Laura Wen-yu Young

Born in San Francisco, to a father from Shanghai via Taiwan, and an American mother, Ms. Young grew up in a Chinese-speaking household, and was educated at UC Berkeley.  She received her Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley, and began her practice by splitting her time between San Francisco and Taipei, Taiwan in 1988.  She added mainland China into her regular schedule in 1994, when Wang & Wang added its Beijing office.  She was admitted in California and to the Federal District Court, Northern District of California in 1988, and was registered as a foreign legal expert with the Taipei Bar Association in 2004, and with China's Ministry of Justice in 2005.  Ms. Young's online presence includes profiles on LinkedIn.com and IP Ally.com.

Admissions

• California, 1988
• Federal District Court, Northern District of California, 1988
• Taipei, 2004

Memberships and Professional Organizations

• State Bar of California (Member, 1988 - present)
• Taipei Bar Association (Member, 2004 - present)
• UC Berkeley Foundation (Trustee, 2010 - present)
• Boalt Hall Alumni Association (Member, Board of Directors, and Treasurer, 1995 - 2000)
• American Bar Association (Member, Section on International Law, 1988 - present)
• Bar Association of San Francisco (Member)
• International Trademark Association (Member and Chair, China Subcommittee, 1998 - 2003)
• Commonwealth Club (Member)
• Taipei-American Chamber of Commerce (Member)
• University Club of Taipei (Member)

Languages

English (fluent), Chinese (fluent), Spanish (reading), and French (reading)

Selected Publications

• "Dilution in Taiwan and China" in New Matter, California Bar Association's IP Journal, Fall 2010
• "Intellectual Property in China" in Doing Business in China, Juris Publishing, 2009
• "Enriching the Law School Curriculum:  Summer Law Institute at the Kenneth Wang School of Law, Soochow University in Suzhou, China," Volume 26, No. 4 Penn State International Law Review, Spring 2008
• "Building Bridges:  Fostering Cross Cultural Learning in the Law," co-author, International Association of Law Schools, Suzhou, China, October 2007
• "China's Market Economy:  An Historical Perspective," The Transnational Lawyer (now known as the Pacific McGeorge Global Business and Development Law Journal), vol. 18:1, 2004
• "China Staff Employment Law Guide:  Taiwan," CCH Asia Pte Limited, 2003
• "Telecommunications Regulation in China," CCH's China Law Update, September 2003
• "Dealing with China's Compensation Issues," CCH's People Strategist, May 2002
• "Taiwan Employment Law," CCH Asia Pte Limited, 2002, updated annually
• "Hiring Household Help in China," West Publishing's International HR Journal, Winter 2001
• "Compensation Issues in China," West Publishing's International HR Journal, Summer 2001
• "An Expatriate's Nightmare:  Entangled in the Chinese Criminal Justice System," West Publishing's International HR Journal, Winter 2000
• "New Internet and E-Commerce Regulations in China," Kluwer's International Lawyers Newsletter, July/August 2001
• "China:  Overview of the Criminal Law System for Foreign Managers," Kluwer's International Lawyers Newsletter, July/August 2000
• "Expatriate Residence in China," Kluwer's International Lawyers Newsletter, May/June 2000
• "Hiring and Managing Employees in China," Warren Gorham Lamont's International HR Journal, Summer 2000
• "Expatriates Facing Criminal Charges in China," Warren Gorham Lamont's International HR Journal, Spring 2000
• "Expatriate Residence in China," RIAA's International HR Journal, Fall 1999
• "In China, 'Discoveries' are not Patentable," The National Law Journal, September 27, 1999
• "Protection of Pharmaceuticals in China," Pearson's China Law for Business, Vol. 4, No. 9, January 1999
• "Health Care of Foreign Managers in China," Warren Gorham Lamont's International HR Journal, 1998
• "Expatriates Stationed in China Importing Household Effects," Warren Gorham Lamont's International HR Journal, 1998
• "China's Anti-Dumping Regulations," Pearson Publishing's China Law for Business, 1998
• "Latest Sino-US Agreement Brings No New Protections for IP," IP Worldwide, November/December 1996
• "Unfair Practices in Software Patent Licensing," Practising Law Institute, June 1996
• "Comparison of Taiwan and China's IP Regimes," National Law Journal, May 1996
• "Taiwan's Compliance with TRIPs," East Asian Executive Reports, April 1996
• " ("On US Section 301 Actions") co-author, (IP Studies), Beijing, 1996
• "Analysis of the 1995 Sino-US Agreement," IACC Update, Fall 1995
• "New Laws Bring Taiwan Closer to WTO Regime," National Law Journal, March 1995
• "Taiwan's New Patent Law," East Asian Executive Reports, 1994

