Fan Cheng
Overview
Fan Cheng focuses her practice on trademark prosecution and litigation, copyright law, domain name disputes, trade dress and design protection. She strives to bring a holistic, business-first approach when representing clients across industries—from consumer goods to pharmaceutical products.
Career & Education
- Global IP Law Group
Summer Associate, May 2018–July 2018 - Tesla
Extern, January 2018–April 2018 - American Medical Association
Extern, August 2017–November 2017 - Illinois Legal Aid Online
Access to Justice Technology Fellow, May 2017–July 2017
- Global IP Law Group
- Renmin University of China, B.B.A., Business Administration, 2013
- Renmin University of China, LL.B., Law, 2013
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 2019
- Illinois
- Mandarin
Fan's Insights
Client Alert | 2 min read | 04.17.25
Will the Supreme Court review the Ninth Circuit’s unique Server Test for online copyright infringement? After the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the Server Test, a photographer and copyright owner has requested certiorari. Petitioner-Plaintiff, Elliot McGucken, is a landscape photographer. Respondent-Defendant, Valnet, Inc., is the owner of a travel website located at “www.thetravel.com.” McGucken sued Valnet for copyright infringement when Valnet embedded on its site a number of links to McGucken’s Instagram posts. The district court, bound by the Ninth Circuit’s en banc decision in Perfect 10, granted Defendant’s motion to dismiss, finding that the Server Test foreclosed McGucken’s direct infringement claim as a matter of law, because Valnet linked to the images and did not store them on its own servers. The Ninth Circuit affirmed in a panel decision. McGucken now requests the Supreme Court to review the validity of the Server Test, which is unique to the Ninth Circuit.
Firm News | 9 min read | 01.02.25
Crowell & Moring Elects 12 New Partners, Promotes Four to Senior Counsel and 25 to Counsel
Client Alert | 1 min read | 05.08.23
Permanent Ban Plus $17 Million Monetary Judgment for Debt Relief Scammers, Says FTC
Publication | 09.28.22
‘What’s in a Name?’ When it Comes to Approval for a Drug Name, a Lot
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Fan's Insights
Client Alert | 2 min read | 04.17.25
Will the Supreme Court review the Ninth Circuit’s unique Server Test for online copyright infringement? After the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the Server Test, a photographer and copyright owner has requested certiorari. Petitioner-Plaintiff, Elliot McGucken, is a landscape photographer. Respondent-Defendant, Valnet, Inc., is the owner of a travel website located at “www.thetravel.com.” McGucken sued Valnet for copyright infringement when Valnet embedded on its site a number of links to McGucken’s Instagram posts. The district court, bound by the Ninth Circuit’s en banc decision in Perfect 10, granted Defendant’s motion to dismiss, finding that the Server Test foreclosed McGucken’s direct infringement claim as a matter of law, because Valnet linked to the images and did not store them on its own servers. The Ninth Circuit affirmed in a panel decision. McGucken now requests the Supreme Court to review the validity of the Server Test, which is unique to the Ninth Circuit.
Firm News | 9 min read | 01.02.25
Crowell & Moring Elects 12 New Partners, Promotes Four to Senior Counsel and 25 to Counsel
Client Alert | 1 min read | 05.08.23
Permanent Ban Plus $17 Million Monetary Judgment for Debt Relief Scammers, Says FTC
Publication | 09.28.22
‘What’s in a Name?’ When it Comes to Approval for a Drug Name, a Lot
