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Our Professionals

  • Our Services
    Validity analysis: search for Chinese, English and Japaneseprior art references, and prepare claim charts or detailed analysis reports for our partners or clients.

    Infringement analysis: prepare claim charts or detailed infringement analysis reports for our partners or our clients.

    Multi-language translation: Chinese, English and Japanese translation services regarding legal and/or technical documents.

    Training programs: courses covering US litigation and prosecution practices, and lectures updating new developments of worldwide patent practices.
  • Fu-Shun HSIEH
    Founder, Chairman

    Mr. Fu-Shun Hsieh founded Giant-Group International Patent Trademark & Law Office, Taipei head office in 1984, Taichung branch office in 1996, and Beijing branch office in 2007. He established Giant Group Certified Public Accountants in 2006. He is a practicing trademark attorney in Taiwan.

  • Benjamin LAI
    Director

    Benjamin is a practicing lawyer and patent attorney with extensive experience in intellectual property infringement litigation, general corporate legal affairs and business law cases. He is familiar with IP litigation and has successfully help clients to protect their rights and defend his clients from improper assertions many times.

    Education
    LL.M Degree in Civil/Commercial Law from Department of Law, National Taipei University.
    Practicing lawyer and patent attorney, specializing in Civil/Criminal litigation, Administration Law, Intellectual Property Law, Law of Fair Trading, Law of Consumer Protection.

    Member
    Taipei Bar Association, Keelung Bar Association, Taoyuan Bar Association, Hsinchu Bar Association, Taichung Bar Association, Yunlin Bar Association, and Tainan Bar Association, Taiwan. Former attorney representing Wei-Xing Real Estate Consultants Ltd. and former lawyer in the Erik International Law Office.

    Publication
    Exercise of IP rights & misappropriation of monopolistic economics.

  • Benjamin LAI
    Patent Attorney
    LL.M Degree in Civil/Commercial Law from Department of Law, National Taipei University. Practicing lawyer and patent attorney, specializing in Civil/Criminal litigation, Administration Law, Intellectual Property Law, Law of Fair Trading, Law of Consumer Protection. Member: Taipei Bar Association, Keelung Bar Association, Taoyuan Bar Association, Hsinchu Bar Association, Taichung Bar Association, Yunlin Bar Association, and Tainan Bar Association, Taiwan. Former attorney representing Wei-Xing Real Estate Consultants Ltd. and former lawyer in the Erik International Law Office. Publication: Exercise of IP rights & misappropriation of monopolistic economics.  
  • Benjamin LAI
    Patent Attorney
    • 15+ years IP Litigation experiences
    • a practicing lawyer and patent attorney with extensive experience in intellectual property infringement litigation, general corporate legal affairs and business law cases. 
    • familiar with IP litigation and has successfully help clients to protect their rights and defend his clients from improper assertions many times.
  • Gavin LIU
    Patent Attorney/Senior Consultant/Technical Director
    Since 2012, Gavin offers IP consulting services to companies from startups to public-listed companies.  Gavin also offers advanced training courses to his clients, including US patent litigation and licensing managements, US patent infringement and validity analyses, and strategic US patent specification drafting. During 2002 to 2012, Gavin was the leader of the IP teams of Asustek and Pegatron, and was responsible for all patent-related matters, including litigations, licensing negotiations, license compliances, prosecutions, contract reviews, trainings and system setups. Prior to Asustek, Gavin was the patent agent of Jou and Jou Patent Office since 1999, handling worldwide patent applications for his clients. 

    Education
    M.S. degree, National Taiwan University of Mechanical Engineering
    B.S. National Taiwan University, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Speicalization
    International patent application, Cross Intellectual Property Litigation and Authorization Management, Specification in the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Communication Technology. 
  • Leos Huang
    Senior IP Consultant
    Mr. Huang has been engaged in legal affairs with respect to intellectual property rights since 2007. After years of efforts, he has managed to, through integrating his legal knowledge and practical experience with the operation philosophy of customers from all walks of life, incorporate the legal application of intellectual property, the official practice with respect to intellectual property in various countries and the management of brand marketing into integrated analysis, and provide customers with detailed and complete layout planning. He was invited to conduct internal education and training for customers and course sharing for social groups. He is skilled at facilitating communication and accelerating decision-making by virtue of simple but profound jurisprudential concepts and lively and vivid cases of current affairs. 
     
