On April 24, 2026, renowned legal directory, Legal Hall of Fame, announced its "Intellectual Property Leading Attorneys List in 2026", which focuses on corporate business legal service partners who are truly appreciated and recognized by clients and who understand both the law and business. Han Kun's Dr. Ying Li was named as a 2026 Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year (Patent, non-contentious) based on her wealth of practical experience and remarkable service achievements.
Dr. Li's expertise covers patent prosecution, invalidation and litigation, patent searches, patent transactions, and other IP-related counseling. She has 20 years of extensive experience in providing a range of legal services to both domestic and multinational clients and has assisted many industry-leading clients in obtaining patents in China.
Dr. Li's practice covers a variety of legal services, such as patent mining, drafting, and responding to office actions, prior art searches, freedom-to-operate (FTO) searches and analysis, and consulting. Additionally, Dr. Li has extensive experience using the STN database in FTO searches related to small molecule drugs and biological macro-molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. Dr. Li has successfully represented many clients before the China National IP Administration and the courts in various patent invalidation and administrative litigation cases. She has taken charge of many large and complex cases and is widely recognized and trusted by her clients for obtaining excellent results and for her excellent communication skills.
The selections for the list were based on four core dimensions, building a comprehensive multi-dimensional evaluation system through a combination of peer and client recommendations, platform data research, lawyer applications and law firm nominations, which aim to focus on outstanding practitioners who are deeply involved in the field of intellectual property.
