Personal description
Lei Yongjian is a Partner at
Wanhuida Intellectual Property and an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in
China.
Mr. Lei has embarked on his
career as an IP practitioner since his graduation from the Law School of Peking
University in 2008. Before joining in the firm, he used to be a paralegal and
later a trademark attorney in a reputed law firm, with his scope of practice
covering trademark application, opposition, review, dispute to administrative
enforcement and litigation concerning trademark infringement and unfair
competition.
Full exposure to trademark
cases of various types has shaped his thoughtfulness and client-oriented
philosophy.
Mr. Lei helps many world known
clients build their trademark strategies. His foreign client portfolio includes
magnates from US, Canada, Europe and Japan, covering wide range of industries
such as IT, wines, cosmetics, apparel, entertainment and retail.
Mr. Lei excels in providing
comprehensive services to the clients with regard to cases concerning bad-faith
preemptive trademark filings, well-known trademark recognition, trademark
purchase, licensing, geographic indications, domain name and copyright. His
practice covers prosecution, enforcement and litigation.
In 2017, Mr. Lei is elected
member of the Young Practitioners Committee of the International Trademark
Association (INTA) for the 2018–2019 term. He is recognized as an IP leader of
China in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) by the US
Department of State in 2018. In 2019, he is elected member of the Trademark
Office Practices Committee for the 2020-2021 term.
Mr. Lei has been
instrumental in helping a client maintain the registration of one of its
trademarks of strategical significance, a case that has been selected by the
SPC for its Annual 50 Exemplary Cases of 2018.
He was listed in ALB China
Top 15 IP Lawyers in 2019.
Membership & Qualification
China Bar
INTA
AIPPI
Education and Professional Training
LLM (Law, Science &
Technology), Stanford Law School
Juris Master, Law School, Peking
University
LLB, School of International
Studies, Peking University
BA, Department of English
Literature, Peking University