Yongjia Zhou

Yongjia has represented clients in complex invalidation proceedings before the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and has contributed to multi-jurisdictional patent analyses relating to global technology disputes. He also supports cross-border patent prosecution strategies involving international patent portfolios and works closely with overseas counsel on China-related patent matters.

Before entering private practice, Yongjia worked as a Technical Support Engineer, giving him practical insight into engineering challenges and the commercial context in which intellectual property rights are developed, protected, and enforced.

Yongjia has advised clients across the semiconductor, telecommunications, consumer electronics, automotive, and aerospace sectors, supporting multinational corporations, technology companies, and industrial manufacturers on complex China patent matters, including companies such as Intel, Samsung Electronics, Sony, ARM, Texas Instruments, Cisco Systems, Tencent, Xiaomi, ByteDance, The Boeing Company, Ford Global Technologies, and ExxonMobil.