Professional Experience
Mr. Yu is general manager of Jiaquan IP Law and director of the firm’s mechanics group. Mr. Yu has nearly 25 years experience in intellectual property law, having prosecuted over 3000 patent applications and litigated over 100 patent cases. Mr. Yu received his B.S. from Tongji University in locomotive design and production, and has extensive industrial experience in chemical processing methods and equipment. Mr. Yu’s practice covers a wide range of technical fields, including electro-mechanical devices, chemistry, and electronics.

Mr. Yu has won awards for excellence of service including "Outstanding Patent Attorney of Guangdong" in 1997 and "Outstanding Intellectual Property Litigator of Guangdong" in 2006, and has received honors from the Jiangmen Science and Technology Bureau for 5 consecutive years. Mr. Yu is the standing director of the Intellectual Property Research Association, is a court-appointed patent infringement expert for the South China Region, and serves on the Guangzhou Key Administrative Decisions Experts Consulting Bank. Mr. Yu’s landmark case for Heshan City Construction Machinery (which involved a complex scenario of 20 companies and the complete range of patent enforcement and invalidity procedures) was ranked as number 1 in the “Top Ten Most Significant Intellectual Property Litigations in Guangdong Province” by the Guangdong Intellectual Property Office.

Positions and Associations
Standing Director of the Intellectual Property Research Association
Arbitrator for the Arbitration Committee of Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province
Member of the 11th Session of Jiangmen City Committee of the CPPCC
Patent Infringement Assessing Expert for the South China Region
Board Member of the Biotech Industry Association
Standing Board Member of the Guangdong IP Research Society
IP Counselor for the China Futian Enterprise Confederation
IP Counselor for the China Futian Entrepreneur Association
Member of the Jiangmen Key Administrative Decision Consulting Committee
Member of the Guangzhou Key Administrative Decisions Experts Consulting Bank

Representative Cases
Construction Machinery Factory of Heshan City vs. over 20 manufacturers (1996— 2001). This case was ranked as number 1 in the “Top Ten Most Significant Intellectual Property Litigations in Guangdong Province” by the Guangdong Intellectual Property Office. The case involved the complete range of litigation procedures and is considered as one of the most complex and well-litigated patent infringement cases in China. The case was litigated before the Intellectual Property Office of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Guangdong Superior People’s Court, Patent Reexamination Board, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court, and Beijing Superior People’s Court.
Patent ZL98234470.8 for Christmas Fancy Lamp
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