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Yakai Shi
Yakai Shi
Senior Partner
Attorney-at-law
Trademark Attorney
Beijing
shiyakai@dakun-law.com
languages: CN, EN, DE
specialties:

IP administrative and infringement litigation; TM opposition and invalidation; TM administrative enforcement actions; IP consultancy; criminal actions; corporate legal consultancy; legal services relating to investment and financing

Mr. Yakai Shi has rich experience in handling trademark acquisition and dispute resolution case and is skilled at IP litigation and enforcement. He also handles criminal and company law related affairs for clients. His outstanding problem-solving ability has won the trust and praise of clients, and he acts as general external legal adviser to multiple clients.

Mr. Shi has handled a large number of important and complex cases that were selected as classic cases by courts and administrative organs at all levels. To name some, a series of trademark refusal and review administrative litigation cases for mark "紫光国微" were selected as classic intellectual property cases in the nation-wide courts in 2020. In 2019, the trademark infringement case concerning marks of "Belimo" and "搏力谋" he represented was selected as a classic IP case in the nation-wide courts of the year; at the same time, the relevant invalidation case represented by him was the first trademark invalidation oral trial case in the country, which was rewarded as an outstanding trademark agency case in 2017-2018 by All China Trademark Association. The "Mind Bridge" trademark infringement and unfair competition case represented by him was selected as a model case of IP protection in Wuhan in 2021; the well-known trademark infringement litigation case for "Swarovski" was selected as the top ten classic judicial protection cases for intellectual property rights in Liaoning Province in 2015.

In addition, Mr. Shi, as a team leader, has been the leading attorney responsible for the intellectual property protection of many world-renowned companies in mainland China, such as HONDA (world-renowned car company), Molten (world-renowned sporting goods), etc., and has been well recognized and highly appreciated by clients.


Working Experience

  • 2020, founded Dakun IP Law Firm

  • 2013-2020, worked in Beijing Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency Ltd. and successively took the positions of litigation lawyer in the Legal Department, Deputy Manager of the Trademark Department and Deputy Manager of the Legal Department; became a partner of Sanyou in 2019

  • 2010-2013, employed by Kangxin Partners P.C. and serving as an IP lawyer

Education Background

  • 2010, graduated from University of Münster (Germany) with a Master degree in law, majoring in civil and commercial law

Honors and Awards

  • Ranked as the 1000 World's Leading Trademark Professionals for enforcement and litigation by World Trademark Review in 2019-2024 

  • Received "Outstanding Contribution Award" from AIPPI China in 2019 

Social Activities

  • Member of All China Lawyers Association 

  • Joint Chair of the Trademark Committee of AIPPI China

  • Member of the Standing Committee of Trademarks of AIPPI

  • Expert of the Trademark Law Research Group of China Trademark Association

Academic Achievements

  • Book: co-author of the China Chapter of the book, Genuine Use of Trademarks. published by Wolters Kluwer in 2021 

  • Article: Liability for Damages Arising from Malicious IP Litigation, published in China Business Law Journal in June 2018

  • Article: Supreme Court decision on whether OEM constitutes trademark infringement in China, published in China Business Law Journal in May 2018

  • Article: Conflicts over business names and trademark rights in China, published in China Business Law Journal in April 2018

  • Article: How to protect your design patents in China, published in China Business Law Journal in March 2018

  • Article: When the use of trademark in the context of OEM constitutes Trademark USE in the sense of trademark law, published in China IP FOCUS in April 2017

Qualifications and Certificates

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