Education
Ph.D. (Majored in Intellectual Property Management), Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), 1996-2001.
DAAD Sandwich Doctoral Candidate, Law School of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Germany, April 1999-March 2001
Second B.E.(Majored in Management Engineering - Patent and Management of Science & Technology), HUST, 1988-1990
B.E. (Majored in Mining Engineering), Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology, 1982-1986.
Overseas Visiting and Training
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship, April 1999 - Mar. 2001
Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, founded by the Max-Planck-Institute Research Fellowship, Germany, Jul. 2002 - Dec. 2002, and Sep. 2003 - Oct. 2003
Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, founded by Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany, Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2004
Guest Researcher at the Faculty of Law, Hokkaido University, founded by JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Fellowship, Japan, Sep. 2006 - Sep. 2007
Guest Researcher at the Academia Sinica, Chinese Taiwan, May 2010 - Aug. 2010
Visiting Professor at the Institute of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, Chinese Taiwan, Mar. 2011 - Apr. 2011
Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, May 2012
Visiting Professor at the School of Management, Technical University of Munich, Germany, Aug. 2012 - Sep. 2012
Visiting Professor at the Institute of Technology and Law, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Chinese Taiwan, Nov. 2012 - Dec. 2012
Visiting Professor at the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), University of Strasbourg, France, Dec. 2013 - Jan. 2014
Visiting Professor at the School of Management and Law, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, Feb. 2014
Courses Taught
Since 1995, regularly teaching courses including:
"Intellectual Property Law", "Patent Law", "Patent Management", "Patent Strategy", "International Technology Transfer", "Economic Law"
Students include undergraduates, graduate students, MBA and EMBA students, and doctoral students
Work Experiences
Director General, Sino-European Institute for Intellectual Property of HUST (Sinse 2018)
Director, Chinese-German Institute for Intellectual Property, School of Management, HUST (Since 2005)
Professor, Department of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property, School of Management, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (Since 2002);
Consulting (Training) Activities
Services as a Chinese Patent Attorney, IP Expert, or IP Consultant, including:
Providing patent-related training programs and lectures
Conducting research about innovation strategies for enterprises and industries.
Delivering IP advisory reports for enterprises, universities, research institutions, and inventors
Research Interests
Patent Law and Patent Management
Intellectual Property and International Trade
Patent Strategy and Technological Innovation
Licensing and Technology Transfer
Challenges and Countermeasures of Emerging Technology (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing) to the Intellectual Property system
Representative Research Projects
1. "Intellectual Property Consulting Project Phase II, Stage 1 for Zhejiang Xinzhou Bamboo-Based Composite Material Co., Ltd." (2024 -).
2. "Research on the Model for Strengthening Cooperation between Chinese Universities and International Organizations," funded by the Ministry of Education of China (2021-2023).
3. "Yunnan Province's Intellectual Property Strategy towards the Year 2035," funded by the Yunnan Provincial Market Supervision Administration (2020-2023).
4. "Research on the Mechanism of Intellectual Property Ownership and Sharing for Promoting Effective Utilization and Technology Transfer in the China-U.S. Clean Energy Research and Technological Innovation Cooperation," financed by the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology (2016 - 2020).
5. "Research on the List of CCUS Key Technologies and Core Patents," financed by the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology (2018-2020).
6. "IP Consulting Project III for Zhejiang Xinzhou Bamboo-Based Composite Technology Co., Ltd. in Chejiang Province" (2019-2020).
7. "IP Consulting Project for Weichai Power Co., Ltd. in Shandong Province" (2019-2020).
8. "Evaluative Study on the International Cooperation of Intellectual Property in China from 2008-2017," financed by the State Intellectual Property Office of China (2017-2018).
9. "Intellectual Property, Knowledge Sharing and Technology Transfer" research project for the China-EU/EEA Demonstration Project of "Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)" under the China-EU/EEA "Near Zero Emission Coal (NZEC)" Project, financed by the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology (2013 - 2016).
10. "Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer" research project for the China-US "Clean Energy Research Center (CERC)", financed by the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology (2011 - 2015).
11. "Study on the Application of Patent Information in the Transfer of Innovation Achievements," financed by the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) (2014 - 2015).
12. "Study on the Patent Data Mining and Analysis Technology for Guiding Innovation," financed by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (2011 - 2014).
Representative Research Papers
1. Wantao Chen, Xiang Yu, Wei Yang. (2024). International trademark protection strength: 1990-2020[J]. The World Economy. Accepted: 8 April 2024
2. Wantao Chen, Xiang Yu, Wei Yang. (2024). Is worldwide patent protection converging? A cross-country index of patent protection strength 1990-2020[J]. Technology in Society, 76(1): 102451.
3. Ben Zhang, Xiang Yu, Runzhe Zhang. (2024). Emerging technology identification based on a dynamic framework: a life cycle evolution perspective[J]. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 36(2): 378-392.
4. Wenbo Peng, Xiang Yu & Yakun Ji. (2023). Obtaining advantages from knowledge base: mapping the potential to develop new technologies. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2023.2242519
5. Gao Jun, Xiang Yu. (2022). Factors affecting the evolution of technical cooperation among “belt and road initiative” countries based on TERGMs and ERGMs[J]. Sustainability, 14(3): 1760.
6. Xiang Yu, Ben Zhang. (2019). Obtaining advantages from technology revolution: A patent roadmap for competition analysis and strategy planning [J]. Technology Forecasting and Social Change, Vol.145: 273-283.
7. Wei Yang, Xiang Yu (Corresponding Author), Ben Zhang & Ziyang Huang. (2019). Mapping the landscape of international technology diffusion (1994-2017): network analysis of transnational patents. Journal of Technology Transfer. doi: 10.1007/s10961-019-09762-9.