Selected Lectures and Appearances

• "Perspectives on Chinese Legal Education," Keynote Speech to Conference:  Experiential Legal Education in China, Pacific/McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, January 2008
• "Trademark Dilution in China and Taiwan," International Trademark Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, May 2007
• "Practitioners' Perspectives on East Asian Corporate Governance," Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy conference on Corporate Reforms in East Asian, UC Berkeley, May 2006
• "IP Protection in China and Taiwan," Hastings Chinese Law and Culture Society, November 2005
• "The Importance of Psychology to the Law" (in Chinese), Keynote Speech, Fifth Annual Chinese Psychology Scholars Conference, Suzhou, China, July 2005
• "Licensing in China:  Context and Practice," Licensing Executives Society, Annual Meeting:  China Add-on Session, October 2005
• "China's Legal Education at a Cross-roads:  Confucius vs. Socrates," China Law Review, Berkeley, California, February 2005
• "From Communism to Capital Markets:  A Quarter Century of Chinese Economic and Legal Development," Berkeley Legal Studies Association, February 2005
• "Cultural Foundation of Chinese Common Law" (in Chinese), Chinese National Dean's Symposium, Soochow University, July 2004
• "Foundations of Chinese Law," lecture series at Pacific/McGeorge School of Law, September - October 2003
• "" ("Exporting Chinese Trademarks") (in Chinese, International Trademark Association, Beijing and Shanghai, March 2003
• "Trademark Licensing" (in Chinese), International Trademark Association's Shanghai Forum, April 2002
• "Intellectual Property Law for Software Sales Teams" (in Chinese), Beijing Software Association, April 2001
• "Chinese International Anti-Counterfeiting Programs," International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition Annual Conference, Fall 2001
• "Practical Advice for China and Taiwan Anti-Counterfeiting Programs," International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, Fall 2000
• "The Asian Meltdown One Year Later," International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition Annual Conference, May 1999
• "The Effect of the Asian Financial Crisis on Counterfeiting" (Moderator and Speaker), International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition Annual Meeting, May 1998
• "Defending Software Patent Infringement Claims," Practising Law Institute, June 1997
• "Coping with Software Patents" (Moderator), State Bar of California, November 1996
• "Berkeley Roundtable on Law and Technology" (Moderator), March 1996
• "Legal History of China and Taiwan and Protecting American IP," Harvard Asia Business Conference, January 1996
• "Protection of American Rights in China and Taiwan," International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition Annual Conference, May 1995
• "Protecting IP in China and Taiwan," State Bar of California, February 1995
• "Protecting IP in China and Taiwan," Seminars for State Bar of New York and Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 1994
• "Protection of Computer Software in Taiwan," AT&T's IP Seminar, May 1992
• "Taiwan Copyright Law and Enforcement Procedures" (in Chinese and English), U.S. Copyright Office, August 1991
• "Protecting American Electronics in Taiwan," American Electronics Association, June 1990
• China, Taiwan, Hong Kong Law Seminar (Moderator), Bar Association of San Francisco, January 1990
• Various Appearances on NPR Marketplace, etc. regarding legal issues in Taiwan and China

Academic Courses Taught

• China Law and Society (Chinese Legal History), UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall's Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program (2003 - 2006)
• Foundations of Law:  Greece, Rome, China, UC Berkeley, Rhetoric Department (2004 - present)
• International Intellectual Property, Pacific/McGeorge School of Law (2006 - present)
• International Business Transactions, Soochow University, Kenneth Wang School of Law, China (ABA accredited) (2004 - present)