Ban Rui

Areas of Practice

Protection of intellectual property rights both domestically and internationally, corporate governance and investment mergers and acquisitions, composite civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, commercial criminal cases

Lawyer Ban previously worked for Kaspersky, one of the world's top four terminal network security software service providers, responsible for its legal and compliance work. He has comprehensive experience in enterprise operations, business management, and risk control, focusing on providing litigation and non litigation legal services for different industries such as specialized technology, network security and big data, film and entertainment, sports, performing arts brokerage, emerging digital industries and digital cultural and creative industries, cultural and tourism, real estate, advertising, education, new food technology, catering industry, retail industry, etc. Proficient in handling major and complex civil and commercial litigation and arbitration cases involving intellectual property rights both domestically and internationally, as well as conducting research on cross disciplinary criminal and administrative cases and emerging cutting-edge legal issues.

Having practiced for over 20 years, Lawyer Ban, with more than ten years of rich experience in the field of intellectual property both domestically and internationally, has assisted clients in effectively managing and protecting intellectual property on multiple occasions. He has found new tracks and growth points in his business field, maximizing the value of his rights.  

Lawyer Ban has a wide range of interests and hobbies, and has been involved in various sports. He has learned dance since childhood and has won dance art awards multiple times. Driven by his interest, Lawyer Ban has been fortunate enough to become a promoter, IP operator, and protector of over 100 cultural and creative projects and works that have been introduced and exported. To date, he has provided personalized legal services for no more than 50 cultural and creative projects.

 

Educational background

University one is graduated from: Bachelor of Law, Capital Normal University

Master of Law, Renmin University of China

Working language: Chinese, English

Social position

● Vice Chairman of the Cultural, Tourism, Media, and Sports Law Professional Committee of the 12th Beijing Lawyers Association

● Member of the 4th Fengtai District Lawyers Association Foreign related the Belt and Road Capital Market Legal Business Research Committee

● Member of the Lawyer Culture Communication and Brand Building Working Committee of the Fourth Fengtai District Lawyers Association

● Vice Director of the Intellectual Property Business Research Association of the Third Fengtai District Lawyers Association

● Member of the Information Network and High tech Legal Business Research Committee of the 3rd Fengtai District Lawyers Association

● Member of the International Trade and Foreign Legal Business Research Committee of the 3rd Fengtai District Lawyers Association

● Beijing Law Society's "100 Legal Talents"

● Member of the Foreign Affairs Legal Professional Committee of the Beijing Cultural and Entertainment Law Society

Representative case

Non litigation category:

● Platform governance and data privacy compliance direction: "《Doctor of Law》", "《Cultural and Creative Derivatives Innovation Incubation Center Platform》", "《Cultural and Creative Digital Copyright Management Platform》", "《Copyright Supermarket》", "《DCI-IP Show Platform Digital Copyright Registration》", "《Village History Museum Content Digitalization and Technology Integration Project》", "《Immersive Digital Content Experience Hall Project》", "《Go Local》", "《Shunyi Gift》", "《Data Asset Transfer Project》"

● New retail, creative food, cultural tourism derivative products or projects: "《Rabbit God Comes to Handmade Dim sum》", "《Go Local》", "《Shunyi Gift》", "《IP Show》", "《Beijing International Cultural Creative Products Fair》", "《Beijing Cultural Creative Competition Cultural Expo Product Design Competition》", "《Beijing Zhangzhen Kitchen King Cultural Festival》", "《Shunyi District Cultural Consumption Season》", "《Yanjing Beer Festival》"

● Movies: "《Ex is the Best》", "《Guns N 'Fire 2》", "《Lover No. 7》", "《Total Loss of Control》", "《Pen Immortal》", "《Sou Shen Ji》", "《Walking in the Same City》", "《Hanging Guilt》", "《Love Scar》", "《Memory Maze》", "《Football in the Dark》"

●  TV series: "《Red Sorghum》", "《Palace Lock Heart Jade》", "《Name Proposal》", "《Kiss on tiptoe to love》", "《The Great Era》", "《The Next Miracle》", "《Cao Cao》", "《Laughing Proudly in the Jianghu》", "《Four handed Magic Bullets》", "《Xu Mao and His Daughters》", "《Happy Life at the Waving》", "《Memories Before, Forget After》", "《The Price of Winning a Woman》", "《The Snowy City》"

Stage play/musical: "《Journey of Beautiful Chinese National Music for Thousands of Miles》"; 《Our Jingke》,《 Jiazi Garden》, etc

● Online drama》: "《The Promise of Blank Space》"

● Variety show: '《Sing for You》'