8. Wei Yang, Xiang Yu (Corresponding Author), Dian Wang, Jinrui Yang & Ben Zhang. (2019). Spatio-temporal evolution of technology flows in China: patent licensing networks 2000-2017. Journal of Technology Transfer. doi: 10.1007/s10961-019-09739-8.
9. Xiang Yu, Ben Zhang, Xin Liu, Wei He. Employee Invention Legislative Strategy from the Perspective of Self-Organization [J]. Science of Science and Management of S. & T. 2018, 39(04): 47-61.
10. Xi Yang, Xiang Yu, Xin Liu. Obtaining a Sustainable Competitive Advantage from Patent Information: A Patent Analysis of the Graphene Industry [J]. Sustainability, 2018, 10(12): 4800-4824.
11. Conghui Yin, Xiang Yu. Analysis on CCS Technology Innovation Network Map Based on Patent Information, [J]. Technology Economics, 2018,37(05): 64-70+114. (in Chinese).
12. Xi Yang, Xiang Yu, Xin Liu. A Study on Technological Competition Situation of Graphene Industry under the Perspective of Patent Information [J]. Journal of Intelligence, 2017, 36(12): 75-82.
13. LIU Xin, YU Xiang. Potential Challenges of 3D Printing Technology on Patent Enforcement and Considerations for Countermeasures in China. , Vol.20 (2015), 155-163.
14. Feng Ling, Yu Xiang, Zhang Junrong. Analysis of High-speed Rail Technology Opportunity Based on Patent Information [J]. Journal of Intelligence, 2015, 34(12), 95-100.
15. Shan LIU, Xiang YU (Corresponding Author). Intellectual Property Regulation and Management in the Sino-US Collaboration on CCS Technology. , Vol. 63 (2014), 6671-6679.
16. Xiang YU, Ying ZHOU. Determining the Similarity of Automobile Designs before Chinese Courts. (Munich, Germany), 1/2010, 89-98.
Representative Monographs/Textbooks/Cases
1. Yu, Xiang; Feng, Ling. "The Special Protection of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Its Comparison with Patent Protection in China." In Indigenous Knowledge Forum - Comparative Systems for Recognizing and Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Culture, edited by Natalie P. Stoianoff. Published by LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 2017.
2. Yu Xiang, Yin Chonghui. "Development of Patent Exhaustion in Mainland China," in Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Exhaustion and Parallel Imports, by Irene Calboli & Edward Lee. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.
3. Xiang YU and Conghui Yin. "Intellectual Property Courts in Mainland China; Xiang YU and Lanfen WU. Development of Patent Prosecution Highway in China," in The Intellectual Property System in a Time of Change: European and International Perspectives. Edited by Christophe Geiger, published by CEIPI of University of Strasbourg and LexisNexis, 2016.
4. Shan Liu, Xiang Yu. "IP Sharing & Licensing in Cross Border Cooperative Innovation Projects," in Targeting - Intellectual Property. Edited by Inge Hochreutener, Peter Münch, Jürg Herren, published by Growth Publisher Law, Bern, 2016.
5. Xiang YU & Di LU. "Chapter 4, Patent Enforcement in Mainland China," in The Enforcement of Patents (This book is a volume in the book series: Max Planck Series on Asian Intellectual Property Set). Kluwer Law International (The Hague/London/New York), 2011.
6. Yu Xiang. "The Impact of the Amendments of the Chinese Patent System on the Technological and Economic Progress in China," in Patent and Technological Progress in a Globalized World - Festschrift for Professor Joseph Straus. Springer publishing house, 2009.
7. Yu Xiang. "Chapter 3 - Exhaustion and Parallel Imports in China," in Parallel Imports in Asia. Kluwer Law International (The Hague/ London/ New York), 2004.
8. QI Changwen, SHAO Yiang, and YU Xiang etc., Market Competition and Patent Strategies. Press of Huazhong University of Science & Technology (Wuhan, China), 1995.
9. Yu Xiang. "Institutional Infrastructure for IPR-Based Development in China." In United Nations University (UNU) & World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): Intellectual Property in Asian Countries - Studies in Infrastructure and Economic Impact, published by WIPO, 2009, pp.154-210.
Representative Grants and Awards
1. Certificate signed by the president of the German Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation for excellent research achievements in 2004.
2. German Alexander-von-Humboldt research fellowship, Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2004.
3. JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) research fellowship, Sep. 2006 - Sep. 2007.
4. German Max-Planck-Institute research fellowship, Aug. - Dec. 2002, Sep. - Oct. 2003.
5. DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) fellowship, April 1999 - Mar. 2001.
Professional Certification
1. Member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe) (2020 - )
2. Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) (2009 - )
3. Review Expert for Key Foreign Expert Introduction Projects, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs
4. Leading Talent in National Intellectual Property
5. Leading Talent in National Patent Information
6. Humboldt Scholar, Germany
7. Visiting Professor, Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies, University of Strasbourg, France （2013）
8. Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Australia （2012）
9. Visiting Professor, School of Management and Law, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland （2014）
10. Founding President and Second-term President, JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Chinese Alumni Association （2010-2014）
11. Lecture Professor, Jinan University (2016)
12. Fujian Province Minjiang Scholar Lecture Professor, Fujian University of Technology (2016)
13. Lecture Professor, Zhejiang University of Technology (2021)
14. Consultation Expert on Intellectual Property Trial, Hubei Higher People's Court
Social Positions/Affiliations
1. Member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress
2. Deputy Director of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress
3. Vice President, Hubei Normal University
