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Maoming Yu

Sr. Attorney at Law

GEN Law Firm

Personal Profile

Attorney Yu Maoming specializes in dispute resolution in the fields of patents and trade secrets, with a deep focus on the determination of Standard Essential Patent (SEP) licensing rates and antitrust disputes. Combining litigation expertise with commercial acumen, he excels at integrating technical evaluation, litigation strategy, and business analysis to help enterprises develop comprehensive solutions for litigation, licensing, and compliance across multiple jurisdictions globally.

Leveraging his solid technical background and years of litigation experience, Attorney Yu has consistently provided domestic and international companies with representation and strategic planning in areas such as SEP licensing rate determinations, antitrust litigation, patent infringement lawsuits, patent invalidation and administrative proceedings, patent administrative enforcement, and trade secret litigation. In the SEP domain, he has handled several landmark cases involving licensing rates and antitrust issues in wireless communications and audio-video standards. His work addresses core challenges such as FRAND rate determination, comparable agreements, global jurisdiction and regional rate differences, injunction strategies and defenses, and cross-border service of process. He also assists companies in patent portfolio evaluation, licensing strategy formulation, injunction and compliance risk management, antitrust compliance, and pre-negotiation evidence and data preparation.

Additionally, Attorney Yu has been deeply involved in major infringement litigation, patent mining and portfolio planning, Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) analyses, patent invalidation and risk mitigation, intellectual property due diligence for transactions and mergers, and the development of patent disclosure and FRAND commitment compliance mechanisms during standard-setting processes.

Familiar with industries such as wireless communications, audio-video codecs, semiconductors, medical devices, consumer electronics, and smart manufacturing, Attorney Yu balances the enforcement of rights, market efficiency, and regulatory compliance in litigation and negotiations, supporting companies in advancing innovation and commercialization amid complex competitive landscapes.