Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce in Feb 2025. The SCMC is the first institution in China specializing in commercial dispute mediation and is the one and only NGO designated by the International Commercial Court of the Supreme People's Court focusing on commercial mediation as the "one-stop" platform for the alternative resolution of international commercial disputes. Being the strategic cooperation partner exclusively in China with Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), the world's largest dispute resolution agency, the SCMC is also an important partner with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center, Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) and Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR).

24/12/2025

We wish all friends and clients a blessed Christmas and a happy new year.

03/12/2025

Recently I took part in the Huawei IPR conference with the title RESPECTING IP, DRIVING INNOVATIONS. It was their sixth Innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) Forum. I was able to participate online twice in recent years, but this year was my first opportunity to do so in person.

I have been following Huawei's activities for several years, as the company has been one of the largest applicants at the European Patent Office for many years, filing very high-quality patents in a wide variety of fields. Furthermore, Huawei is classified as a friend of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce. As you all know, I am on the board of the German Chamber of Commerce in North China and am therefore particularly interested in the activities of our members.

As an IP lawyer, I find a company's innovations and patents particularly interesting. These figures are truly exceptional, which is why I'd like to examine them in more detail. It is noteworthy that Huawei has always invested more than 10% of its annual revenue in R&D. In the past four years, the investment has reached even 20%. In 2024, the total R&D spending reached CNY179.7 billion, representing 20.8% of their total revenue. Their total R&D investment over the last decade has now exceeded CNY1.249 trillion. Huawei is the 6th largest company for R&D expenditure for eight consecutive years, according to the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard.

Huawei had 6,600 published Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications in 2024 and has been the top user of the PCT system since 2014.
In this context, Huawei is a good example of how the Chinese IP landscape has changed in recent years. Today, China is highly innovative. This also means that more and more top Chinese companies are investing in secure and practical IP protection.
As an IP lawyer, current data, facts, and information are of particular importance to me. Therefore, during this conference, my focus was especially on an innovation that is also significant for the IP industry and has the potential to positively transform it. The Name of this innovation calls Chaspark Patent. Huawei launched the Chaspark Patent site in June 2024, which was unknown to me until this conference. It's a free and robust platform for researchers around the world to search for patent information, a service that can be prohibitively expensive for students, individual researchers, and small organizations in tech. Today the company announced major updates to Chaspark Patent, including new features such as semantic search and AI summary. In the future, I will extensively test this new platform in practice and report on my experiences with it.
In summary, this conference was extremely interesting not only for those interested in IP, but also for the technically interested public, and I hope to be able to participate again next year.

02/12/2025

Yesterday the German chamber of commerce celebrated their annual Christmas reception at the Kempinski, with more than 140 guests, what a success! Highlight was the already traditional visit of our ambassador Dr. Flor who chat with our members about actual political and economical topics covering the Chinese German business relationship.

23/11/2025

Great trip with the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation to Kaifeng. It’s always great to have an exchange with so many talented young people and political fellows. Pleasure for Starke managing counsel Daniel Albrecht to deliver a short speech about legal and economic relations.

18/11/2025

The German Chamber of Commerce hosted an Executive Roundtable on Bilateral Business Relations in the Context of the Sino-German Financial Dialogue. Speaker of the close door meeting was Alexander von zur Mũhlen, CEO Asia-Pacific, Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG. In the nutshell he singed a very positive picture about the ongoing financial dialogue and about the German-Chinese business relationships that are still intact. We are optimistic that this dialogue is the kickoff for a brighter and deeper exchange through the next couple of months.