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  • Cliff YANG

    Equity Partner / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-59572041

    Email cliffyang@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Patent Prosecution, IP Licensing & Enforcement

  • Industries

    Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

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Cliff YANG

Cliff Yang heads the patent prosecution practice as a partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm. His practice covers patent prosecution, invalidation, litigation, and transaction. Before joining Zhong Lun, he worked at leading Chinese firms as a senior patent attorney and a US firm as representative counsel for years. He represents a bunch of MNCs and start-ups in patent prosecution with patent offices in China, the US, South Korea, Europe, and Japan. He also acted as a counsel in many IP disputes, FTO analysis, and transactions, earning acclaim as a rising star in patent matters in China from many of his clients. On top of his excellent legal expertise, his command in the technical aspects of matters, including medical devices, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, foods, cosmetics, mechanicals, and automobiles, is also impressive.

Representative Matters

  • Represented MNCs such as Abbott, Liebherr, HETTICH, Samsung Electronics, Korea Telecom, Mahle International, ResMed, and Pony AI in their patent prosecutions in China

  • Represented China UnionPay, Nanjing Genscript Biotech Corporation, China Tobacco Hubei Limited, Canaan Intelligence, Moore Threads, and Sinopec in their patent prosecutions in China and abroad

  • Represented a chemical company in its series of patent invalidation proceedings in China against US Milliken

  • Represented Xiamen Super Bock in its design patent invalidation proceeding against a Xiamen-based wine company

  • Represented Ceragem Inc. in its patent invalidation proceeding against a Ningbo-based company

  • Acted as counsel to CDBI Partners to conduct IP due diligence for investing in a Wuhan-based company

  • Acted as counsel to Beijing Advaccine Biotechnology to conduct patent due diligence for listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

  • Acted as counsel to Tianqi Lithium to conduct patent due diligence in its M&A project

  • Acted as counsel to Nanjing Bestzyme Bioengineering Co., Ltd. to conduct patent FTO analysis for its product

  • Acted as counsel to Hubei WanRun New Energy Co., Ltd. to conduct patent FTO analysis in its investment project

  • Acted as counsel to Cummins China Investment Co., Ltd. to conduct patent FTO analysis in its engine technology

  • Acted as counsel to Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited to conduct patent validity analysis involving multiple e-cigarette patents

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Recommended Lawyer, The Legal 500, 2020-2021

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, All China Patent Agent Association

Member, AIPPI

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar, 2007
    Patent Agent Qualification, 2006

  • Education

    LL.M., University of California
    M.E., Berkeley
    B.E., Jilin University

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2017 to present
    Partner, Beijing Duheng Intellectual Property Agency Co., Ltd., 2016-2017
    Chief Representative, O’Brien Law Firm in China, 2014-2016
    Manager, Foreign Affairs Department, Beijing Tongda Xinheng Intellectual Property Agency Co., Ltd, 2010-2014
    Patent Agent, King & Wood Mallesons, 2005-2008

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English