Zhixin YI Partner

Email: yizhixin@anjielaw.com

Tel: +86 21 2422 4888

Fax: +86 21 2422 4800

Language: Chinese,,English

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property

Industries: Technology, Media & Telecommunication, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Culture & Entertainment

Office: SHANGHAI

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Warren Yi is a partner of AnJie Broad Law Firm Shanghai Office. He is also a registered patent and trademark agent in China, with rich experience and full capability in providing various types of intellectual property services concerning patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, franchises, etc.


Mr. Yi once worked in WanHuiDa Law Firm and TianTai Law Firm. With his rich experience as a practicing attorney, Mr. Yi focuses on providing comprehensive IP services including: Copyright registration, trademark agency, trademark administrative procedure/litigation and other intellectual property rights authorization and confirmation services; Patent infringement analysis; IP right protection services such as copyright/trademark/patent administrative complaints and e-commerce platform complaints, copyright/trademark/patent/trade secret/franchise civil dispute resolution, IP infringement investigation and IP criminal crush-down/litigation; IP criminal defense; IP special/perennial legal consultant, etc. Mr. Yi is especially good at providing overall solutions for IP disputes.


Mr. Yi's clients are concentrated in industrial products, luxury goods, cosmetics, games/entertainment, software development and other industries. He has provided all kinds of IP legal services for certain amount of Fortune 500 companies, domestic listed companies, world-renowned enterprises of large-scale, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises.


Representative Cases

  • Represented a variety of domestic and foreign entities in filing administrative enforcement cases to Jiangsu and Hebei IP Administration. Handled patent ownership dispute cases and patent infringement cases in Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, Ningbo Intermediate People's Court, Suzhou Intermediate People's Court and Supreme People's Court.
  • Represented certain amount of software companies, game companies to handle many of computer software copyright infringement disputes, computer software development contract disputes, computer software copyright licensing contract disputes and other software-related cases in intermediate courts, IP courts across the country and Supreme People's Court.
  • Represented Honeywell v. a Foshan based company for infringement of trademark rights, pursued liability against the liquidating obligor and ultimately obtained a full support of damage. The case was nominated as “2021-2022 Top Ten Protection Cases” by QBPC.
  • Represented a Shandong based company v. a Chongqing based company, successfully helped the client to have its brand name recognized as on of the “Influential Enterprise Brand Names” for the first time via judicial proceedings.
  • Represented a Shanghai based company in the appeal of a trademark infringement dispute. Even the case was lost in the first trial, further represented the defendant and eventually won the appeal, with all claims dismissed.
  • Represented DuPont in the case of Wu suspected of counterfeiting registered trademarks, the case was named as “2022 Typical Cases of Shanghai Procuratorial Organs Serving and Protecting Hongqiao ‘s Innovation Drive” by Shanghai People's Procuratorate.
  • Represented Unilever in the case of Zhang and a Yiwu based company suspected of copyright infringement and counterfeiting of registered trademarks, the case was named as “2018 Typical Cases of Procuratorial Organs’ Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” by Supreme People‘s Procuratorate.


Honors & Recognition

Some of the cases that Mr. Yi presided or participated have been named as “2018 Typical Cases of Procuratorial Organs’ Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” by Supreme People‘s Procuratorate, “Top Ten Protection Cases of the Year” by QBPC, “2022 Typical Cases of Shanghai Procuratorial Organs Serving and Protecting Hongqiao‘s Innovation Drive” by Shanghai People's Procuratorate, etc.


Publications

• Practice|An Analysis of the Fair Use of Descriptive Marks, IPLEAD, 2022

• Lawyer Viewpoint|Piercing the Corporate Veil: Pursuing Liability for Trademark Infringement against the Liquidating Obligor, TianTai Law Review, 2022

• Trademark law 36.2|Differences of Trademarks Registered After Opposition, WanHuiDa Intellectual Property, 2019


Working Experience

  • AnJie Broad Law Firm Shanghai Office, Partner
  • TianTai Law Firm (Shanghai Branch), Partner
  • WanHuiDa Law Firm (Shanghai Branch), Attorney 


Education Background

  • Fudan University, Juris Master 


Qualifications

  • China lawyer qualification
  • China registered patent agent
  • Registered trademark agent of China Trademark Association