Zhengxiao (Roy) Yang is an experienced intellectual property lawyer, registered patent agent, and registered trademark agent. Roy has a robust foundation in intellectual property law and strong technical expertise in electrical engineering.

Roy’s practice includes patents, industrial designs, and trademarks in Canada. He also advises clients on technology law and copyright.

Roy’s patent and industrial design practice involves advising clients on patent and industrial design protection strategies, preparing patentability opinions, drafting patent applications across diverse technical fields in electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, prosecuting patent applications, providing infringement opinions, managing patent and industrial design portfolios, and providing Freedom-to-Operate opinions.

His trademark practice includes providing trademark availability and registrability opinions, preparing and filing trademark applications, prosecuting trademark applications, involvement in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings, preparing and negotiating settlement agreements, and providing trademark infringement and passing off opinions.

Before his legal career in intellectual property, Roy was a telecommunications engineer, specialized in wireless network design and optimization.