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Yufeng (Ethan) Ma
Partner
Email. yma@mcandrews-ip.com
Tel. (312) 775-8068
Education
Peking University, Beijing, China, B.S. Chemistry, highest honor, 1996
Peking University, Beijing, China, LL.B., 1997
Vanderbilt University, M.S. Chemistry, 2001
Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 2002
Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice in Illinois. Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Professional Experience
Yufeng Ma is a partner at McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. Yufeng helps clients secure, enforce, and/or transfer intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights).
From start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, Yufeng has counseled clients from different industries and different countries on a wide-variety of legal matters. Yufeng’s routine practice include, for example, investigating patents for infringement or validity; providing validity or infringement legal opinions; preparing and filing patent and trademark applications; working on patent litigations; resolving trademark or domain name disputes; drafting technology transfer, licensing, manufacturing, or settlement agreements; performing due diligence, etc. Yufeng has been involved in a number of intellectual property lawsuits in federal courts throughout the country. Yufeng has also conducted appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and has been involved in ex parte or inter partes proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, European Patent Office, and the State Intellectual Property Office of China.
Before Yufeng came to the United States to study law, he was trained to be an intellectual property lawyer in China. Hence, Yufeng has the advantage of knowing the culture, law, and legal systems of both America and China, and Yufeng has used this advantage in assisting with cases involving parties in Mainland China, Taiwan, or Hong Kong. Besides intellectual property related work, Yufeng regularly advises and counsels U.S. and Chinese companies on other matters in relation to their businesses in China and the U.S., respectively. Such matters include, for example, outsourcing and OEM supply, foreign direct investment, setting up representative offices or subsidiaries, establishing solely-owned or joint ventures, and employment.
Yufeng graduated from Peking University in Beijing, China with a B.S. in chemistry, and an LL.B. degree in intellectual property law. At Vanderbilt University, Yufeng studied both chemistry and law, just as he did in college.
Publications and Presentations
Yufeng has been a frequent speaker in many professional or industrial occasions, both in the U.S. and China, on intellectual property protection and enforcement.
Invited Lecturer, Schlumberger 2006 Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, October 2006
Invited Speaker and Panelist, Association of Strategic Alliance Professional, Chicago, IL, October 2006
Invited Speaker and Panelist, Surface Mount Technology Association, Chicago, IL, June 2006.
Invited Lecturer, Shenzhen Bar Association, Shenzhen, China, March 2006
Invited Speaker and Panelist, Northwestern University School of Law, Intellectual Property Society, Chicago, IL, February, 2006
Invited Lecturer, APICS 2005 International Conference and Exposition, Kansas City, MO, October 2005
Invited Speaker, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL, April 2005
Venue Is Crucial In Chinese IP Cases, Executive Counsel, September/October 2005, Vol. 2, No. 5., pages 22-23
IP Protection Emerges As Top Trade Concern With China, Chicago Lawyer, March 2005
Technology Transfers In and Out of China, Global Intellectual Property Asset Management Report, October 2004
Speaker, Association of Patent Law Firms, Chicago, IL, September 2004
Invited Speaker, Peking University, Beijing, China, May 2004
Chinese Biography
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