McAndrews, Held & Malloy


	Yufeng (Ethan) Ma Partner Email. yma@mcandrews-ip.com Tel. (312) 775-8068 Practice Areas ITC Investigation, IP Litigation and Patent Procurement. 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. Member of the bars of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Professional Experience Yufeng (Ethan) Ma is a partner at McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. Ethan focuses his practice in the area of intellectual property (IP) law. Over the years, Ethan has accumulated extensive legal experience in both litigation and non-litigation matters. Ethan has successfully developed a client base ranging from start-ups to Fortune 300 companies in industries including chemicals, petrochemicals, communications, information technology, electronics, biotechnology & pharmaceuticals, industrial products, and consumer products. Ethan’s experience includes developing and implementing IP strategies, patent prosecution, trademark application, copyright registration, patent infringement and/or validity opinions, IP due diligence, technology license or transfer, and designing around. On the litigation side, Ethan has represented both plaintiffs and defendants, owners and accused infringers before various federal courts (including the Eastern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of New York, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) and the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). Ethan’s most recent ITC experience includes acting as counsel for four Chinese respondents, which are subsidiaries of Sinochem Corporation, one of the largest companies in China, in the matter of Certain R-134a Coolant (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-623) and acting as counsel for complainant in the matter of Certain Cast Steel Railway Wheels (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-655). In both cases, we help our clients win the ITC’s final determinations. In addition, Ethan has conducted multiple appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and has been involved in proceedings before the European Patent Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of China. Prior to Ethan’s legal career in the U.S., he was trained to be an intellectual property lawyer in China. Over the years, Ethan has established extensive relationships with companies, state and local government agencies, law firms, and universities in China. Ethan has successfully utilized his unique cross-border knowledge, experience and network to assist U.S. clients with their IP matters involving China, and to assist clients from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong with IP due diligence, applications, technology license or transfer, and litigations in the U.S. Ethan also provides clients with general legal, culture, and business information on doing business in China. Ethan graduated from Peking University in Beijing, China with a BS degree in chemistry and an LLB degree in intellectual property law. He received his JD degree and MS degree in chemistry from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Publications and Presentations Panelist, Intellectual Property Strategies in China, Ocean Tomo 2008 Fall Live Auction & Conference, October 2008 Maturing Chinese IP Law: Chinese Company Wins Big Patent Infringement Award, Executive Counsel, Volume 5, Number 1, January /February 2008 When Sorry Isn’t Enough, Managing Intellectual Property, November 2007 (quoted) IP Enforcement in China: Clint v. Schneider Electric, IP Law 360, October 10, 2007 Speaker, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL, September 2007 Lecturer, Schlumberger Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, October 2006 Speaker and Panelist, Association of Strategic Alliance Professional, Chicago, IL, October 2006 Speaker and Panelist, Surface Mount Technology Association, Chicago, IL, June 2006. Lecturer, Shenzhen Bar Association, Shenzhen, China, March 2006 Speaker and Panelist, Northwestern University School of Law, Intellectual Property Society, Chicago, IL, February, 2006 Lecturer, APICS 2005 International Conference and Exposition, Kansas City, MO, October 2005 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 Speaker, Peking University, Beijing, China, May 2004 Yufeng Ma Chinese Bio. Back to Top