Mr Yao has extensive experience in patent prosecution and litigation, and has a deep understanding of the spirit of China’s legal system regarding patents. He has handled patent disputes for numerous international and domestic enterprises. Mr Yao is also proficient in patent searching, with excellent skills in designing searching strategies based on combined searching resources, establishing a solid basis for the success of patent invalidation.
He successfully represented Stäubli in France in a patent infringement case concerning textile machinery, which was selected as one of 2013’s top ten intellectual property cases in the Jiangsu High People’s Court. The corresponding patent administrative case was selected as one of 2017’s guiding cases in the Supreme People’s Court.
In the telecommunications field, Mr Yao has participated in high-profile standard-essential patent infringement lawsuits, involving complicated determination of patent infringement, overloaded evidence summarising, and new issues regarding fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms.