    Degree
    Bachelor of Law, Shin Hsin University
     
    Experience
    Saint Island Intellectual Property Group, Manager
     
    Specialization
    Brand layout and planning; trademark search and analysis, application, registration, and assertion of rights; comprehensive assessment of copyright, patent right and other intellectual property rights; advice and consultation on authorization, transfer and reconciliation instruments.
  • Newman CHANG
    General Manager
    Mr. Chang is the General Manager in Giant Group. He is experienced in all aspects of domestic and international patent and trademark cases, patent filing, patent licensing, patent search, patent maintenance, patent invalidation, trademark filing, trademark registration, trademark maintenance, trademark use, trademark opposition and cancellation/invalidation proceedings, trademark litigation, and assisting clients in dealing with copyright registration. 

    Education
    LLB  National Taipei University, 
    Department of Public Administration and Policy

    Experiences
    Operational Manager, Giant Group International Patent, Trademark & Law Office
    Account Officer, Giant Group International Patent, Trademark & Law Office
    Mr. Chang has over 20- years of experience in the IP industry since 1994.

    Practice Areas
    Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Trade Secret, and Law Consultancy.
  • Li-Cherng WANG
    Patent Agent/CAP Patent Agent Qualification

    Dr. Wang currently works as assistant manager (technology) for the Giant Group, drafting patent specifications, drafting responses to office actions, filing invalidation applications, conducting patent search and analyzing infringements in specialties, such as biotechnology (molecular biology, cellular biology, biochemistry, biology and microbiology), chemistry (organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry), bioinformatics, medical equipment, and agriculture. Dr. Wang deliver customized patent-related lectures to Taipei Public Policy Association, Atomic Energy Council, Center of Innovative Incubator of National Tsing Hua University, National Federation of CPA Associations, and enterprises, such as Thermaltake Group, and Jinglay Corporation. 

    Education
    Ph.D. Degree in Horticulture, National Taiwan University
    M.S. Horticulture, National Taiwan University
    B.S. Department of Horticulture, National Taiwan University
    B.S. Department of Law, National Taiwan University

    Experiences
    Assistant manager (technology), Giant Group
    Patent engineer, Giant Group
    Assistant patent examiner in commutation for military service, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office
     
    Speicialization
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, aquaculture, chemical engineering, biotechnology, cellular biology, microbiology, immunology, and plant physiology.

  • Mandy CHANG
    Vice Chairman

    Ms. Mandy Chang founded Giant-Group International Patent Trademark & Law Office, Taipei head office in 1984, Taichung branch office in 1996, and Beijing branch office in 2007. She established Giant Group Certified Public Accountants in 2006. She is a practicing trademark attorney in Taiwan.

  • Ted SHEN
    Senior Attorney
    Education
    Mater Degree of Graduate Institute of Technology, Innovation & Intellectual Property Management, National Chengchi University.
    Bachelor of Laws, LL.B., Division of Economic and Financial Law, National Chengchi University.

    Member
    Taipei Bar Association. 

    Experiences
    Former lawyer in TC Masters, Ching Hong Law Office and Allbright Law Offices. Served in the Inspection Office of Army Command Headquarters

    Specialization
    Practicing lawyer and patent attorney, specializing in Civil/Criminal litigation, Administration Law, Intellectual Property Law, Trade Secret, IP disputes between Taiwan and China, Medical Disputes, and Compulsory Execution.
  • Frank CHANG
    IP Consultant/Assistant Manager
    Mr. Chang is the Operational Manager of domestic sales department and mainly in charge of Domestic clients in Giant Group. He is experienced in all aspects of domestic and international patent and trademark cases, patent prosecution, patent licensing, patent maintenance, patent search, patent invalidation, trademark filing, trademark registration, trademark maintenance, trademark use, trademark opposition and cancellation/invalidation proceedings, trademark litigation, and assisting clients to deal with copyright registration.

    Experiences
    Mr. Chang has over 20- years of experience in the IP industry.

