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Frank Yang

Senior Associate

Asia
Beijing

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+86 10 6238 5058 fyang@marks-clerk.com.cn
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Frank is experienced in a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters involving all categories of IP rights, including IPR registration, anti-counterfeiting investigation, customs protection, AIC action, anti-unfair competition, domain name disputes, and infringement litigation. In addition to traditional IP prosecution, enforcement and litigation work, Frank also has strong expertise in transactional IP work, including IP strategic advice, IP due diligence, technology acquisition/licensing/transfer, brand acquisition/licensing/transfer, IP collaborative development & commercialization, and commercial franchising operations. He has solid experiences of advising international clients on commercial IP issues arising out of cross-border M&A or other types of commercial transactions in media, entertainment, internet and high-technology sectors.

Frank graduated from Wuhan University in 2002 with dual Bachelor degrees in Law and English. Frank also earned a Bachelor degree in Computer Application Software from Jilin University. He was admitted to practice law in the PRC in 2006. He was also granted a PRC patent attorney license in 2014.

Prior to joining Marks & Clerk, Frank was a senior associate in the Beijing office of a leading US law firm.

Frank is fluent in both English and Mandarin.

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  • 中文 (普通话) (Mandarin)
  • English

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  • Brands and trade marks
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution

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LLB, BA

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Latest articles by Frank Yang

Article
- 22 December 2022

Legal Update: Regulations on Illegal Trademark Use

In China, the CNIPA issued Standards for Assessing General Illegal Trademark Acts, which came into force in January 2022. Recently, the CNIPA released its official interpretations and explanations to provide guidance on implementation of these new rules.
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Article
- 30 May 2022

Case study: Beijing IP Court issues US$ 750,000 penalty for Joint Infringing Activities

The Beijing IP Court recently issued its judgement on a trade mark infringement and unfair competition suit brought by Wilo (China) Water Pump System Co., Ltd. against Weile Pumps (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and the distributor Beijing Sunlight Keyu New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. In its judgement, the appellate court significantly increased the level of discretionary damages from US$ 75,000 to 750,000.
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Screen shot of court trial - tingshen.court.gov.cn/live/21698917
Article
- 28 September 2021

Beijing court awards Schneider discretional damages

The case is indicative of efforts by Chinese courts to lend support to protection of IP rights and crack down on blatant and continual infringing activity.
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