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Amanda Yang

Principal

Beijing

+86 10 8632 4000

Biography

Amanda Yang is a Principal, based in Beijing.

Amanda has over 20 years of practical experience in trademarks and branding, providing comprehensive consulting strategies and professional services to leading multinational companies. She specializes in providing strategies for protection of the clients’ trademark rights, copyright and design in China, including prosecution, enforcement, dispute resolution, negotiation and global portfolio management, with clients across technology and the internet, entertainment and media, pharmaceutical, FMCG, luxury goods, hospitality, catering chains and industrial manufacturing. She has resolved complex cases for many clients, including those recognized by the China National Intellectual Property Administration as "Model Trademark Review Cases of the Year."

Recognized for her professional strength and industry reputation, Amanda has received endorsements from international legal directories and authoritative media, including World Trademark Review, Who’s Who Legal. She is an Expert in the National Overseas IP Dispute Response and Guidance Center under the China National IP Administration.

She has served as and a member of both the Non-Traditional Marks Committee and the Non-Traditional Marks Global Advisory Subcommittee of INTA and was the Chair of the China Subcommittee of the Trademark Office Practice Committee of INTA. She is also a Top-Level agent in the Trademark Talent Directory of the China Trademark Association, a Gold Metal Trademark Practitioner.

Qualifications

  • Oriel College, University of Oxford, Legal Study
  • Bachelor of Art, China University of Political Science and Law
  • Juris Master, Law School, Peking University
  • PRC licensed lawyer

Memberships

  • Expert in the National Overseas IP Dispute Response and Guidance Center under the China National Intellectual Property Administration
  • Chair of INTA China Trademark Office Practices Committee (2020-2023)
  • Advisory Counsel of the Global Advocacy Cross Subcommittee of INTA Non-Traditional Marks Committee (2024-2025)
  • Mediator of the Mediation Committee for IP Disputes - Capital Intellectual Property Services Association (CIPSA)
  • IP Oversea Dispute Resolution Expert - Jiangsu Provincial and Zhejiang Provincial IP Protection Centers
  • Expert in Hangzhou IP Oversea Dispute Resolution Expert Directory

Awards

  • Silver Tier in Prosecution and Strategy (China Foreign) - WTR 1000 2025
  • Bronze Tier in Prosecution and Strategy (China Foreign) - WTR 1000 2023,2024
  • Bronze Tier in China Foreign - WTR 1000 2021, 2022
  • Recommended in IP-Trademarks (China) - Who's Who Legal 2023, 2024
  • Excellent Tier - Trademark Expert Directory of China Trademark Association 2024
  • Senior Tier - Trademark Expert Directory of China Trademark Association 2023
  • Gold Metal Trademark Practitioner– China Trademark Association 2022