Years with IP Matters

Since 2014

Professional Experiences

• Visiting Lawyer, Boehmert & Boehmert, Munich, Germany
• Associate, Shanghai Pacific Legal (Partnering with Norton Rose Fulbright), Shanghai, China
• Associate, Chang Tsi & Partners, Shanghai, China

Representative Cases

• Represented many multinational corporations like The Home Depot, Johnson Controls, Four Seasons Hotels, Honeywell, Guinness World Records, etc., through administrative protection, customs protection, C&D letters, online complaints, civil litigation, negotiation, and other channels to effectively stop infringements;
• Provided full-range services for Johnson Controls to protect their well-known brands in fields such as temperature control, machinery, energy, etc., assisting with trademark portfolio management, including filing and IP due diligence, domain name disputes, internet infringement protection, etc.;
• Represented Charles Schwab in conducting annual market checks in China and effectively protected client’s rights through online & onsite investigations, C&D letters, and complaints to the Hong Kong Company Registry;
• Represented Iconix Brand Group to defend against trademark squatter before Chinese customs, effectively promoting the smooth export of OEM products, avoiding high direct losses, and reducing future risk;
• Represented a multinational frozen food company in safeguarding their core business interests in China through filing, cancellation, litigation, negotiation, and signing of agreements, etc.;
• Represented a Chinese technology company to file a series of civil litigations against copyright infringers and obtained several favorable judgments, and successfully applied for enforcement;
• Represented a US retail company filed a trademark infringement and unfair competition litigation with a local court against a domestic company and got a favorable judgment;
• Represented a North American start-up to seize back its domain names, launch its Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise and website in China, and establish all-round IP management and protection system;
• Represented a European company in the industry of flavor and fragrance materials to secure its rights over its key marks, which a local company preempts, stop the abuse of logos and copyrighted images and false statements, and seize back the trademarks amicably and cost-effectively;
• Represented several European and Asian corporations in a series of merger control review procedures for M&A transactions in Asia and worldwide.

Publication

• (In English) New Trends, New Possibilities: A Comment on the Proposed Fifth Amendment to China’s Trade Mark Law, GRUR International - Journal of European and International IP Law, Volume 72, Issue 10 2023; 
• (In English) Fighting against COVID-19 Related Trademark Applications: How China Reversed the Trend? China Intellectual Property (English version), Issue 98, 2020; 
• Changes in the US Trademark Registration Examining Standard for Offensive Marks and its Inspiration: A Discussion Starting from COVID-19 Related Trademark Applications, Intellectual Property, Vol.1, 2021 (CSSCI);
• Green Technology Intellectual Property Protection under the Goal of Carbon Neutrality: Status Quo and Improvement, Science Technology and Law, Vol.6, 2021 (CSSCI);
• Understanding and Application of the "Adverse Effect" Clause of Trademark Registration: An Analysis Based on the Study of Comparative Law and Interpretation of Law, Electronic Intellectual Property, Vol.11, 2020 (CSSCI);
• Reflections on the Value of Punitive Damages in Intellectual Property Law from a Comparative Perspective, Electronica Intellectual Property, Vol.10, 2022;
• The Construction of Urban Soft Power from the Perspective of Intellectual Property: A Case Study of Shanghai, Global Cities Research, Vol. 3, 2021;
• New Trends in the Administrative Protection of Trademarks: Comments on the 2017-2019 National Typical Cases of Administrative Protection of Trademarks, IPR Daily, July 17, 2020.

Social Services

• East China University of Political Science and Law, Part-time Postdoctoral Researcher
• China IP SME Helpdesk - European Commission, Expert in the Expert Pool
• The 12th Intellectual Property Committee of Shanghai Lawyers Association, Committee Member
• Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, Partime Lecturer
• Shanghai Lawyers Association Legal Science and Technology Association, Member
• Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation, Expert in the IP Expert Pool

Education

• Postdoctoral research, IP, East China University of Political Science and Law
• Ph.D. in IP Law, East China University of Political Science and Law (2022)
• Co-supervision of Ph.D. Study, University of California, Berkeley (2020)
• Juris Master, East China University of Political Science and Law (2014)

Awards

• 2024 WIPR Leaders

Bar Admission    

China Bar

Languages  

Mandarin Chinese
English