    Specialization
    P    atent prosecution and enforcement, trademark prosecution and enforcement, trademark dispute, trademark administrative remedy, and registration of copyright.
  • Eric YANG
    Patent Attorney
    • Fluent in both English and Japanese
  • Irene LU
    US Patent Agent
    Irene is a registered US patent agent to practice before USPTO. Irene has conducted patent prosecution since 2000, and is experienced in preparing and prosecuting US patent applications and also proficient in PCT procedure.
     
    Education
    B.S., National Taiwan University, Department of Agricultural Chemistry
    M.S., National Taiwan University, Institute of Biochemistry
     
    Experience
    Manager, technology department of Louis International Patent Office
    Manager, IP department of TTY Biopharm Company Limited
    Director, Deep & Far Attorneys-at-Law
     
    Specialization
    US patent prosecution
    Specialization in pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology areas
     
  • AEleksandr Nordtomme
    Manager
    Currently serving as the manager of the electrical unit of the engineering department of the company, he is responsible for drafting patent specifications, prosecuting patent applications, and handling patent disputes in the fields of electronics, software, and semiconductors. He is very knowledgeable about the patenting and processing procedures in Europe, the United States, and major Asian countries. AEleksandr has been in Taiwan for more than 20 years and has more than 15 years of experience in the field of intellectual property. Previously, he was vice president of engineering and operations in Taiwan for multinational companies. He has a deep understanding of internal research and development operations. With his vast experience working with R & D teams, AEleksandr has successfully handled intellectual property cases for numerous multinational corporations including ITRI, TSMC, Acer, ASUS, FET, Pinnacle Imaging, and Next Step AI. Additionally, he has performed patent mining, specification drafting, rebuttal defense, patent invalidation identification, non-infringement analysis, etc. for domestic and international technology companies.

    Education
    BSEE, University of Washington

    Experiences
    International Intellectual Property Director World Patent & Trademark Law Office, Taipei, Taiwan
    Vice President Engineering / Operations HMI Ltd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA / Taipei, Taiwan
    Electrical Design Engineer, Boeing Military Aircraft Corp., Seattle, Washington USA
     
  • Alex SUN
    Senior Counsel
    During the time as Senior Researcher fellow of M.H.W., responsible for implementing, interpreting, and complying domestic biomedical laws or regulations related affairs. As Legal Research fellow of STLI, implemented Industrial Technology Develop Program (ITDP) and other legal projects, and the research areas include biotechnology laws or biotechnology-related laws. In addition, as committee Member of Biobank Review Board of Taipei Mackay Memorial Hospital, successfully assisted hospital to gain the establishment approval from Competent Authority.

    Education 
    Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University.
    2nd Law Credit Course, National Taiwan University. 

    Experiences 
    Senior Researcher, Ministry of Health and Welfare, R.O.C.
    Committee Member of Biobank Review Board, Taipei Mackay Memorial Hospital, R.O.C.
    Taiwan Association of IRB member 
    Legal Researcher, Science and Technology Law Institute, Institute for Information Industry, R.O.C.
    Associate Researcher, Biomedical, Biomedical Engineering Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), R.O.C.
    Columnist, Medical Devices News (ITRI)
    Columnist, Taiwan Medical Weekly News
     
    Specialization
    Domestic Biomedical related Law and Regulation Interpretation/Compliance
    International Biomedical related Laws and Regulations Research
    Biomedical Technology R&D.

    Biomedical Service Introduction
  • Caroline WANG
    Senior IP Consultant
    Caroline Wang works in handling trademark disputes, including trademark registration statement, application and answering statement of opposition, evaluation and revocation, petition and administrative proceeding. With more than 10 years of experience, Caroline is well acquainted with the controversial points of trademark legal disputes, the application and interpretation of the provisions of laws, practical examination standards and the existing situation. In addition, she is quite familiar with the Mainland trademark application, and dispute related provisions and handling. Caroline currently works in the Trademark Group of our Intellectual Property Department for assisting clients in handling domestic trademark dispute relief, petition, administrative proceedings and other related matters, as well as case analysis and suggestions on Mainland Chinese trademarks.
     
