In May 2015, the British magazine Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) announced the winners of its IAM Patent 1000 award. Watson & Band was named Top Law Firm for Chinese Patent Litigation and Licensing and its Managing Partner George Fu was named Top Lawyer for Chinese Patent Litigation and Licensing.

As an authoritative source of information on the best law firms and lawyers in the industry, IAM Patent 1000 takes a professional approach in ranking the best law firms and lawyers in the fields of patent prosecution, licensing and litigation from over 40 countries and regions around the world. It remains the only one-stop guideline publication in the global intellectual property industry.

Watson & Band has a long history of providing comprehensive intellectual property and related legal services for the protection of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. It has long provided domestic and international clients with support for IP rights prosecution, registration, licensing, transactions, anti-counterfeiting measures, litigation and enforcement actions. Watson & Band is dedicated to pursuing high-quality, cost-effective and innovative services, and it has been involved in numerous major IP rights cases.