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Yang HUPartner
Areas of Practice

Attorney Hu is a member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), a legal committee member of the China TV Drama Production Industry Association, a member of the Intellectual Property Professional Committee of the Xicheng District Bar Association of Beijing, a member of the Film and Television Legal Professional Committee of the Beijing Entertainment and Culture Law Society, and a member of the Beijing Intellectual Property Law Research Association. With years of legal service experience in the fields of film and television, media, software development, gaming, manufacturing, and internet technology, he is committed to providing professional legal services in dispute resolution, intellectual property, capital markets, and other areas for both domestic and international clients. 

Mr. Hu has provided legal advisory services to companies such as the NBA, Hollywood's NEM STUDIOS, CONCRETE CANVAS, ROYAL DRAGON, VELO SOLUTION, HP China, Taiwan Quanlian, China Petroleum, China National Construction Group, China Software, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, PICC, CCTV, China Special Equipment, Beijing Culture, Tencent, Xiaomi, Diaoyu Tai, Anhui Construction Engineering, Stellar Gravity, Daddy Baby, Tianxinfu, Shenzhen Senwei, Qilin Software, Kemai Diagnostics, Siwei Zhilian, Guoxin Innovation, Youpeng Pulu, Youlai Interactive, Sullivan, Juzi Pharmaceuticals, Rongtong Real Estate, Times Light Shadow, Wuduan Technology, and other companies.

Working language

Mandarin Chinese and English

Qualification

China

Education
University of Mannheim, Germany, Economics and Technology University
University of California San Diego
Lanzhou University, Law Master’s Degree
Tamkang University
Representative Matters(Selected)
Represented Anhui Unicom in a landmark IPTV copyright infringement and unfair competition retrial against Suning Sports before the Supreme People’s Court, securing a complete victory; the case was selected as one of the “Top 10 Entertainment and Cultural Rule-of-Law Cases in China (2022).”
Represented iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. in an artificial intelligence–related copyright infringement and unfair competition dispute; the case was recognized among the Top 10 Typical Intellectual Property Cases of Hefei City and Hefei High-Tech Zone, and was named a “2022 Outstanding Transaction” by Business Law.
Provided comprehensive legal services for a number of high-profile film and television productions, including A Life For A Life, A Dream Within A Dream, The White Olive Tree, Love And Crown, The Age Of Peace, and Guo’s Summer.
Represented Tencent in multiple large-scale intellectual property disputes against platforms including Quark, Kuaishou, and Pinduoduo, involving aggregate claims of several hundred million RMB.
Represented NavInfo Co., Ltd. in a computer software copyright infringement dispute against Baidu, involving claims exceeding RMB 100 million in connection with digital mapping technologies.
Represented a NEEQ-listed company in cross-border international sales of goods contract disputes against counterparties from Belgium, Slovenia, the British Virgin Islands, Brazil, and Germany, with claims totaling hundreds of millions of RMB, before the Supreme People’s Court and other courts.
Represented a provincial construction and engineering group in an arbitration concerning a construction contract dispute against a subsidiary of China State Construction, with the amount in dispute reaching tens of millions of RMB.
Represented a listed company in a commercial disparagement dispute against a biotechnology company, involving claims of tens of millions of RMB.
Represented a media company in a service contract dispute against a Guangdong-based film and television group, with the amount in dispute reaching tens of millions of RMB.
Provided legal services to Baidu Ventures, Turing Institute, Shunwei Capital, and other PE/VC investors in multiple equity investment and financing transactions in the TMT sector.
Honors and Awards
2025
LegalOne“45 under 45”: Intellectual Property
Pacific TMT and Intellectual Property sector by Legal500
2025
LegalOne Blue Ribbon 15: Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) (China 2025)
2025
LEGALBAND "Top 15 Entertainment Lawyers"
2023
Awarded as an Outstanding Film and Entertainment Lawyer
Recognized as a First-tier New Talent Lawyer in Xicheng District
2023
Honored as a “Top Entertainment Lawyer” in the 7th Chuxin List
2022
China Business Law Journal IP "Deals of the Year"
2022
China Top 10 Entertainment & Cultural Legal Cases of the Year