Published Works
Trademark owners beware: domain name registration may be justified by previous distribution relationship World Trademark Review
30 September 2019
Ying Lou
AssociateParis
Email ying.lou@hoganlovells.com
Phone +33 1 53 67 38 74
LanguagesChinese, English, French
Practice groupIntellectual Property
Ying Lou is an associate in our IPMT Group and focuses her practice on IT and commercial contracts, data protection, cloud computing, online brand protection (in particular the protection and recuperation of domain names), and internet regulation. She also has experience in telecoms regulation, media, cyber security and consumer protection issues.
Ying was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2015 and started her career at a leading international law firm specialized in intellectual property/technology law, where she was mainly dedicated to telecoms regulation and data protection.
Born and raised in China (PRC), Ying holds a LL.B from the University of Nanjing (PRC) and two Master’s degrees in Media & Telecommunications Law and Sports Law, respectively, from the University of Aix-Marseille III.
A native Chinese speaker, she is also fluent in French and English.
Education and admissions
Education
Master II, Université d'Aix Marseille III, 2011
Master II Sport Law, Université Aix-Marseille III, 2009
LL.B., Nanjing University, 2007
Representative experience
Advising an international bank group on the implementation of its data loss prevention tool in 22 jurisdictions.
Advising a renowned messaging app provider on its strategy of obtaining IPv4 and IPv6 resources.
Advising an internet giant on Internationalized Domain Name issues (e.g. the ICANN's policy on the commingling of different scripts in the same IDN).
Latest thinking and events
Published Works
Beware of RDNH: UDRP panel finds that complainant deliberately filed complaint without proper basis World Trademark Review
16 July 2018
Published Works
Multi-faceted likelihood of confusion: threshold under third limb of UDRP generally higher than under first limb World Trademark Review
16 March 2018
Published Works
Panel denies transfer of domain name consisting of common phrase under UDRP World Trademark Review
22 January 2018
