Yaotian advises clients in technology, pharmaceutical, medical device, bank, fashion and customer products industries on intellectual property (trademarks, patents, designs and models, copyright, unfair competition), information technology, commercial contracts and personal data protection issues (GDPR compliance, subcontracting, data transfer outside of the EU). She advises regularly international companies in their commercial activities in France and in Europe. Yaotian is admitted to the Paris Bar and has passed the National Bar Examination in the P.R.C.. She has worked many years in leading international law firms in France and Germany. She holds a master degree in IP law from Renmin University of China, a master degree in European commercial law from University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Munich (LMU Munich). Yaotian is Partner of Aurilex Law Firm. Moreover, she teaches European IP law at the reputed French business school IESEG. Her excellent knowledge and experience in French, German and EU law are an irreplaceable added-value for the clients’ projects. Yaotian regularly publishes articles in legal journals and speaks at international conferences. She has provided many training courses for European IP protection and GDPR compliance to different companies.

 

Professional

 

Intellectual Property Law, Competition Law, European Union Law, Communications and Multimedia, Consumer Goods, Life Science and Medicine

 

Work Experience

 

Partner, Aurlix Law Firm, Paris, France (since 2018)

Lawyer, Head of IP department, Rothpartners, Paris, France (2022 - March 2024)

Professor in law, IESEG business school

Lawyer, TGS France Avocats, Lille, France (2020 - January 2022)

Lawyer, VOSSIUS & PARTNER, Munich, Germany (2019 - 2020)

Lawyer, Pinsent Masons LLP, Munich, Germany (2018 - 2019)

Jurist, Freshfields LLP, Munich, Germany (2018)

Trainee lawyer, Linklaters LLP, Paris, France (July – December 2017)

Trainee lawyer, DE WOLF & PARTNERS, Luxembourg (May – September 2014)

Trainee lawyer, Dahui Lawyers, Beijing (July – August 2013)

Research Assistant, Development and Research Center of the State Council of PRC (2011 - 2012)
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Educational

 

Yaotian holds a doctor degree in intellectual property law (University of Munich), a master degree in intellectual property law (Renming University of China) and a master degree in European and international commercial law (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). She has two bachelor degrees in law and in economics (Nankai University, China). She holds a university degree in German law at University of Munich and a university degree in EU personal data protection at University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.

She was also a visiting scholar at Max-Planck-Institute for intellectual property and competition law in Munich, Germany (2018-2020).

 

Language

 

Yaotian speaks fluently English, French and German. Her mother tongue is Chinese.

 

Publish an article

 

Antitrust in Platform Economy，Zhi Chan Li，2021, https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Sa4PTo25vuO_oDTDmzpm_Q Transfer of Personal Data outside the EU and Brexit，Asia-Pacific Legal Alliance，2021, https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lgYZmSYmm7vwnru70HoRpQ Reflexion on the Tesla Event: the Property of Personal Data in Connected Cars，Zhi He, 2021, https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PpfEHckVBGq_sSJyZFq8Rw The Legal Protection of Commercial Signs by Trademark Law and Unfair Competition Law – A Comparative Study in German, French and Chinese law (Das Verhältnis zwischen Marken- und Lauterkeitsrecht beim Schutz von Unternehmenskennzeichen - Ein Vergleich des deutschen, französischen und chinesischen Rechts), Nomos, 1. ed., 2021. Chapter 19 “International Intellectual Property Protection”, in: Jurisprudence in International Private Law, co-editor, Nankai University Press, 1. ed., 2021. Use of Personal Data in the Battle Against Sanitary Crisis - Comments on the Use of Personal Data in the EU during the Covid-19 Outbreak, Electronic Intellectual Property, pp. 74 – 84. Big data : Si la crainte d’une violation de la vie privée est raisonnable, se priver d’un outil dont on peut limiter les excès ne l’est pas (Big data : if the fear for privacy violation is reasonable, to deprive ourselves of one instrument whose excess can be limited is not), Le Monde, 06/04/2020, https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/04/06/big-data-si-la-crainte-d-une-violation-de-la-vie-privee-est-raisonnable-se-priver-d-un-outil-dont-on-peut-limiter-les-exces-ne-l-est-pas_6035726_3232.html. The New Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People’s Republic of China 2018, GRUR Int. 2018, pp. 636-645 ; Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 13, Issue 12, 1 December 2018, Pages 998–1008, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpy158. The Specificities of Patent Invalidation in French Law in Comparison with German Law, GRUR-Int., 2018, pp. 197-203. The Structural Problem of the Chinese Unfair Competition Law – Comments on the New Unfair Competition Law, Electronics Intellectual Property, January 2018, pp. 21-30. Les tribunaux chinois participent désormais à la bataille mondiale des brevets （The Strategical Status of Chinese Tribunals in the Worldwide Patent War）, Le monde, 6 November 2017, https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2017/11/06/les-tribunaux-chinois-participent-desormais-a-la-bataille-mondiale-des-brevets_5210822_3232.html. The Systematic Function of the General Clause of Unfair Competition Law - Inspiration of German Reform 2015 for Chinese Revision, Electronics Intellectual Property, October 2016, pp. 16-26.

 

Social activities and others

 

Yaotian is a member of the Association of Chinese Lawyers in Europe and the Sino-French Association of Economic Law. She is also a member of the French Association of Data Protection Officers, IAPP, INTA, AIPPI and APRAM.