Mr. Hanxiong Zhang is a litigator specializing in the rapidly evolving field of internet competition law. Since beginning his practice, he has quickly distinguished himself through his technical acumen and successful handling of complex disputes. In his seven years of practice, he has accumulated a significant portfolio of victories, many of which have been designated as landmark precedents by Chinese courts.

Mr. Zhang has earned the deep trust of leading internet enterprises by consistently delivering results in novel legal matters. His roster of clients includes major industry leaders such as Alibaba, Tencent, JD.com, Ant Group, Amap (Gaode Map), Beike (KE Holdings), Glodon, OPPO, Weibo, and Maimai.

Mr. Zhang’s track record includes multiple cases selected as judicial precedents and top cases by Chinese courts:

• Weibo. v. Guangzhou Jianyixun Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Case No. (2022) Yue Min Zhong 4541): Selected for the “First National Outstanding Court Cases” by the Supreme People's Court (SPC) and one of the “Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases of 2023” by the SPC.

• Preliminary Injunction for Ke.com in Data Scraping Dispute (Case No. (2021) Jing 0108 Min Chu 9148): Featured as one of the 15 select cases in Key Data Cases in China, edited by the Applied Legal Research Institute of the Supreme People's Court. 

• Tencent v. Haoxiong Co., Ltd. & Maihe Co., Ltd. (Case No. (2020) Chuan 01 Min Chu 192): Recognized as one of the "Top 10 Intellectual Property Protection Cases of 2022" by the Sichuan Courts.

• “Youge Zongguan” WeChat Marketing Software Unfair Competition Case (Case No. (2022) Yue 73 Min Zhong 3641): Selected as one of the "Top 10 Typical Cases Serving and Safeguarding Technological Innovation in 2022" by the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court.

Mr. Zhang excels at collaborating with in-house legal teams, technical personnel, and business units, as well as external experts in forensics and valuation, to achieve significant breakthroughs in litigation. His strategic approach has secured substantial damage awards for his clients:

• Amap (Gaode Map) v. Wind Information (Case No. (2024) Jing 73 Min Zhong 1761): Successfully utilized data licensing fee valuations to secure a high-value judgment of RMB 12.5 million for the illegal scraping, storage, and dissemination of the "Traffic Congestion Delay Index" big data product.

• Xueqiu.com v. AI Taocai (Case No. (2023) Yue 03 Min Zhong 6844): Secured full support from the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court for a claim of RMB 19.5 million in a data scraping and unfair competition dispute.

• Maimai v. Shanghai Weiwenjia Co., Ltd (Case No. (2024) Su 05 Min Chu 1390): leveraged in-depth technical evidence to help the client obtain the maximum statutory compensation of RMB 5 million for the illegal scraping of user connection data.

• In addition to the above, Mr. Zhang has secured multi-million RMB damage awards in numerous other cases.

Unfair competition litigation involving data

• Weibo. v. Guangzhou Jianyixun Information Technology Co., Ltd (Case No. (2022) Yue Min Zhong 4541): He represented Weibo and secured a high damages award of RMB 20 million, and the case was selected for the “First National Outstanding Court Cases” by the SPC and as one of the Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases of the SPC in 2023;

• Ke.com v. Beijing Shenying Chengxun Co., Ltd(Case No. (2021) Jing 0108 Min Chu 9148): He helped Beike obtain preliminary injunction ordering the immediate cessation of scraping and dissemination of Beike listing data, which is rare in China, and ultimately secured RMB 5 million in substantial compensation. This case was selected as one of fifteen featured cases in *China Data Landmark Cases* (edited by the SPC) and was also included in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court’s “Top 10 Typical Data-Related Unfair Competition Cases” and the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court’s “10 Typical IP Dispute Cases Involving Online Platforms.” Subsequently, in three additional unfair-competition lawsuits filed by Beike against other similar targets, he achieved settlements of RMB 1.3 million and RMB 3 million, and damages of RMB 1.5 million, bringing Beike’s total actual recoveries to nearly RMB 10 million;

• Amap v. Wind Information Co., Ltd (Case No. (2024) Jing 73 Min Zhong 1761): for scraping and using Amap’s “Traffic Congestion Delay Index” data product, he represented Amap and obtained a high damages award of RMB 12.5 million; 

• Xueqiu.com v. AI Taocai (Case No. (2023) Yue 03 Min Zhong 6844): he represented Xueqiu.com and obtained a high damages award of RMB 19.5 million. The trial hearing was a model proceeding held on April 26, 2024 (World Intellectual Property Day); 

• Maimai v. Shanghai Weiwenjia among others (Case No. (2024) Su 05 Min Chu 1390): involving the scraping and use of professional-networking data, this is among the first batch of cases applying the newly revised 2025 Anti-Unfair Competition Law, he represented the Maimai and obtained RMB 5 million in damages (the second instance appeal is pending).

Unfair Competition Litigation in the Internet Sector

• Quark v. Sogou Input Method: he represented Quark for implementing unfair competition through AI search traffic hijacking via “AI Ask Wangzai,” with the amount in dispute of RMB 100 million; the first-instance trial is currently ongoing; 

• Tencent v. Haoxiong Co., Ltd. & Maihe Co., Ltd., an unfair-competition dispute involving WeChat-related black/gray-market operations, he represented Tencent and obtained a high damages award of RMB 40 million. The case was selected as one of the “Top 10 IP Protection Cases” of Sichuan courts in 2022;

• “Youge Zongguan” WeChat Marketing Software Unfair Competition Case, he represented Tencent and obtained a high damages award of RMB 3 million, and the case was selected among the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court’s “Top 10 Typical Cases for Serving and Safeguarding Technological Innovation” in 2022;

• Represented Glodon in responding to a series of lawsuits filed by Shenzhen Jianxin Yun concerning malicious incompatibility with BIM software, unfair competition, monopoly claims, etc., and achieved a comprehensive victory—Jianxin Yun’s claims were all dismissed. During the same period, he also represented Glodon in a retaliatory lawsuit for commercial disparagement and prevailed at first instance, helping Glodon reverse an unfavorable situation;

• Represented Amap in combating a mobile phone manufacturer’s unfair-competition conduct of maliciously disabling notification permissions in the background;

• Represented OPPO in suing Tencent’s “Yingyongbao” (an app store) for malicious interference with the operation of the EID feature; the first-instance trial is currently ongoing. 

Corporate Reputation Protection Litigation

• Represented Amap in a commercial disparagement case against Mr. Li, successfully establishing that the operator of a personal Douyin account that attracted traffic by fabricating videos constituted a “business operator,” thereby bringing the conduct within the regulatory scope of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law. The case was selected among the Beijing Shijingshan District People’s Court’s “Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases” in 2024; 

• Represented Amap in a reputation-rights infringement case against Mr. Lei, successfully cracking down on online smear articles characterized by “selective wording” and “malicious splicing/bootstrapping;”

• Represented Weibo in an unfair-competition case for commercial disparagement against Hunan Yifang Co., Ltd., as well as a corporate reputation infringement dispute case against Changsha Evening News, and concluded both cases with favorable outcomes.

Traditional Intellectual Property Cases

• Provided comprehensive legal services to Travel Sentry, Inc. (the trademark owner of TSA customs locks) in China, covering trademark, enterprise name, and anti-unfair-competition civil litigation, as well as enforcement and anti-counterfeiting actions;

• Filed a trademark invalidation action on behalf of a U.S. hookah manufacturer against a domestic OEM contractor’s bad-faith trademark squatting, successfully invalidating the maliciously registered trademark;

• Represented multiple companies in trademark opposition, invalidation, and three-year non-use cancellation proceedings.

Non-Litigation Matters in the Internet Sector

• Prepared criminal risk control legal analysis reports on data compliance for two leading Internet companies;

• Provided comprehensive compliance advisory services to Ant Group in the areas of data, AI, and personal information, helping Ant Group establish a compliance assessment framework for data scraping.