戎朝在知识产权领域,涉及文化、体育、影视、娱乐、艺术品等行业,尤其在体育产业及影视娱乐领域深耕多年, 代表客户包括中超公司、CBA公司、体奥动力、NBA中国、WBA、Osports、乐视体育、华谊兄弟、国际唱片业协会、PPTV、新浪、荣信达、安乐影片、体育之窗等,曾担任中超公司、CBA联盟、央视国际、新浪、华谊兄弟等产业头部客户的常年法律顾问,诉讼方面一直主攻上述产业中涉及知识产权、竞争法专业方面的前沿、疑难、重大案件的处理。他代理了多个业内影响力极大的项目和案件,包括2016-2020年中超联赛电视公共信号制作及版权合作伙伴的项目(即价值80亿元的中超赛事转播权项目)、2008年北京奥运会新媒体直播维权案、新浪诉凤凰网中超赛事作品案、慧鱼立体科学模型作品案、“黑猫警长和葫芦娃”海报案之著作权转换性使用等,相关胜诉案例多年入选各级法院和专业机构评选的十大案例奖。
执业期间,戎朝获得多个权威奖项,被评为2011年上海市第四届优秀青年律师,2007-2008年度静安区优秀青年律师,曾是上海市第九届律师代表大会代表,上海市静安区律工委委员。目前是上海市法学会体育法学研究会理事、上海律协体育产业法律专业委员会委员。2021年,戎朝被评为2021年ALB十五佳知识产权律师。
在专注实务工作的同时,戎朝深度参与理论学术研究,负责编撰中国政法大学出版的教科书《体育法导论》第八章体育知识产权章节,参与国家体育总局决策咨询研究重点项目:《国家队各项事务媒体转播权益保护研究》,撰写《定时在线播放行为之权利属性探究——仅限于有线信息网络传播视野下》《互联网时代下的体育赛事转播保护兼评“新浪诉凤凰网中超联赛著作权侵权及不正当竞争纠纷案》《科学立体模型作品认定的法律问题研究——深入解析德国“慧鱼创意组合模型”著作权侵权案》《竞技运动员享有表演者权的可行性探讨》等多篇学术文章发布在《中国版权》《电子知识产权》“知产力”“威科先行法律数据库平台”等多个权威期刊和知名微信公众号中。
Rong Chao has been focusing on the field of intellectual property, involving culture, sports, film and television, entertainment, artwork and other industries, especially in the media and sports for many years. His clients include Chinese Football Association Super League, CBA, China Sports Media, NBA China, WBA, Osports, LeSports, Huayi Brothers Media Group, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, PPTV, SINA, ROSAT, Edko Film, and Irena. Rong has acted as legal counsel for Chinese Super League, CBA League, CCTV International, Sina, Huayi Brothers and many other high profile clients. In terms of litigation, he specialises in handling cutting-edge, difficult and major cases involving IP and unfair competition law, and has represented a number of highly influential projects and cases, including the 2016-2020 Chinese Super League TV public signal production and copyright project (RMB8 billion Chinese Super League broadcast rights project), the rights defense case in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games new media live broadcast, the case of Sina v Phoenix on Chinese Super League event, the case of fischer scientific model works, and “Black Cat and Gourd Boy” poster case of copyright transformative use. The cases above were selected into the top 10 cases by courts and professional institutions at all levels.
During his practice, Rong has received several prestigious awards. He has been awarded the 4th Shanghai Excellent Young Lawyer in 2011 and an Excellent Young Lawyer in Jing’an District in 2007-2008. He used to be a delegate of the 9th Shanghai Lawyers’ Congress and a member of the Jing’an District Lawyers Working Committee. Currently, he is the director of the Sports Law Research Institution of Shanghai Law Society, a member of the Professional Sports and Law Commission of Shanghai Bar Association. In 2021, Rong was chosen among 2021 ALB China top 15 IP lawyers.
While focusing on practice, Rong is also deeply involved in academic research. He is responsible for compiling the chapter on intellectual property rights in sports in chapter 8 of the textbook “Introduction to Sports Law” published by China University of Political Science and Law , and he is the main participant of the key decision and consultation project of the China General Administration of Sport “Research on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Media Broadcasting of National Teams”. Besides, he wrote the articles An Investigation into the Rights of Timed Online Broadcasting – Only in the Context of Cable Information Network Distribution”, “The Legal Protection of Broadcast of Sports Events in Internet Era — A Review of the First Instance of Sina Internet Information Service v Tianying Jiuzhou Network Technology”, “Research on Legal Issues of identifying Three-dimensional Model Works: A Deep Analysis of the Copyright Infringement Case of Fischertechnik”, “Discussion on the Feasibility of Competitive Athletes’ Ownership of Performer’s Rights” , which were separately published in many authoritative journals and WeChat official account, including Chinese Copyright, Electronics Intellectual Property, “Zhi Chan Li”, and “Wolers Kluwer”.
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