Xiaonan Yan, a Senior Counsel and lawyer at the Guantao Law Firm, is a graduate of China University of Political Science and Law. She specializes in intellectual property, civil and commercial dispute resolution, particularly focusing on trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, trade secrets, and civil and commercial dispute resolution. Yan has previously worked for top domestic intellectual property agencies and IP teams at large comprehensive law firms.
Since starting her legal career, Xiaonan Yan has provided specialized and ongoing legal services to well-known domestic and international enterprises and organizations, such as Diaoyutai Liquor, Sinopharm Group, Beijing Gome Electrical Appliances, Midea, Aero Engine Corporation of China, China Intelligence, Guangming Daily, Ministry of Culture, Ping An of Shenzhen, Huawei, Tencent, Agricultural Bank of China, Lianchu Securities, Air China, BOE Technology, Amazon, IApparael, Guomin Pension, World Internet Conference, Hangzhou Asian Games, China Communications Construction Company, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, Taiwan's PX Marts, and Xunbao Tianxing.
Xiaonan Yan has been honored with awards such as "Top 10 Trademark Lawyers of 2022" and "Outstanding Lecturer at CASSA Forum."
Business Areas
Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution
Major achievements
Civil Rights Protection Cases:
• Represented Palm Cloud in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case against a certain internet company's "Tomato Novels".
• Represented the "Diaoyu Tai" series of trademark rights protection, anti-counterfeiting efforts, administrative complaints, related trademark administrative litigation, trademark infringement, and unfair competition matters.
• Represented iFLYTEK in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case against a certain internet company.
• Represented "Gubei Water Town" in an unfair competition dispute case.
• Represented a well-known local pharmaceutical enterprise in filing lawsuits for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and trademark administrative litigation.
• Represented China International Technology Cooperation Company in filing lawsuits for trademark infringement and unfair competition against unauthorized use of its core trademark as a business name and trademark usage.
• Represented Sun Paper Industry in non-competition agreement disputes and unfair competition cases.
• Represented China Communications Construction Company in a series of corporate name unfair competition litigations.
• Provided Financial Street Holdings Group with online infringement clue search and rights protection complaint services.
• Represented "Lebo" in trademark infringement and unfair competition litigation.
Administrative rights protection cases：
• Represented a technology company in filing an administrative lawsuit for the reconsideration of the rejection of its trademark application.
• Represented a domestic private enterprise in an administrative lawsuit against Amazon.com, Inc. as a third party regarding trademark issues.
• Represented a well-known domestic medical device company in an administrative lawsuit with 3M Company as a third party regarding trademark issues.
• Handled the trademark dispute (invalidation), opposition and reconsideration, cancellation for non-use for three years, reconsideration of rejection, and the administrative and infringement litigations related to the same name trademark "Zhonglian Pharmacy" between Shenzhen Zhonglian Guangshen Pharmaceutical Group Company and Sinopharm Group.
• Provided legal services for Ping An Hao Xue Company on litigation matters involving infringement, authorization confirmation, and administrative penalties concerning core trademark cases.
• Represented a gaming company in the administrative litigation for the invalidation announcement of its core brand trademark, where through commercial negotiations and a coexistence agreement, requested the court to withdraw the invalidation ruling and maintain the validity of the client's core trademark when it was invalidated at the administrative stage.
• Represented Jinmailang in the administrative litigation dispute over the "1 bag and a half" trademark.
• Represented the American company Crown in the administrative dispute case over the "blue lizard" trademark.
• Represented the series of "Lebo" trademarks in the administrative litigation for the invalidation announcement.
• Represented Diaoyutai's "Diaotai Tribute" and other series of trademarks in the administrative litigation for the invalidation announcement.
Non-litigation cases and perennial legal counsel:
• Provided core trademark overseas registration services for Aero Engine Corporation of China.
• Provided overseas trademark registration services for the Ministry of Culture's Center for International Cultural Exchange.
• Provided intellectual property overseas layout strategy analysis for a domestic commercial real estate group.
• Provided iApparel, USA with customs intellectual property infringement dispute resolution and risk prevention services.
• Provided services for City Express (Flash Delivery) Company concerning the use and protection of its core brand in disputes with another leading internet company, as well as planning and advice on key cases.
• Provided Green Umbrella Chemical Co., Ltd. with brand monitoring, legal analysis, and subsequent specific action legal services.
• Provided a securities company with legal analysis of competitors' brand registration and usage, dispute resolution, transfer of core trademarks, and administrative litigation.
• Provided Yoshinoya with ongoing intellectual property legal advisory services.
• Provided the Hangzhou Asian Games with ongoing legal advisory services.
• Provided the World Internet Conference with ongoing legal advisory services.
• Provided Taiwan's PXMart with ongoing intellectual property legal advisory services.
• Provided Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Tencent Holdings Limited, BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Midea Group, Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Limited, Agricultural Bank of China, and Air China with trademark domestic and international registration applications and subsequent rights confirmation procedures.
Published articles
• Jurisdiction Determination in Internet Infringement Dispute Cases of Trademark Information
• Interpretation and Application of the "Deceitful" Clause (Item 7) of Article 10, Paragraph 1 of the Trademark Law
• A Preliminary Analysis of "Obtaining Registration by Other Improper Means" as Stipulated in Article 44, Paragraph 1
• An Exploration into the Applicable Conditions for the Continuation of Trademark Registration
Work experience
• Guantao Law Firm (2022-present)
• JINCHENG TONGDA & NEAL (2019-2022)
• Chang Tsi & Partners (2018-2019)
Working language
• English, Mandarin