Mark Olsen

Brand Protection Manager
Investigations & Enforcement

Primary office

Hong Kong

Telephone

Practice focus

Investigations & Enforcement

Anti-counterfeiting

Open-Source Research and Investigations

Due Diligence

Fraud

Experience

Mark manages enforcement investigations and research with a specialty in tracing counterfeiting networks. Before joining East IP, Mark worked as a case manager at a highly respected business risk advisory firm where he handled complex China corporate fraud and due diligence investigations.

Mark works on behalf of clients in a wide range of industries, including electronics and computers, cosmetics, and the tobacco industry. He has played a key role in a number of major cases for clients, including a cross-border case that resulted in the arrest and sentence of a former distributor in China and a record-breaking civil award in Australia.

Mark is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and has over 10 years’ experience in Greater China IP enforcement and anti-counterfeiting work.

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts – Chinese and History – University of British Columbia
  • Graduate Certificate – Chinese and American Studies – Hopkins (SAIS) Nanjing Center

Languages

  • English (native)
  • Mandarin Chinese (fluent)

Recent Insights

The case note provides insights into a civil decision in the Chinese city of Wuxi issued in October 2024 ordering the enforcement of a...
China’s legal system is based on Civil Law principles. It is sometimes said to be a hybrid, with selected elements of common law inserted....
Incidental to World IP Day (April 26), the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) and other national authorities have released data on the results...