    Degree
    Master degree in Intellectual Property, Shih Hsin University
    Bachelor, School of Law, Soochow University
     
    Work Experience
    Tai E International Patent & Law Office Director of Trademark Department
     
    Specialization
    Taiwan and Mainland trademark dispute and administrative remedy
    Mainland copyright registration
     
    Certification
    TIPA Intellectual Property Personnel Competency Certification: Trademark application management
    TIPA Intellectual Property Personnel Competency Certification: Trademark rights protection application
     
  • Quan-Ming CHEN
    Senior IP Consultant
    Mr. Chen works at the Department of Domestic and mainly in charge of Domestic clients in Giant Group. He is experienced in all aspects of domestic and international patent and trademark cases, patent filing, patent maintenance, patent invalidation, patent response drafting, trademarking filing, trademark registration, trademark maintenance, trademark invalidation, trademark response drafting, copyright registration, copyright maintenance and copyright dispute.

    Education
    China University of Science and Technology

    Experiences
    Participants in several seminars as following:
    “Practice and development of Patent litigation in China and Case studies related to Taiwanese enterprises”
    “Legislative hearing of advance strategy and arrangement of claims in US patents for Taiwan enterprises during Patent Litigation in USA”
    “The most important issues regarding US patents”
    “Practice and development of Patent litigation in USA and Case studies”
    “The trend of China patent and case studies”
    “The practice of Trade-Secret Act“

    Specialization
    Domestic and international patent and trademark filing and maintenance, counseling of trademark dispute and infringement, domestic and international copyright registration, and patent analysis 
  • Benjamin LAI
    Managing Partner

    Benjamin is a practicing lawyer and patent attorney with extensive experience in intellectual property infringement litigation, general corporate legal affairs and business law cases. He is familiar with IP litigation and has successfully help clients to protect their rights and defend his clients from improper assertions many times.

    Education
    LL.M Degree in Civil/Commercial Law from Department of Law, National Taipei University.
    Practicing lawyer and patent attorney, specializing in Civil/Criminal litigation, Administration Law, Intellectual Property Law, Law of Fair Trading, Law of Consumer Protection.

    Member
    Taipei Bar Association, Keelung Bar Association, Taoyuan Bar Association, Hsinchu Bar Association, Taichung Bar Association, Yunlin Bar Association, and Tainan Bar Association, Taiwan. Former attorney representing Wei-Xing Real Estate Consultants Ltd. and former lawyer in the Erik International Law Office.

    Publication
    Exercise of IP rights & misappropriation of monopolistic economics.  

  • Peter YANG
    Senior Patent Engineer
    Education
    M.S. degree, National Taiwan University, Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Experiences
    Research Assistant of National Taiwan University

    Speicialization
    Patent Prosecution, Patent Invalidation Action, Patent Infringement Assessment, Patent Design Around
  • Gavin LIU
    IP Consultant
    • Offer IP consulting services to companies from startups to public-listed companies.
    • Offer advanced training courses, including US patent litigation and licensing managements, US patent infringement and validity analyses, and strategic US patent specification drafting.
  • Eric YANG
    Patent Attorney
    Eric entered law school for patent law studying with 15-year experience in mechanical engineering, and became a lawyer specialized in patent disputes in 2007.  With both technical and legal professions, Eric is especially capable of bridging technical and legal minds.  Besides handling patent disputes in front of the Taiwan IP Court and the Taiwan IP Office, Eric also helps clients with patent disputes involving foreign patents, as well as licensing negotiations, etc.  Once Eric helped his client to fight a deeper-pocket-by-far opponent in cross-border disputes involving Taiwan, China and US patents.  Eric especially succeeded in challenging patentability in the USPTO, the TIPO and the SIPO, which enabled a very favorable global settlement for the client.

    Education
    L.L.M., Intellectual Property Laws, Shi Hsin University (Taiwan)
    B.S.M.E., National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)

    Experiences
    Attorney at Law, Unita Legal Office
    General Counsel, Lotes Co., Ltd.,
    Patent Engineer/ Attorney at law, Union Patent Service Center
    Chief Engineer, Hiwin Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Engineering Manager, Yue-Tien Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Engineer, Kuo-Zui Motor Co. Ltd.

