Guanyang Yao

Practice Areas

Mr. Yao specializes in providing legal service related to patent law. Based on the extensive experiences from patent prosecution and litigation in almost fifteen years, Mr. Yao has deep understanding on the spirit of China patent legal system. As the leading attorney, Mr. Yao has handled patent disputes for various international and domestic enterprises. Mr. Yao has the expertise to design overall litigation strategy based on specific cases and also the strong ability to summarize and analyze case details for the best of the clients. Mr. Yao is proficient in patent searching, with excellent skills in making searching strategy based on combined searching resources, establishing solid basis for the success of patent invalidation.

Professional Memberships

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

Publications

- “IP ENFORCEMENT AT TRADE FAIRS INCHINA”,AsiaIP, 2013

- “MAKING THE MOST OF THE CUSTOMS”, MIP2016 inFocus, 2016

- “CHINA’SEVOLVING SPECIALIST COURTS”, MIP AIPLA Daily Report, October 29, 2016

- “COURT PROVIDES SEP GUIDANCE IN CHINA”, MIP 2017 Mid-year, June/July issue, 2017

- “Breaking the damages dilemma in China patent litigation”, MIP 2017 End of Year, December issue, 2017

- “ANALYZING THE SUPREME COURT’S STANCE ON SUFFICIENT DISCLOSURE”, MIP 2018, China IP Focus

- “What is a Scope of a Functional Limintation in China”, Asia IP 2018, May issue

- Coauthor in the book 2018

Personal

Educational Background:

Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University (2005): Master degree for Information System

US John Marshal Law School (2014): US LLM

China University of Political science and Law (2017): China Master of Law degree

Qualification:

Patent Attorney (2006)；Attorney at Law (2008)