Yan’s practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property laws in both China and the United States. He provides practical legal/business advice to both domestic and international clients. Yan understands the specific needs of multi-national corporations doing business globally and has helped many international high-tech companies develop their business in China. He has worked on a variety of disputes relating to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, standard related IP disputes, and antitrust disputes, and has represented clients in the Chinese courts, U.S. federal courts, Chinese State Intellectual Property Office, Chinese Trademark Office, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, U.S. ITC, and many Chinese administrative agencies. His work covers a vast spectrum of technology fields. Yan holds a doctoral degree from Columbia Law School and master’s degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Yale University.