Mr. You Yunting is Senior Partner and Intellectual Property Attorney of Shanghai Debund Law Offices. He graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law and obtained his bachelor’s degree and LLM degree.
• Mr. You passed National Legal Profession Qualification Examination in 1998 and obtained a lawyer’s license in 2007.
• Mr. You practices law primarily within the field of intellectual property and foreign-related investment. Issues of intellectual property include litigation and application, administrative procedures and license negotiations regarding patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition. Issues of foreign-related investment include investment, financing and M&A for domestic legal entities and VIE (Variable Interest Entities). Mr. You has extensive experience in TMT industry (Telecommunication, Media, Technology) and internet games.
• In-house Legal Counsel, Shanghai Worldbest Import and Export Co., Ltd.;
• Senior IP Legal Counsel, Shanda Networking Co., Ltd.;
• Lawyer, Shanghai JoinWay Law Firm;
• Lawyer, Senior Partner, Shanghai DeBund Law Offices.
• LLB, East China University of Political Science and Law, 1998
• LLM, East China University of Political Science and Law, 2005
Trademark Administrative Procedures and Litigations
· Represented CRICCHINA in trademark administrative procedures, including trademark registration, trademark opposition, trademark opposition and rejection review;
· Represented Xiaohongshu, Liepin, Zhibo8, Tianma, and other well-known internet enterprises to apply for trademark registration, review and revocation, reply to revocation and plan strategies for trademark applicatiomark application;
· Represented Shanghai Hintsoft to file international trademark application under the Madrid System and succeeded in trademark registration in Britain, Italy, and Germany;
· Represented Simple Pieces to reply to opposition from AKTIESELSKABET AF 21.NOVEMBER 2001, affiliated company of Bestseller, against a series of trademarks and succeeded in registration;
· Represented Concord Investment to attain the recognition of its trademark “大润发” as well-known trademark and protection therefor by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board.
Trademark Protection
· Represented iQIYI to file a lawsuit for trademark protection regarding “aiqiyiba (爱奇艺吧)”;
· Represented Louis Vuitton to file several lawsuits for trademark protection;
· Represented Concord Investment to file a trademark infringement lawsuit against counterfeit RT-MART (listed among Shanghai TOP10 IP Cases of 2016);
· Wenzhou Yunfan vs. Shanghai U17 (Defendant’s Attorney).
· Represented Concord Investment to file a trademark lawsuit against courterfeit RT-MART for refrigerators and attain the recognition of its trademark “大润发” as well-known trademark and protection therefor by Higher People's Court of Zhejiang Province.
Copyright Protection
· Sohu Changyou vs. Beijing Kylin re. software infringement (Defendant’s Attorney);
· Gold Typhoon vs. Xiami.com (Defendant’s Attorney);
· Hikvision v. Liu Wenxing re. software copyright infringement (Plaintiff’s Attorney);
· Represented Qidian.com for copyright protection;
· Represented Warship Girls in cases regarding copyright protection and contract disputes;
· Represented Lilith Games’ AFK Arena for copyright protection against MOBY’s Hero Summoner.
Patent Protection
· Hangzhou Yameilijia Technology Co., Ltd. vs. Hangzhou Hikrobot Technology Co., Ltd. (Defendant’s Attorney);
· Shenzhen Topu Technology Co., Ltd. vs. Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Hikvision Technology Co., Ltd. (Defendant’s Attorney);
· Shenzhen Dunjun Technology Co., Ltd. vs. WiWide re. patent infringement (Defendant’s Attorney) .
Data Protection
· Represented Ceair Food Limited to evaluate the security of their data;
· Participated Iresearch to provide data compliance and review user agreement, privacy policy;
· Represented Ceair to issue legal opinion on the attribution and ownership of customer data;
· Represented Golden Education to offer data compliance service and review its user agreement and privacy policy;
· Represented Tapai.tv to serve data compliance service and review its user agreement and privacy policy;
· Represented Tezign to provide data compliance services and review its privacy policy;
· Represented Yongshenghuo App to provide legal compliance services and issue legal opinions.
Unfair Competition
· Feiniu.com vs. Zhongsou.com (Plaintiff’s Attorney);
· Represented iQIYI to file several lawsuits for advertisement blocking;
· Represented Dxy.cn in the unfair competition case for the protection of its database of Drug instructions;
· Suning, PPTV vs. Xiamen Aobo (Defendant’s Attorney).
Cases Concerning Right of Reputation
· Represented Gold Partner to file a lawsuit for reputation protection;
· Le.com vs. PingWest and Luo Yihang (Defendant’s Attorney);
· Provided counseling for Dingxiangyuan to expose Quanjian;
· · Represented WantWant to file lawsuits against several Douyin users.
Cases Concerning Company Law
· Feng Dahui vs. Dingxiangyuan re. options confirmation (Defendant’s Attorney);
· Beijing Orient Landscape Co., Ltd. acquiring Shanghai Shidai Architecture Design Co., Ltd. (Acquirer’s Attorney);
· Alibaba acquiring a game company (Variable Interest Entities) (Issuing a legal opinion as Acquiree’s Attorney);
· Represented Excellence & Achievement Education Group in its Series A, A+ Financing (Issuing a legal opinion as Corporate Counsel);
· Represented Yodo1 in its Series B-1 Financing (Issuing a legal opinion as Corporate Counsel);
· Represented Chiwei Technology in its Series A Financing (Corporate Counsel);
· Represented Tapai Technology in its Series A-1, A-2, B Financing (Issuing a legal opinion as Corporate Counsel);
· Represented Suzhou YouGov to acquire Guangzhou Wanling Data Technology ( Acquirer’s Attorney).
Apple Store Complaints and Counter-notifications
· Represented Kingnet, operator of “全民奇迹MU” to file complaints and remove “口袋奇迹” from App Store;
· Represented Moefantasy to file complaints and remove “Warship Girls” from App Store;
· Represented Lilith Games to file complaints and remove MOBY’s Hero Summoner from App Store;
· Represented Wuhan Wepie Network Technology Co.,Ltd., developer of “贪吃蛇大作战” to reply to Tencent’s complaints;
· Provided legal services regarding complaints and counter-notifications for Rage Comic, 9158, Meituan, Dianping, Zhibo8, Maoyan and other well-known internet enterprises;
· Represented Meituan and Maoyan to defend against the complaint of copyright infringement by Oracle;
· Represented Karaparty to defend against the complaint of copyright infringement by 株式会社音娯時間エンターテインメント;
· Represented Pipi Film to defend against the complaint of copyright infringement by Bilibili and its affiliated companies.
Collaborative Negotiations and Contract Reviews Concerning Games
· Represented Tianma to obtain from Webzen the right to adaptation of “奇迹 MU”;
· Represented Tianma to obtain from Wemade the right to adaptation of “Legend of Mir”;
· Represented 360 to obtain from Wargaming the right to joint operation of “World of Tanks”;
· Represented Rexue to authorize Gravity to operate the Korean and Japanese version of “RO Origin” .
· Co-translating with his wife Commentaries on the Laws of England, written by Sir William Blackstone in 18th century;
· Writing hundreds of blogs, known as one of the most popular blogs on internet IP;
· Publishing dozens of legal theses in academic journals, magazines, and network media like Legal Daily, China Intellectual Property News, China Industry and Commerce News (renamed China Market Regulation News), China Business News, China Popular Computer Week, etc;
· Setting up the website Bridge IP Law Commentary to systematically introduce Chinese intellectual property laws and regulations to the whole world.