H. HENRY CHANG
Principal, Baker & McKenzie
Mr. Chang is the Managing Partner of the Taipei office of Baker & McKenzie (B&M). He has over 15 years’ experience advising multinational and domestic clients on their cross-border investments and disputes resolution, and focuses in the areas of IPR, TMT and others.
Mr. Chang specializes in the areas of telecommunications, information technology, and intellectual property rights law (trademark, copyright, and patent), and advises multinational and Taiwan clients on their cross-border investments, mergers and acquisitions, and the protection of their IPR.
Mr. Chang is a registered arbitrator of the Taiwan Commercial Arbitration Association; a member of the Board of Directors of the European Chamber of Commerce Taipei (ECCT) and its WTO Monitoring Committee. He served as a former Supervisor and Board of Directors of the California Trade and Investment Office in Taipei; and on the National Alumni Association of Cornell Officers.
C. C. CHEN
Chief, Trademark Department (Japan), TIPLO Attorneys-at-Law
C.C. Chen is the Chief of Trademark Department (Japan) of Taiwan International Patent and Law Office (TIPLO). He joined TIPLO and devoted himself to the field of Intellectual Property Rights since graduated from Law Department, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan (LL.B.) in l986.
C.C. Chen is proficient in the areas of Trademark Prosecution, Disputes Resolution, Trademark Infringement Assessment and Intellectual Property Rights Law. He has more than 22 years’ experience handling trademark matters in Taiwan and abroad. He has long been working on trademark matters in association with foreign associates from Hong Kong, Macao, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, U.S.A. Russia, and many others. His expertise in and professional dedication to trademark and IP matters has earned him great reputation in the IP society, drawing reliance from many global companies such as Sony, Toyota, Panasonic, Sanrio, Hitachi, Ricoh, Xerox, Seiko, Casio and many others.
C.C. Chen’s publications include “Illustration of Current Trademark Law and Practical in Taiwan”. He gives several speeches on IP issues, including the latest one titled “Report on Current Situation of Taiwan Trademark Law and Relevant Practice” in Tokyo, Osaka from 2004 to 2007.
C.C. Chen is also associated with the International Trademark Association (INTA) and is actively participating many IP conferences worldwide. He lives in Taipei, TAIWAN with his family.
H. G. CHEN, ESQ.
Attorney-at-Law & Chief Counsel, TIPLO Attorneys-at-Law
Mr. H.G. Chen is the Chief of the Legal Department of Taiwan International Patent and Law Office (aka TIPLO Attorneys-at-Law). He has been practicing law and patent attorney in Taiwan for 25 years.
H.G. has extensive experience in the fields of intellectual property, litigation, unfair competition, dispute resolution and general corporate matters. In the late 1980s, he has demonstrated primordial litigious flair by successfully representing the client in a leading trade dress case in Taiwan before the enactment of the Taiwan Fair Trade Act. He has represented various global corporate clients from Japan, the United States and Europe in patent and trademark litigation, licensing and negotiation in Taiwan and the illustrious record has won him the reputation as one of the most invincible lawyers in Taiwan. Lately, he is also invited by Taiwan Intellectual Property Training Academy to give lectures on Practices in IP Infringement Analysis and Approaches to IP Litigation.
He served as the president of the Taipei Bar Association for the term of 2005.5-2006.11. He was the Director of Intellectual Property Committee of the Taipei Bar Association (1990-1993) and Taiwan Bar Association (1993-1995). More than that, he used to serve as the Co-Chairman of Anti-Counterfeit and Trademark Committee of APAA Taiwan Group. He is now an executive member to the Board of Directors of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA), Taiwan Group.
H.G. is also a champion-winning golfer, and he lives in Taipei, TAIWAN with his family.
JASON CHEN
IP & Technology Practice Group, Jones Day
Jason Chen served as a District Court judge for 10 years adjudicating both criminal and civil cases. In 2001, Jason was sponsored by Taiwan’s Judicial Yuan as a visiting scholar at the New York University Law School. In 2002, Jason became certified as a Professional Intellectual Property Law Judge by the Judicial Yuan for his experience and in-depth knowledge in Intellectual Property, in recognition of his accomplishments in this area of the Law, including his LL.M thesis, graduate course work at the Tokyo University Law School and his accumulated judgments in Intellectual Property cases.
Jason made a career switch to private law practice in 2003, joining a Taipei law firm consisting of both foreign and Taiwanese lawyers with a practice focus on international litigation and corporate and commercial transactions. With his experience with the judiciary, he led the litigation department of that firm, handling a wide range of cases involving international ship arrest, intellectual property infringement, public procurement, as well as cross-border litigations involving publicly listed companies in Taiwan and the U.S. After joining Jones Day, Jason has continuously led much of the efforts in representing clients on the disputes over construction, intellectual property, products defects and white collar crime.
Jason has served many years on the Intellectual Property Protection and Licensing Committee of the American Charmer of Commerce in Taipei (AmCham), and more recently as co-chair of the Committee Since October 2005. He has been actively involved in the publication of AmCham’s annual White Paper, Which contains important recommendations to the Taiwan government on issues concerning, intellectual property, trade and commerce in general. Because of Jason’s familiarity with the judicial circles, he also plays a substantial role serving as the bridge between AmCham and the Taiwan government authorities such as the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office and the Ministry of Justice
Since 2005 Jason also serves as a commissioner on the Intellectual Property Court Advisory committee of the Judiciary Yan, and is involved in setting up the relevant organizational rules, reviewing the draft bill and providing consultation from the practical perspective. He was also invited by the Legislative Yan, Taiwan’s legislature, to submit an expert opinion and report on the proposed Intellectual Property Court Organization Law.
THOMAS J.COLSON, ESQ.
President/CEO, IP.com
Thomas J. Colson is a registered patent attorney with deep experience in both prosecution and litigation. Unlike most other attorneys throughout the world though, Mr. Colson has years of hands-on experience in business. Since the legal function exists solely to support the business goals of clients, such business experience is of critical importance. And, since intellectual property has become the business weapon of choice, such combination experience is fast becoming a requirement for all visionary companies. Simply put, without an intimate appreciation of the business challenges and goals of clients, an attorney cannot adequately support its clients’ needs within the realities of global competition.
Throughout his career, Mr. Colson has succeeded in business roles from Sales & Marketing, to Operational Management, to President. As the president of a Manning & Napier company, he assisted clients in creating and implementing robust intellectual property strategies to support business goals such as building market entry barriers, enhancing product/service margins, creating distribution networks, leveraging partner relationships, increasing corporate valuations, and generating low cost licensing revenue.
To assist clients in implementing such business driven intellectual property strategies, Mr. Colson has created client specific processes (using industry best practices and tools) for invention creation, invention and information capture, and intellectual property exploitation.
And, as much as deep business experience enables a patent attorney to fully appreciate the needs of a business client, to fully appreciate the needs of an inventor, a patent attorney must himself be an inventor. Mr. Colson is an inventor. He has invented software and business methods associated with the efficient analysis and management of intellectual property. He is currently the named inventor in eight United States patent applications.
MICHIEL DE BRUIJN
Global IP Solutions team, LexisNexis AsiaPacific
Michiel completed his education in the Netherlands (Hogeschool of Eindhoven and Hogeschool of Enschede) and the United Kingdom (University of Humberside in Hull). Michiel’s main focus has been business management processes and international marketing management.
After graduation Michiel has been working in software and consultancy firms focusing on automation and consultancy for law firms in The Netherlands.
For the last three years, Michiel has been working for LexisNexis, he was responsible for the project to build the largest patent database in the world, which was launched in September 2007. Michiel is part of the LexisNexis Global IP team and part of the LexisNexis Global IP Strategy team. In which the LexisNexis global strategy and product development for IP Solutions is determined.
Since 1st May 2008, Michiel was relocated to Japan to develop the IP business for LexisNexis in the Asia Pacific region.
JOHN EASTWOOD
Attorney-at-law, Wenfei Attorneys-at-law
John Eastwood heads up the Greater China IP and Technology Practice Group at Wenfei Law and is an experienced practitioner with years of counseling and litigation experience protecting the IP rights of multinationals, SMEs and individuals in Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China. Following Taiwan’s accession to the WTO, John was one of the first to register with the Ministry of Justice and join the Taipei Bar Association as a foreign lawyer. John has chaired the IPR Committee of the European Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan since its founding 7 years ago and regularly participates in trade-policy meetings and hearings with the European, U.S. and Taiwanese officials concerned with improving IP protections.
WINSTON HSU
General Manager, NAIP
From its one-man operation beginnings in 1995, Winston Hsu has lead NAIP to an over 120-person-strong organization. Mr Hsu is a graduate of National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and the University of Iowa in the United States with degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. He is also holder of five US and two Taiwan patents
At NAIP addition to management duties, Mr Hsu draw upon over 13 years of experience and know-how in the electronics and patent industries to play an advisory role to clients. He frequently speaks at industry conferences and lectures on IP-related issues, industry trends and business strategies.
MAY LEE
Secretary General, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office
PRESENT POSITION
Secretary General of Intellectual Property Office (TIPO),
Ministry of Economic Affairs（MOEA）
EXPERIENCE
Director of Patent Division, TIPO（2004-2008）
Director of Legal Affairs Division, TIPO（1999-2004）
Section chief of Patent Division（1997-1999）
EDUCATION
Master of Law（LL.M.）
Bachelor of Law（LL.B）
QUALIFICATION
Passed the High Examination for Professionals and Technical Personnel in the Category of Lawyers
SPECIAL TRAINING
Taiwan Executive Leadership Program, John F. Kennedy School，Harvard University, 2006
United State Patent and Trademark Office Visiting Scholars Program, 2005
PUBLICATIONS
A Study on TM license, San-Min book Store, 1993.
Research on Utility Model Examination, Intellectual Property Right Journal, 2005.
Case Studies on Patent Administration Verdicts, Intellectual Property Right Journal（1999－2000）.
HONORS
2003, Exemplary Public Official Recipient of MOEA
STACEY LEE
Senior Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Stacey Lee is based in the Taipei office of the Firm since 1993. She has been admitted to practice in Taiwan since 1983 and in California since 1990. Before joining the Firm, she worked for other law firms in the area of General Corporate , Securities, Intellectual Property, and International Transactions.
Stacey is the head of the firm’s Securities Practice Group and Intellectual Property Practice Group. She is also a committee member of the IPR Committee of the Taipei Bar Association and the WTO Committee of the Chinese National Federation of Industries. She is also an associated professor of National Chiao-Tung University and Soochow University.
ANITA Y.Y. LIANG
IPR Director, Inventec Appliances Ltd
Anita Y.Y. Liang is the IP Director, China for Inventec Appliances (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. In this role, she has over 10 years experience in product management of the electronic devices, built expertise in the technology licensing, patent management as well as a member of various global IP committees. She has extensive senior experience working in-house with companies such as Motors, Tegic Communication, Aoki Design Corporation and the China Telecom Corporation. In those roles, Anita was also a member of the Patent executive team, and worked closely with senior management on Patent/Technology Investment and Alliances management issues, corporate governance and strategic planning.
EDISON T. LIN
Associate, Intellectual Property, Jones Day
Edison Lin's practice focuses on patent litigation. He has worked on IP disputes between parties in the Greater China area and the United States, including International Trade Commission (ITC) as well as P.R. China and Taiwan (R.O.C.) patent dispute matters. Edison has drafted various briefs, motions, and regularly contributes to pre-trial investigation, discovery, and trial preparation. Currently, he is deeply involved in the offensive and defensive actions of a patent infringement suit pending in China on behalf of a European telecom company and in the multi-forum pre-trial preparation for a major US company.
Prior to joining Jones Day, he interned at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in 2004 and subsequently practiced in a patent prosecution boutique in San Jose, California. Edison has prepared and prosecuted patent applications for leading Silicon Valley companies, smaller market companies, and start-ups. His experience includes securing patent rights for various disciplines including software applications, Internet-related applications, e-commerce applications, optics-related applications, circuit design, device fabrication, and Internet business models/methods.
J. K. LIN, ESQ.
Director, Attorney-at-Law & Patent Attorney, TIPLO Attorneys-at-Law
Mr. J.K. Lin became the director of Taiwan International Patent & Law Office / TIPLO Attorneys-at-Law since 1997, after TIPLO’s founder Mr. M. S. Lin passed away. The firm has evolved in its conventional highly proficient core business in IP areas started since 1965, and related corporate affairs initiated since the 1980’s, while further expanded to its current scale of more than 250 staff members, including twenty-three litigators and around seventy patent engineers, definitely one of the biggest and most advanced IP law firms in Taiwan.
In his earlier tenure as the director of the firm, J. K. has set out to further streamline the hierarchy of the staff and adopted effective formula leading to significant quality improvement of TIPLO’s patent and trademark services that accommodates clients’ intensifying need for IPR enforcement.
During the early 2000’s, on top of the patent and trademark database system that has been accumulated and operated since the 1980’s, data base containing more than two millions patent technical terminology equivalents of Chinese, English and Japanese was introduced to TIPLO’s engineers for infinitely precise digital sorting and searching of patent technical terms and relevant references. Such steady and earnest investment in the training of its staff and professionals and the modernization of the hardware and software of the O.A. system, have effectively lifted the level of TIPLO’s proficiency as a long-standing and ever-progressive IP oriented international firm.
J.K., in company with his colleagues at TIPLO, also devotes his time to many public speaking targeted at global corporations and international society addressing issues of IP concerns, unfair competition and others, and continues the footsteps of his late father / TIPLO’s founder Mr. M. S. Lin in dedicating to pro bono NGOs’ activities like that of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan International Law Society and Taiwan Human Right Committee, among many others. He is currently chairing at the patent and copyrights committees to the Asian Patent Attorneys Association / APAA, and an executive director to the Board of the APAA, Taiwan Group.
J. K. enjoys topography and motor traveling, and he lives in Taipei, TAIWAN with his family.
LIU SHANG-JYH
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TAIWAN
Professor Liu is a law professor, the Founding Director of Graduate Institute of Technology Law, and a former Dean of International Affairs of National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan, where he began his professorship in 1991. Professor Liu has a doctoral engineering degree and a law degree. He founded the Graduate Institute of Technology Law of NCTU in 2000 and which was the first of its kind in Taiwan. Professor LIU served as the Chairman of the Institute for seven years.
Professor LIU is very active both in academia and industry. Not only his research was awarded distinguished papers in several occasions, he is also a pioneer and a leader in Intellectual Property (IP) education and service. He has successfully established a new paradigm of legal education and empirical research in Taiwan. Ever since 1994, he has trained more than 4000 IP professionals in Taiwan and who in turn contributed to the competitiveness of Taiwan’s industries. Moreover, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Technology Law Review, an international arbitrator, and an advisor to high -tech companies and public sector. Professor Liu was a Visiting Fellow of University of Oxford in 1995-1996, and has been a Visiting Professor of National University of Singapore since 2006.
PAULINE LIU
Counsel, IP Law, IBM Taiwan Corporation
Ms. Liu is Counsel, Intellectual Property Law (智慧財產法務部協理) of IBM Taiwan Corporation. Ms. Liu carries overall responsibility for all IP matters and operations for IBM Taiwan and IBM Malaysia Development Lab and is also responsible for trademark/domain name disputes and enforcement in ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand.
Ms. Liu has been with over 20 years of IBM IP experience. Ms. Liu is currently based in Taipei, Taiwan.
JOY PAN
Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Joy's practice focused on Taiwan intellectual property law, fair trade law and consumer protection law, in particular trademark prosecution and enforcement, intellectual property licensing, patent disputes, domain name disputes, copyright, antitrust, merger control, unfair competition and consumer protection issues.
GLENN W. RHODES
Partner, Intellectual Property Patent Litigation, Howrey
Glenn Rhodes was named in Euromoney Legal Media Group’s 2001 and 2007 Guide to the World’s Leading Patent Law Experts and has been listed in the International Who’s Who of Patent Law Experts each year since 2002. In addition, Mr. Rhodes co-authored and edited the Patent Law Handbook (West Publishing) from 1996 through 2003.
Mr. Rhodes specializes in international patent litigation and practices in the firm’s Taipei office. Mr. Rhodes has expertise in several Asian jurisdictions. In addition to litigating patent disputes in the U.S. courts, Mr. Rhodes has managed and coordinated numerous patent litigation efforts and patent opposition/cancellation matters worldwide. In addition, Mr. Rhodes represents clients in alternative dispute resolution procedures, including international arbitration and mediation efforts. He has represented clients such as Intel Corporation, Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Celanese International Corporation, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Tatung Company and Yung Shin Pharmaceuticals. In addition to his litigation and dispute resolution expertise, Mr. Rhodes represents clients before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and counsels clients on international patent procurement strategies and patent licensing agreements.
GRACE SHAO
Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Ms. Shao has advised on and handled a wide range of IP enforcement matters, especially in the pharmaceutical, high-tech and entertainment industries. She specializes in contract negotiation for technology licensing and litigation related to intellectual property, fair trade law and commercial matters.
FRANK SUNG
Tech. Manager, Patent Department, Baker & McKenzie
Frank is a senior patent engineer in the Taipei Office of Baker & McKenzie. His practice generally includes patent prosecutions (particularly in the areas of semiconductor and telecommunication), patent management consultation and preparatory works of patent litigations.
As an experienced patent engineer, Frank helps major local and international corporations in drafting specifications and prosecuting patent applications in the U.S., Taiwan, China and Europe. He particularly has many experiences in the procedure of patent invalidation. He also works as a consultant to help many corporations build-up their patent management systems. With the discipline of LLM education, Frank is also able to involve in the preparatory work for TW and US patent litigations and IP licensing.
