Mai has over 17 years’ experience in China IP protection. She bridges the cultural gap for her clients in the US — a Chinese-American formally trained in the US with extensive on-the-ground experience working and living in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong for over a decade exclusively in China IP.

Mai’s clients appreciate how she can break down complicated issues, explaining them in a way that they can understand because of her cross-cultural fluency and giving them confidence in their trademark protection and enforcement strategy in China.

Her practice includes a broad range of intellectual property issues in China, including trademark portfolio management, IP enforcement and commercial IP matters. Mai’s clients operate in a wide range of industries, including electronics, fashion, software, toys, food and beverage, entertainment, and cosmetics.

She has assisted scores of clients in reclaiming their trademarks in China from registry pirates, and provides practical solutions for navigating the IP landscape in China.

Over the course of her career, Mai has worked with major international law firms out of Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Mai also speaks frequently on IP developments in China.

She currently serves on the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) Trademark Office Practices Committee and the Online IP Enforcement and Anti-counterfeiting Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). She is also a member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA).

Mai received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Mai graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics.