Yiqun Zhang

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Note on sourcing: Public information on this attorney is sparse. The verified record consists of court filings and a Martindale profile; I found no Weil firm bio page, Law360 coverage, or reporting specific to this individual. There are also several distinct attorneys named Yiqun/Yi Zhang (e.g., a Beijing-based attorney admitted in New York; a Gibson Dunn life-sciences associate in New York), which I have excluded as different people.

Practice focus and side preference. The tracked record is a single appearance, on the defendant side: 10x Genomics, Inc. et al. v. NanoString Technologies, Inc. (D. Del.), where Zhang appeared for defendant NanoString Technologies as of counsel at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. That case is a life-sciences/ genomics patent dispute — spatial transcriptomics and related sequencing/analysis technology — so the only verifiable technology-area signal is life sciences and molecular biology rather than Wi-Fi, mechanical, or general software. With zero plaintiff-side appearances tracked, there is no evidence this attorney prosecutes for NPEs/PAEs; the one data point is defense-side representation of an operating company. Any broader characterization of a "side preference" would be extrapolation from a single case.

Firm context. Weil, Gotshal & Manges, appearing out of the firm's Redwood Shores/Redwood City, California office and listed in the case caption alongside Weil partners Edward R. Reines and Derek C. Walter. Martindale lists California bar admission in 2021 and an affiliation with Weil's Redwood Shores office; it labels the attorney inconsistently (both "Attorney" and "Partner"), while the tracked data records the role as of counsel — I could not resolve that discrepancy from a reliable source. No prior-firm or in-house history was verifiable.

Case involvement, PTAB, and credentials. Zhang's pro hac vice appearance in the 10x v. NanoString matter was entered in late 2022, and a notice of withdrawal of appearance was filed March 21, 2023, with Weil and Farnan LLP continuing for NanoString. The litigation continued after that date, so I could not attribute any trial outcome or damages award specifically to this attorney; I did not verify a reported result through search and therefore do not state one. On PTAB/IPR experience: I found no verified record of Zhang as counsel in an IPR/PGR proceeding, although IPR activity exists in the broader 10x/NanoString dispute — treat any IPR involvement as unconfirmed. Bar: admitted in California, 2021 (Martindale); education not reliably sourced for this individual and omitted.