DR. RICHARD L. THURSTON
Vice President and General Counsel, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Dr. Thurston is Vice President and General Counsel of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, joining TSMC in January 2002. Prior to joining TSMC, Dr. Thurston was a Partner at the Dallas, Texas law firm Haynes and Boone. Before Dr. Thurston joined Haynes and Boone, he served as the Regional Counsel, Asia Pacific and then Vice President, Corporate Staff, Assistant General Counsel at Texas Instruments, (1984-1996). Dr. Thurston started his legal career as an Associate at Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, PA., U.S.A.
Dr. Thurston graduated in 1971, Cum Laude with a B.A. degree in History from Alma College (Michigan), and a M.A. degree and Ph.D. degree in East Asian Studies from University of Virginia. He received a J.D. degree from Rutgers School of Law at Camden, New Jersey in 1980. Dr. Thurston also studied R.O.C. Law at Soochow University, 1975-1976, under Rotary International graduate fellowship.
BENJAMIN WANG
General Director of Technology Transfer and Service Centre, Industrial Technology Research Institute
Dr.B.Y. Wang recieved his M.S. in Frankliin Pierce University and Ph.D. in Management of Technology in Natioanl Chiao Tung Univeristy.
He is the head of Technology Transfer & Service Center (TTSC)/ Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) since 2007.
Dr.Wang has been involved in many research projects and activities regarding IPR and Strategy. He won the "Best Value Leading" prize from Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2006.
MARCUS J. WOO
Business Practice Group, Cross-Border Transactions and Technology and Information Practices, Jones Day
Marcus Woo has extensive experience in cross-border investment, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, technology licensing and transfers, government procurement, and general corporate and commercial matters including advising on issues relating to nonperforming loans and other distressed assets. His practice in recent years has included representing telecommunications, entertainment software, and other high-technology companies with interests and transactions in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong as well as in Southeast Asia.
Marcus has extensive experience in the representation of major foreign companies on transactions involving business formations, joint ventures and business structurings, mergers and acquisitions, and infrastructure equipment procurement. He has particular experience in the area of wireless telecommunications and has advised on legal and regulatory issues governing licensing of spectrum and radio frequency transmission equipment, licensing, and transfer of technology and know-how.
DAVID H. YANG
Senior Partner, Intellectual Property, Baker & McKenzie
David is in charge of the Intellectual Property practice group of the Taipei Office.
David joined Baker & McKenzie when his firm, Tseng, Tsai, Chern & Yang merged with Baker & McKenzie in 1987. David started his IP practice when he was a partner in his old firm. After the merger, he continued to forcus his practice in the IP areas with special emphasis on trademark and copyright.
As a Taiwan licensed attorney, David has tremendous experience in dealing with counterfeit cases in Taiwan, from investigation, police raid, criminal prosecution, to litigation, negotiation and settlement.
JOHNNY YANG
Chief, Trademark Department (Intl.), TIPLO Attorneys-at-Law
Johnny Yang is the Senior Manager of Trademark Dept at TIPLO, has been handling trademark prosecution and dispute matters for more than thirty years.
Before joining TIPLO in 1982, Johnny Yang had already been practicing Trademark matters at Lee & Li for years, and decades of devotion to this area has established him the solid expertise that earned him long-lasting trust from big names like Levis, Sunkist, Puma, BP, AT & T, the Dow Chemical, Alibaba, Allergan, Bally, Anna Sui and many likes of global renown.
Beside being an outstanding trademark expert, Johnny Yang is also a competitive tennis player, and keeps winning champions and trophies from INTA’s tennis tournament since the 90’s. He promises to keep such caliber of excellence both in the trademark profession and sports arena for the coming decades.
NELSON YU
Chief, Patent Department. Section II (U.S.A. & European countries), TIPLO Attorneys-at-Law
Nelson Yu, Chief of Patent Dept, Sec II at TIPLO, is a senior manager of Patent Dept at TIPLO. He became a patent engineer specialized in patent prosecution and infringement analysis for more than eighteen years.
After obtaining his EE bachelor degree from national Taiwan University, Nelson has worked for a computer company as a hardware engineer for three years before joined TIPLO in 1989. Under the sponsorship of TIPLO and encouraged by then President of TIPLO Mr. M. S. Lin, Nelson spent nearly a year at F.P.L.C in N.H. of the U.S. in 1998 pursuing a diplomat degree in IP during 1998. He became the senior manager of Patent Department at TIPLO since 2006.
Nelson is especially knowledgeable in patent drafting and prosecution and assessment in the high tech areas including circuit design, semiconductor, communication, and computer software field. He helps outstanding global companies like Intel, Apple, Sun Microsystem, Genesis and many others in practicing and enforcing their patents in Taiwan and worldwide.