    Specialization
    Patent Law, Intellectual Laws
  • Alice LEE
    Partner Attorney

    Ms. Lee was retained by renowned companies to defend them on fights for corporate ownership and shareholding-related disputes. She provided consultation services to Taiwanese entrepreneurs on launching investments in China, developing infrastructure required for the investments, and resolving commercial disputes. Ms. Lee is a highly experienced lawyer, as evidenced by the Winner of Litigation & Dispute Resolution – Taiwan by Corporate LiveWire – Global Awards 2015, she received in 2015. 
     
    Education
    Double degree in law and philosophy, 
    Soochow University, Taiwan
     
    Experience
    Taiwan lawyer
    Taiwan patent attorney
    Lawyer, Himark Counselors
    Senior lawyer, T C Masters

    Specialization
    Corporate law, contract law, shareholding planning, commercial disputes (under civil law, criminal law and administrative law), stock exchange law, merging, intellectual property law, anti-unfair competition law, and employment disputes.
     

  • Stanley CHIANG
    Project Manager/Biomedical Counsel
    Mr. Chiang has long been dedicated to the research on proteins and antibodies. He once joined hands with the Institute of Applied Mechanics and the National Taiwan University in publishing relevant innovations in immunology technology, and participated in the development of new reagents during the period of COVID-19. Additionally, he was once included in the Chollima Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and went to the City of Hope, Los Angeles Cancer Medical Center as a visiting scholar to learn relevant gene editing technology. He is currently serving as a senior researcher in a biomedical company and a regulatory staff in a medical material company, with expertise in relevant R&D procedures and the certification of medical materials.
     
    Degree
    PhD of Biochemical Science & Technology, National Taiwan University
    Master of Biochemical Science & Technology, National Taiwan University
    Bachelor of Life Sciences, NCHU
     
    Work Experience
    Winnoz Technology, Inc.
    Acheloy Biomed
     
    Specialization
    Biochemistry
    Molecular biology
    Protein/antibody purification and application
    Innovation and application of immunology technology
    Research on emerging infectious diseases and development of diagnostic reagents
    Certification and application of medical materials overseas
     
  • Li-Cherng WANG
    Patent Agent/ CAP Patent Agent Qualification
    Dr. Wang currently works as assistant manager (technology) for the Giant Group, drafting patent specifications, drafting responses to office actions, filing invalidation applications, conducting patent search and analyzing infringements in specialties, such as biotechnology (molecular biology, cellular biology, biochemistry, biology and microbiology), chemistry (organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry), bioinformatics, medical equipment, and agriculture. Dr. Wang deliver customized patent-related lectures to Taipei Public Policy Association, Atomic Energy Council, Center of Innovative Incubator of National Tsing Hua University, National Federation of CPA Associations, and enterprises, such as Thermaltake Group, and Jinglay Corporation. 

    Education
    Ph.D. Degree in Horticulture, National Taiwan University
    M.S. Horticulture, National Taiwan University
    B.S. Department of Horticulture, National Taiwan University
    B.S. Department of Law, National Taiwan University

    Experiences
    Assistant manager (technology), Giant Group
    Patent engineer, Giant Group
    Assistant patent examiner in commutation for military service, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office
     
    Speicialization
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, aquaculture, chemical engineering, biotechnology, cellular biology, microbiology, immunology, and plant physiology.
  • Newman CHANG
    General Manager

    Mr. Chang is the General Manager in Giant Group. He is experienced in all aspects of domestic and international patent and trademark cases, patent filing, patent licensing, patent search, patent maintenance, patent invalidation, trademark filing, trademark registration, trademark maintenance, trademark use, trademark opposition and cancellation/invalidation proceedings, trademark litigation, and assisting clients in dealing with copyright registration. 

    Education
    LLB  National Taipei University, 
    Department of Public Administration and Policy

    Experiences
    Operational Manager, Giant Group International Patent, Trademark & Law Office
    Account Officer, Giant Group International Patent, Trademark & Law Office
    Mr. Chang has over 20- years of experience in the IP industry since 1994.

    Practice Areas
    Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Trade Secret, and Law Consultancy.

  • Don DON
    Senior IP Consultant
    Mr. Don is mainly in charge of Domestic clients in Giant Group. He has many years of experience of counseling services related to litigations of civil action, business disputes, criminal cases, arbitration and administrative cases. He is also experienced in all aspects of domestic and international Intellectual property cases; patent and trademark filings; counseling of litigation procedures; protection counseling related to patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, trade secret, computer software and internet; planning, registration, management counseling of intellectual property; counseling of patent filing procedures, responding to the office action, patent drafting and specification amendment; registration assessment of international and domestic trademarks; Counseling of trademark registration, renewal, maintenance, dispute, monitoring, search; Counseling of international patent search, investigation and monitoring.   

    Education
    China University of Science and Technology

    Speicialization
    Domestic and international patent and trademark filing and maintenance, counseling of trademark dispute and infringement, domestic and international copyright registration, and patent analysis
  • Tom HSIEH
    IP Consultant
    • Worldwide IP connections management
  • Peggy LIN
    Accountant
    Ms. Lin has been holding the position of director of the Giant Group’s Department of Accounting since the Giant Group’s establishment. She provides clients with services, including comprehensive auditing and accounting, corporate finance consultation and support, corporate registrations, taxation, transfer pricing & internal control planning, and patent-related corporate registrations.

    Education
    Executive Master of Business Administration in accounting, Tamkang University
    Bachelor's Degree, National Taipei University of Business

    Experience
    Accountant, Taipei Medical University Hospital
    Accountant, RISECOM Corp.
    Accountant, Hua Da CPA Firm
    Professional education committee member (since 2009), Taiwan CPA Association

    Practice Areas
    Financial statement compliance audit, tax statement compliance audit, counseling and consultation on corporate internal control system, consultation on personal rental, tax and financial competency, registration of setting up, changing data of registration of, dissolving, increasing/decreasing nominal capital of companies and profiting-seeking enterprises, and intellectual property rights.
  • Nancy KU
    Senior IP Management
    Nancy worked as a trademark administrator for a patent and trademark law firm in Taiwan, handling domestic and foreign trademark registration and acting as a contact person for overseas trademark attorneys; meanwhile, Nancy was familiar with trademark registration practice and examination rules in major countries. 
    After that, Nancy worked for more than 10 years as TIPS project manager, lecturer on management systems, and authentication committee member for the Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA, handling system formulation, rule enaction, projection planning, promotion and coordination, counseling, consultation, paying visits, and authentication for more than 100 company-times.

    Education
    MBA, Texas A&M University-Commerce
    B.S, Department of Law, Chinese Culture University

    Expericence
    Division head, Creative IP Center, Science & Technology Law Institute, Institute for Information Industry
    Legal researcher, Science & Technology Law Center, Institute for Information Industry
    Intellectual property administrator, Asus Tek Computer Inc.
    Trademark administrator, Louis International Patent Office
    Project coordinator & Lecturer on management systems, authentication committee member, TIPS, Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA
    Qualified for ISO 9001 leading auditor

    Speicialization
    Corporate intellectual property administration system construction, trade secret administration system construction, trademark registration process and examination rules
  • Antonio LIN
    Japanese Section Chief
    Mr. Lin is currently in charge of the Japanese Group in the Engineering Department of the Company, who is mainly responsible for processing relevant intellectual property cases in Japanese. Since 1999, he has worked in the patent field for more than 20 years, involving specification writing in Japanese, refusal defense, patent search, patent validity opinion analysis, patent infringement identification, patent-related impeachment procedures, patent infringement litigation, etc. Mr. Lin once worked for both Chinese and Japanese patent law firms.
     
    Degree
    Master of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Tatung University
     
    Work Experience
    Tai E International Patent & Law Office
    Yamaguchi & Associates, Patent Engineer
    Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
     
    Specialization
    Chemical engineering, material, semiconductor process, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, precision machinery, technology related to solar energy, battery, computer software, household products, and coatings.
  • Shang Lin LU
    Patent Attorney/ CAP Patent Agent Qualification
    Mr. Lu works at the Technical Engineer Department in Giant Group. He is specialized in patent prosecution (drafting patent specification, argumentation of the response to official action as well as analysis and suggestion of official action), translation of patent specification and official action, patent search, patent invalidation, and infringement assessment. He is a professional consultant of Patent for our clients.

