Haiyan Ren is a Partner at Wanhuida Intellectual Property and a Member of the firm’s Management Committee. She is the most experienced trademark attorney of the firm, starting practising as a trademark attorney in 1994 and progressively extending her practice to design patent counseling and strategic planning for integrated IP rights protection.
In her 30+ years of practice, Ms. Ren has handled high-profile cases relating to trademark and design patent filing, registration, litigation and dispute resolution. She has advised numerous Fortune 500 companies on trademark profile auditing, strategic planning for trademark and design protection, domain name disputes, unfair competition, Customs border protection and criminal enforcement.
Ms. Ren was elected to the China Trademark Office Subcommittee of the INTA Trademark Office Practices Committee for her significant experience in the field. She is also a sought-after speaker at IP-related seminars and conferences throughout China and has given speeches at various global annual conferences organized by INTA, IACC and others.
She authors or co-authors a dozen articles. Some of her most recent articles includes: “Several Issues We Should Know in the Battle against Bad-Faith Trademarks in China”, “Becoming more strategic in fighting bad faith filing in China” and “Bad faith trademark filing”.
As one of the firm's main representatives, Ms. Ren has been nominated as a leading individual practitioner in the field of intellectual property in China. She was included in MIP’s Top 250 Women in IP (2020 - 2024 edition) for her exceptional performance for her clients and firms. She was named as an “Outstanding Individual” in prosecution and strategy (Gold Band) by the World Trademark Review in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Since 2022, she has been inducted in the WTR Global Leaders (Private Practice) three years in a row. She has been an “IP STAR” in China rated by MIP since 2017. Since 2019, Haiyan has been listed as a recommended IP Lawyer by The Legal 500. In 2023 and 2024, she is also listed as an “Eminent Practitioner” by “Chambers & Partners” in the category of “Intellectual Property: Non-litigation (PRC Firms)”. She currently serves as the Co-chair of INTA China Global Advisory Council for the 2024-2025 term.
Year Joined Firm: 1999
Education/Alumni: China Foreign Affairs University
Network Memberships:
