Yuzhou Yang

Practice Areas

Patent:

Enforcement: civil infringement litigation and invalidation; administrative procedure litigation; administration raid

Patent prosecution

Patent licensing and technology exportation & importation

FTO and prior art search

Trade Secrets:

Enforcement: Civil and criminal litigation & administration raid regarding trade secret infringement

Compliance: Trade secret protection strategy consulting and compliance

Unfair Competition:

Enforcement: Civil litigation and administrative raid regarding trade dress infringement; acts of confusion (such as using the company name, domain name, website name, website page, etc.); business defamation and false advertising; unfair competition practices on the Internet; Investigation and anti-counterfeiting regarding unfair competition practices

Trademark:

Civil & criminal litigation infringement and administrative raid regarding trademark infringement

Trademark prosecution and related administrative litigation

Trademark transferring and licensing

Copyright:

Litigation: civil and criminal infringement litigation, especially in the area of computer software and music

Prosecution: copyright registration, copyright licensing and transfer, etc.

Long-term Legal Counsel:

Intellectual property system construction; intellectual property training; contract drafting and review; legal letter sending; legal risk management; intellectual property policy consulting, etc.

Career

Associate, Shanghai Zhengyi Huaxia Law Firm, 2002 to 2004

Associate, Guangdong Xinda Law Firm (Shanghai), 2004 to 2008

Partner, Tuo Ying Law Offices (Shanghai), 2008 to 2012

Partner, Beijing Dacheng Law Offices, LLP (Shanghai), 2012 to present

Professional Memberships

P. R. China Attorney-at-law

P. R. China Patent Agent

Publications

Restatement of People’s Justice Cases, Intellectual Property Volume (2011-2015) (Co-author)

Discussion on the determination standard and protection scope of functional features in China - Top Ten Intellectual Property Papers by All China Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Committee (2017)

Two-step defense of conflicting application - Top Ten Intellectual Property Papers by All China Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Committee (2016)

Personal

Chair of Dacheng Intellectual Property and Technical Innovation Group of Dacheng China

Director of the Intellectual Property Department of Dacheng Shanghai Office

Part-Time Professor at the School of Law, East China University of Science and Technology;

Distinguished Researcher at the Intellectual Property Research Center of Fudan University

Member of the Intellectual Property Business Research Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association

Member of the Expert Panel for Evaluating Pilot Demonstration Units of Patent Work in Shanghai; Member of the Lawyer Expert Pool for Legislative Work at the Pudong New Area Justice Bureau in Shanghai

Acceptance Expert for Commercial Secret Demonstration Sites at the Market Supervision Administration of Pudong New Area, Shanghai

Director at the Intellectual Property Association of Pudong New Area, Shanghai

Vice-Chair of the Public Welfare and Social Responsibility Committee of the Shanghai Internet Industry Federation

Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)