Zhang Yurui, Research Fellow, CASS Law Institute; IPR Lawyer; Council Member, China Intellectual Property Society; Council Member, China Law Association on Science and Technology; member of Draft Group of Trade Secret Law under the Sate Economic and Trade Commission.

      Work Experience

After graduating from University in 1983, Mr. Zhang Yurui was employed by State Patent Office (the predecessor of State Intellectual Property Office) and had been an editor and journalist for China Invention and Patent, the first magazine published by the Office and the person in charge of the Domestic Department of China Patent News, the first newspaper published by the Office. He became researcher at the CASS Law Institute, specializing in IPR, in 1991. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Washington and University of Tokyo.

      Main Publications

1.IPR Protection of Information and Biological Technologies, China Legal System Publishing House, 2009;

2.Patent War, China Legal System Publishing House, 2006;

3.Trade Secret and Commercial Bribery, Law Press China, 2004;

4.Intellectual Property Rights on the Internet: Litigation and Law, People's Court Publishing House, 2000;

5.Trade Secret Law, China Legal System Publishing House, 1999;

6.Patent: Law and Practice, Patent Literature Publishing House, 1993;

7.Administration of Trade Secret: A Detailed Explanation, translator, Jincheng Publishing House, 1997;

8.Multi-Media and Copyright, Patent Literature Publishing House, 2004;

9.Law on E-Commerce and the Internet, Fangzheng Publishing House, 2004;

      Main Research Report

Reform of the IPR Judicial System in China, 2006 (full text available on the Internet);

The Service Invention System in China: Comparative Study and Proposals, 2010, (full text available on the Internet)