Lin Ya, Shirley

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Partner

Lin Ya, Shirley

Ms. Shirley Lin has been adaptive and fast-growing since she started to involve herself in the IP industry with passion. With a multi-lingual background (Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Japanese), she is aware of language and cultural subtleties as well as sensitive about legal developments at home and abroad, which enables her to provide accessible and informative legal advice.

She offers her expertise in litigation and non-litigation matters including IP prosecution, investigation, and enforcement concerning trademark, copyright, design patent, domain name, and unfair competition disputes. She also advises on brand development and risk assessment from establishing IP portfolios to contractual matters, buy-out negotiations, etc.

 

EXPERIENCE

2022 – Current: Partner, HongFangLaw

2019 – Apr. 2022 Attorney At Law, HongFangLaw

2017 – Oct. 2019 Paralegal, HongFangLaw

2017 – Dec. 2017 Assistant, HongFangLaw

EDUCATION

2019  Licensed as a lawyer with China’s bar association

2017  Qualified as a legal professional in the National Judicial Examination

2013-2017  Translation and Interpreting, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Recognitions & Articles Published

2022 – “Rising Star”, by Managing IP, IP Stars.

China: what rights holders need to know about trademark prosecution.Zhang Xu,Shirley Lin [Eng]

Representative Cases

  • Represented ABB in administrative and criminal anti-counterfeiting procedures. The cases are rewarded as“Model Cases bridging Administrative & Judicial lP enforcement by QBPC in 2018-2019 and 2020-2021,”AnnualTop 10 Cases in lP protection” in 2019-2020.
  • Represented clients in trademark infringement and unfaircompetition lawsuits to protect brands including “WD-40”and“Penfolds/奔富” with considerable compensationsgranted by courts.
  • Represented a high-ranking Forbes Global 2000 internationalgroup for a trademark assignment deal worth tens of
    millions in RMB from negotiations to a transaction.
  • Represented clients including TotalEnergies SE and WD-40Manufacturing Company in trademark prosecution andopposition/invalidation disputes against bad-faith actors.