    Education
    B.S.  National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of
    Chemical Engineering
    M.S.  National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of
    Chemical Engineering
     
    Experiences
    Patent attorney
    Former assistant patent examiner of Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO)
     
    Speicialization
    Patent prosecution, Infringement Assessment, Japanness Translation of Patent specification.
     
  • Nancy KU
    IP Administrator
    • Over 15 years  experience of in-house IP Administrator and IP management consultant. 
    • The Examiner and the Project Manager of TIPS (Taiwan Intellectual Property Management Systems) 
    • Certificate of lead auditor for ISO 9001: 2008
  • Eric YANG
    Senior Attorney
    Eric entered law school for patent law studying with 15-year experience in mechanical engineering, and became a lawyer specialized in patent disputes in 2007.  With both technical and legal professions, Eric is especially capable of bridging technical and legal minds.  Besides handling patent disputes in front of the Taiwan IP Court and the Taiwan IP Office, Eric also helps clients with patent disputes involving foreign patents, as well as licensing negotiations, etc.  Once Eric helped his client to fight a deeper-pocket-by-far opponent in cross-border disputes involving Taiwan, China and US patents.  Eric especially succeeded in challenging patentability in the USPTO, the TIPO and the SIPO, which enabled a very favorable global settlement for the client.

    Education
    L.L.M., Intellectual Property Laws, Shi Hsin University (Taiwan)
    B.S.M.E., National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)

    Experiences
    Attorney at Law, Unita Legal Office
    General Counsel, Lotes Co., Ltd.,
    Patent Engineer/ Attorney at law, Union Patent Service Center
    Chief Engineer, Hiwin Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Engineering Manager, Yue-Tien Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Engineer, Kuo-Zui Motor Co. Ltd.

    Specialization
    Patent Law, Intellectual Laws
     
  • Yen-Gu LIU
    Senior Counsel
    Mr. Liu worked previously as a high-ranking company officer at a skin care corporation, medical equipment corporation and startup, taking charge of marketing, research and back-end management. He is experienced in establishing any startup devoted to new drugs, carrying out technical assessments, dealing with patent transfer, conducting internal experiments, reproducibility testing, and pre-clinical animal experiments, and formulating schemes of collaboration and contact with back-end manufacturers. He is also good at conducting R&D on healthy foods, analyzing literature of food benefits, analyzing applicable indications, designing experiments, designing benefit test indicators, and giving comprehensive, integrated advice on pilot production and the like.

    Education
    PhD, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Bioengineering
    National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    BSc, Department of Biological Science and Technology
    National Chiao Tung University,Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Experience
    Pritbio Technology, Executive Vice President
    National Chiao Tung University, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Bioengineering, Adjunct Assistant Professor
    National Chiao Tung University, Alumni Association of Institute of Molecular Medicine And Bioengineering, Council Member

    Specialization
    Antibody Drugs, Medical Devices, Project and Intellectual Property Management, Project Analysis and Decision-Making, Cancer Vaccines, Healthy Foods, Technical and Intangible Asset Evaluation, Startup Management.

     
  • Michael YU
    Patent Attorney/IP Consultants
    Mr. Yu played a leading role in several Research projects of National Science Council and Council of Agriculture. He got the certifications of IP practitioner by TIPA and passed the examination of Patent Attorney in Taiwan after he joined the field of IP only 6 months. 
     
    Education
    PhD Candidate,  National Taiwan University, 
    Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology 
    Continuing education credit course at College of Law, National Taiwan University
    Vocational program of Biomedicine patent expertise by Taiwan Salt and Light Biotech Institute  

    Experience
    IP Counselor,   Giant Group of International Patent, Trademark & Law Office

    Speicialization
    Patent filing, maintenance, technical analysis, mapping and dispute management; Trademark filing, registration, invalidation and dispute management; Counseling for Copyright, Trade-secret, and Unfair competition
  • Shang Lin LU
    Patent Attorney/CAP Patent Agent Qualification
    Mr. Lu works at the Technical Engineer Department in Giant Group. He is specialized in patent prosecution (drafting patent specification, argumentation of the response to official action as well as analysis and suggestion of official action), translation of patent specification and official action, patent search, patent invalidation, and infringement assessment. He is a professional consultant of Patent for our clients.