● Games: "《Mom Talks About Parenting》", "Baby Town", "《Driver's License Theory Exam》", etc

● Audio book: "《Until Love Ends》"; Education courses: "《Compulsory Management Courses for New Managers》", "《Children's Drama Series Courses》", etc

● Provide training on "《Legal Practice of Film and Television Copyright》" for international media giant HEARST media China

● Provide training on "《Intellectual Property Rights Pledge Issues》" for China Construction Bank North Branch

● Invited to provide full professional legal support for the well-known director's "Script Rights Protection Media Meeting" with a box office of over 10 billion yuan

● Invited to provide full professional legal support for the "Creative Industry and Copyright Operation Seminar"

● Write a research report on foreign investment market access in the entertainment industry for a South Korean entertainment group company

● Represented a media company in negotiating and refining investment agreements with investors for a series of Hong Kong Hong Kong films, with a transaction amount involving approximately RMB 180 million

● Introduce British drama teaching courses to well-known foreign-related children's education institutions, and provide legal services for the development of licensed and authorized business operations

● Provided due diligence services and legal advice on equity mergers and acquisitions for a Fortune 500 company's acquisition of a five-star hotel project

● Design feasible and compliant legal solutions for a pension real estate fund project of a Fortune 500 company

● Provide policy and legal advice for a media company to establish a film and television training school through cooperation between China and Hong Kong

● Provided rights protection consultation and implementation plan for a Singaporean executive, ultimately obtaining satisfactory compensation

● Provide legal services for the establishment of a Sino foreign joint venture to develop real estate projects

● Provide industry analysis, investment form, investment feasibility related legal consulting opinions and scheme design for the acquisition of a sports limited company

Litigation category:

● Acting as an agent to illegally obtain citizens' personal information, resulting in multiple crimes of embezzlement and punishment

● Commercial Arbitration Case for Copyright Contract Dispute of TV Drama

● Government information disclosure, administrative reconsideration, and administrative litigation cases arising from qualification compliance issues

● Capital Airport Real Estate Co., Ltd. won the retrial case of a dispute over the sales contract of a commercial property with Zhou

AWARD

● The first batch of "100 Legal Talents" from the Beijing Law Society

● Outstanding Lawyer of Fengtai District Lawyers Association in Beijing in 2023

● 2018-2019 Beijing Fengtai District Lawyers Association "Outstanding Female Lawyer"

Qualification certificate

●  Performance agent qualification certificate, securities industry qualification certificate, national radio and television broadcaster and host qualification certificate, enterprise human resources engineer qualification certificate, national teacher qualification certificate, Beijing sports competition referee.

Academic works

● Authored a concise guide to the policies and laws of China's cooperation with 20 countries in film production

● Participated in the writing of "Legal Guidelines for Investing in the Chinese Film Market", "Research Report on Market Access for Foreign Investment in the Entertainment Industry", and "Business and Legal Guidelines for the Film Market"

● Published an academic paper titled "Foundations of Script Copyright Operation from a Legal and Commercial Perspective - Also Reviewing Article 7 of the Film Industry Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China" in the 7th issue of "Legal Experts" in 2017 and the 41st issue of "Finance and Industry"

● The third issue of "Home Computer Games" in 2012 published an article titled "Prohibiting Online Piracy - How to Achieve It with Just One Word"

Social activities

● Invited to deliver a keynote speech on the topic of focusing on audiovisual works to interpret the Copyright Law (Amendment) Draft, and submit a draft for comments to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

● Invited to give a keynote speech on "Appreciation of Typical Intellectual Property Cases under the Linkage of Film and Game"

● Invited to give a keynote speech on "Copyright Protection and Risk Avoidance in the Development of Cultural and Creative Derivatives"

● Invited to participate in the theme salon event of "Intellectual Property Protection of Cultural and Creative IP" and give a keynote speech

● Invited to participate in the "Opportunities and Challenges of Copyright Financing for Film and Television Works" themed salon event and give a speech

● Invited to participate in the Beijing Intellectual Property Week's "Copyright Operation and Investment and Financing Services" themed forum, and deliver a keynote speech on the issue of copyright operation helping asset appreciation

● Invited to participate in the "Prosperous China - Cultural and Creative Salon Annual Conference" and give a keynote speech on the issue of "Copyright Protection and Derivatives Operation of the Performing Arts Industry"

● Invited to provide online live courses on legal practice issues related to the "Norms for the Use of Portrait Rights in Videos"

● Invited to give a keynote speech on "Analysis of Typical Cases of Confusion Behavior in the Context of Anti Unfair Competition Law under the Shadow Game Internet"

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