Stephen YANG

Managing Partner / Patent Attorney 

Working Experience

2017-present   Patent Attorney, Managing Partner, IP March

2016-2017       Patent Attorney, Managing Partner, a Chinese IP firm

2005-2016       Patent Attorney, Partner, Peksung Intellectual Property Ltd.

2000-2005       In-house Patent Specialist, Hydrogenics Corporation, Toronto, Canada

1997-2000       Patent Attorney, China Patent Agent (HK) Ltd.




Qualifications

1999    registered to practice before the Chinese Patent Office

 

Education and Training

2005    studied US patent law in the USA

2004    Master's degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

1997    Double Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

 

Practice Area

Patent search, drafting, prosecution, reexamination, invalidation and litigation in a wide variety of technical fields, particularly general machines, energy, electronics and high tech areas.

Extensive experience in design patent practice

Consulting on corporate IP strategy and portfolio management

 

Languages

Chinese (native), English, Japanese

 

Publications

•     “Comparison Table for the Implementing Regulations of the 4th Amendment of China Patent Law”, December 21, 2023 

•     “Ending Patent Subsidies in China”,Published in Landslide, Vol. 14, No. 2, December/January 2022, by the American Bar Association

•     Co-author, China Chapter, “The Intellectual Property Review”, Dominick A Conde ed., 10th -12th ed., Law Business Research Ltd, May 2021 – May 2025

•     “China Enhanced Criminal Sanction against IP Infringement”, March 3, 2021

•     “Comparison Table with Comments for the 4th Amendment of China’s Patent Law”, October 28, 2020

•     “Review of the 4th Amendment of China’s Patent Law”, October 20, 2020

•    Co-author, “Global Collaborations and Foreign Filing Licenses”, Landslide, Vol. 12, No. 4, March/April 2020, the American Bar Association.

•    Co-author, “Patent and Trademark Systems in China”, White Paper Plus for Fresh Thought Leadership, March 16, 2020.

•    “Highlights of the Draft 4th Amendment to the Patent Law Published on January 4, 2019”, February, 11, 2019

•    “Amendments to the Guidelines for Patent Examination”, Managing the IP Lifecycle, September 4, 2017

•    “Service Invention in China - Current Provisions & Proposed Changes”, Les Nouvelles, Volume LII No. 2, June 2017

•    “Draft Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law for the State Council’s Review”, Lexology, December 11, 2015

•    “Design Patent for GUI: Challenges and Hope”, The Asian Lawyer, July 2015

•    Lead author, “Patents”, Chapter 1 in IP Protection in China, Donna P. Suchy, ed., 1st ed., ABA Publishing, 2015

•    “New Draft Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law”, Asia IP, April 2015

•    Co-author, “Protecting the Border”, World Intellectual Property Review Annual, 2015

•    “Patenting Software in China: the Challenges of Drafting”, IPPRO The Internet, Issue 47, September 2014

•    “Patent Law and Regulations Continue to Change”, World Intellectual Property Review e-Digest, 2013

•    “Impact of New Provisions”, China IP Focus, 2012

•    “Utility Model Practice in China”, The Asian Lawyer, January 2012

•    Co-author, “Patent Protection in China”, Intellectual Property Magazine, September 2011

•    “Recent Trends at the State Intellectual Property Office”, World Intellectual Property Review – BRIC Report, 2011

•    “Becoming a True IP Giant”, World Intellectual Property Review Digest, 2010

•    “Examination Guidelines Overhauled”, China IP Focus, 2010

•    “Slow Progress in China”, World Intellectual Property Review Digest, 2009

•    “Overlooked but Powerful Tool”, China IP Focus, 2009

•    “Milestone Year in China’s IP History”, World Intellectual Property Review Digest, 2008

•     Frequent contributor of “Jurisdiction Report - China” in World Intellectual Property Review since September 2008

•    “Patents”, IP Protection in China, Donna P. Suchy, ed., 2nd ed., ABA Publishing, 2025

 




 

Memberships  

Member of All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA)

Board Member of AIPPI China

Lecturer of McGill University Intellectual Property Course