BMIP is staffed by senior executives who have worked in China's leading multinational companies and local IP agencies and have extensive experience in protecting and enforcing IP rights in China.
BMIP's daily operations are managed by Dr. Edward Yang, a lawyer trained in both PRC and Germany, who is also the managing director of the agency.
The wider team includes Shuying Zhang, senior manager of the Trademark Filing Unit; Nan Da, senior manager of the Trademark Advisory Unit; Mia Yang, manager of the Trademark Filing Unit; Paris Zhu, manager of the Customs IP Protection Unit; Sally Wang, manager of the Trademark Submission Drafting Unit; and a number of associates and paralegals.
Dr. Edward Yang
Managing Director
Baker McKenzie IP Agency (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Edward YANG (Ph.D. in Law at Hamburg University/LLB at Renmin University of China/B. in Engineering at Beijing University of Sci. & Tech.) is the managing director of Baker McKenzie IP Agency (Beijing) Co., Limited (BMIP). Before joining BMIP, Edward was in charge of IP enforcement in Asia Pacific at Nokia and Microsoft for over three years. He was also an associate at Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong office for nearly seven years, handling IP prosecution, corporate IP strategy, and IP enforcement/litigation. He is a licensed lawyer in China and has been practicing law at Fenxun Partners (Beijing) since 2016. Edward has been active at several industry associations like QBPC in mainland China and EBPC in HK. He was elected to the role of the vice chair of QBPC in 2013. Edward is a frequent speaker at domestic and international IP forums. He is also the author of a number of articles on IP in legal journals and industry publications.
Zhang Shuying
Senior Manager
Baker McKenzie IP Agency (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Zhang Shuying is a senior manager with the Trademark Filing Unit, focusing on trademark prosecution matters. She is in charge of the daily operations of the Trademark Filing Unit. Shuying has extensive experience in handling trademark registration and associated matters, having worked in one of China's leading IP agencies for more than 10 years. Shuying has a bachelor's degree in English linguistics from the Civil Aviation University of China.
Nan Da
Senior Manager
Baker McKenzie IP Agency (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Nan Da is a senior manager with the Trademark Advisory Unit, focusing on trademark clearance searches, trademark registration advisory/portfolio management, commercial/non-contentious IP, trademark litigation, domain name arbitration, anti-piracy, anti-counterfeiting and customs protections. She obtained her LL.B. from China University of Political Science and Law in 2000.
Mia Yang
Manager
Baker McKenzie IP Agency (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Mia Yang is a manager with the Trademark Filing Unit, where she focuses on trademark prosecution and copyright registration. She has worked for two IP agencies for six years as a trademark attorney, mainly in the areas of trademark prosecution, trademark administrative litigation and copyright registration. Mia obtained her bachelor's degree in business administration from the Capital University of Business and Economics (Beijing, China) in 2006 and her master's degree in law from the University of Bristol (the UK) in 2013.
Paris Zhu
Senior Manager
Baker McKenzie IP Agency (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
Paris Zhu is a manager of the Customs IP Protection Unit at Baker McKenzie IP Agency (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, focusing on various intellectual property matters, including cross-border IP protection and enforcement, IP infringement and litigation, enforcement and anti-piracy and general IP advice. Paris has more than 10 years' experience in handling cross-border IP protection and enforcement work. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the East China University of Politics and Law in 2006.
Sally Wang
Manager
Baker McKenzie IP Agency (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
Sally is a manager with the Trademark Submission Drafting Unit at Baker McKenzie IP Agency (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., focusing on trademark clearance searches, trademark prosecution submissions (disputes, appeals, etc.), trademark registration consultancy, brand protection and general IP advice.
Sally has more than 8 years' experience in the area of IP and trademark. She joined Baker McKenzie’s Hong Kong office in 2013 and joined BMIP in 2017. She has gained extensive experience in handling various trademark prosecution matters, including trademark application and appeal, opposition, invalidation, response, rebuttal, cancellation, well-known mark application and other trademark/brand protection-related matters.
Sally obtained her bachelor's degree from the East China University of Politics and Law in 2011 and obtained her LL.M. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012.