Nathan Yang

Practice Areas

Trademark, anti-unfair competition, copyright, litigation and administrative enforcement, arbitration, investigation, customs detention, contract and negotiation, domain name dispute resolution, enterprise IP strategy and general legal consultancy.

Professional Memberships

Global Advisory Council of INTA

WKTM Sub-Committee of the INTA

Member of Trademark Law Committee of Beijing Bar Association

Arbitrator of Beihai Court of International Arbitration

Publications

Media Interviews by NPR, CCTV2, CNR.

Dozens of articles published on media such as China Market Regulation News, The IP House, Zhihe Dongfang, IPR Daily, IP Library, WeChat and Weibo.

Gave speeches at 2023 “In-house Counsel Discuss Trademark Enforcement in China” Webinar by UCIPF & AABANY; 2021 ABA IPL Spring Panel Discussion on Anti-counterfeiting in China; 2021 INTA-Chinese Judges Seminar; 2021 Premium IP Protection Workshop by China Fashion Designer Association; 2020 AIPPI World Congress; 2019 AIPPI China Youth Forum; ADNDRC 2019 conference; USPTO 2018 China Roadshow; 2017 Animation IP Protection Course of The Renmin University; FICPI 2017 China conference; 2017 Domain Name Protection Event by HKIAC and LEB; Boston Bar Association (2016); IP Eco Circle Webinar (2015); Zhihe Dongfang (2015) and etc.

Languages Spoken

English, Mandarin

Experience

Selected Seminars & Events:

Gave speeches at 2023 “In-house Counsel Discuss Trademark Enforcement in China” Webinar by UCIPF & AABANY;

2021 ABA IPL Spring Panel Discussion on Anti-counterfeiting in China;

Gave speeches at 2021 INTA-Chinese Judges Seminar;

2021 Premium IP Protection Workshop by China Fashion Designer Association;

2020 AIPPI World Congress;

2019 AIPPI China Youth Forum;

ADNDRC 2019 conference;

USPTO 2018 China Roadshow;

2017 Animation IP Protection Course of The Renmin University;

FICPI 2017 China conference;

2017 Domain Name Protection Event by HKIAC and LEB;

Boston Bar Association (2016);

IP Eco Circle Webinar (2015);

Zhihe Dongfang (2015) and etc.

Career

Nathan Yang graduated from the University of University of International Business and Economy with a Master of Law in 2008, and then joined NTD to engage in intellectual property legal services. Later, he went to Chicago-Kent College of Law and earned LLM degree.

Mr. Yang focuses on Trademark, anti-unfair competition, copyright, litigation and administrative enforcement, arbitration, investigation, customs detention, contract and negotiation, domain name dispute resolution, enterprise IP strategy and general legal consultancy.

The cases represented by Mr. Yang have successively won such honors as 2021 Best International Legal Service Cases by Beijing Bar Association, 2021 TOP litigation cases by Beijing Trademark Association, Sichuan Court Top 10 IP cases in 2020, Henan Court Top 10 IP cases in 2014, 2014 TOP 10 IP cases with the highest public attention, and National Excellent Trademark Cases Awards in 2015 elected by China Trademark Agency Association. He was selected as the World Trademark Review Recommended Individual 2023, 2021 China Excellent IP Lawyers TOP 50, 2021 Talent International Lawyers by Beijing Bar Association, and the 2019 -2022 Excellent Lawyer of Beijing Xicheng District.

Mr. Yang has been interviewed by NPR about Trump's trademark protection in China, and by CCTV2 and CNR about bad faith filings and geographical indication protection.

Education

Awards

Work Highlights

Representative cases:

Represented Johnson & Johnson, Estee Lauder, Wolverine, InterContinental, Marriott, Bayer, Dow, DuPont, Chemours, Sumitomo, Olympus, Simmons, 360, Huawei, Ruijie and other leading brands in important trademark, unfair competition and copyright civil, administrative and arbitration cases.