    Education
    B.S.  National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of
    Chemical Engineering
    M.S.  National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of
    Chemical Engineering
     
    Experiences
    Patent attorney
    Former assistant patent examiner of Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO)
     
    Speicialization
    Patent prosecution, Infringement Assessment, Japanness Translation of Patent specification.
  • Yen-Chia CHEN
    Senior Counsel
    Chen assists a wide variety of Taiwan-based and foreign clients of all manner and sizes in complex business transactions and cross-border disputes involving outbound and inbound investment, corporate and business law, intellectual property and emerging technology, procurement and supply chain, franchise and distribution, mergers and acquisitions, and other general corporate, commercial, transactional, and contractual matters. Chen has a considerable in-house experience in the financial sector, where he dealt with a diverse array of financial and banking legal issues and regularly worked with foreign attorneys around the world to protect the bank’s interest and support the bank’s business across the globe.  Chen’s rich background of in-house experience gives him a unique strength of providing local presence with an international perspective to clients.  With his prior in-house experience, Chen strives to successfully and strategically complete clients’ transactions in dynamic global markets to their interest and satisfaction.

    Education
    Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.), Indiana University McKinney School of Law
    LL.M., Duke University School of Law
    LL.M., Indiana University Maurer School of Law
    LL.M., National Dong Hwa University Institute of Financial and Economic Law
    LL.B., National Chengchi University College of Law

    Experiences
    Legal Researcher, Science & Technology Law Institute, Institute for Information Industry
    Manager, Legal & Compliance Division, Bank SinoPac

    Practice Areas
    cross-border transactions, outbound and inbound investment, corporate and transactional, banking and finance, intellectual property, supply chain and procurement, franchise and distribution, mergers and acquisitions
  • James DU
    Patent Attorney
    Mr. Du works with the Giant Group’s Department of Engineering, providing clients with professional advice and services, such as patent analysis, patent law consultation, and infringement analysis, prior art search, drafting responses to office actions, drafting local and overseas patent specifications. Mr. Du is specialized in patent cases pertaining to biological sciences and technologies, such as molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology, medical technologies, and pharmacological technologies.
     
    Education
    M.Sc., Department of Life Sciences, National Central University
    B.Sc., Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biopharmaceuticals, National Chiayi University

    Experience
    Patent attorney, Kuo, Chen & Partners

    Speicialization
    Analysis, patent specification drafting, response drafting, prior art search & analysis, and patent law consultation, regarding biological sciences and technologies, such as molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology, medical technologies, and pharmacological technologies.
     
     
  • Eric LIN
    IP Consultant
    Mr. Lin works with the Giant Group’s Department of Intellectual Property. A former engineer and sales engineer, he is able to provide intellectual property services and legal services from clients’ perspective, including providing comprehensive intellectual property law consultation on legal and intellectual property issues, from product planning, R&D, production and sales. Furthermore, he collaborates with our lawyers, accountants and patent engineers on our missions to serve our clients. 

    Education
    Master's Degree, Graduate Institute of Sport Coaching Science, Chinese Culture University
    Bachelor's Degree, Department of Mass Communication, Chinese Culture University
    Intellectual Property Professional Proficiency Certificate, awarded by 
    Taiwan Intellectual Property Training Academy (TIPA)

    Experience
    IP consultant, Giant Group
    Sales engineer specialized in printed circuit board marketing
    Mechanical engineer specialized in automobile designing 

    Specialization
    Intellectual property right portfolio deployment planning, patent strategy formulation, right protection services & administrative remedies pertaining to trademarks, and resolution of disputes over patents, trademarks, copyrights, fair trade, and trade secrets.
  • James DU
    Patent Attorney
    Mr. Du works with the Giant Group’s Department of Engineering, providing clients with professional advice and services, such as patent analysis, patent law consultation, and infringement analysis, prior art search, drafting responses to office actions, drafting local and overseas patent specifications. Mr. Du is specialized in patent cases pertaining to biological sciences and technologies, such as molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology, medical technologies, and pharmacological technologies.
     
    Education
    M.Sc., Department of Life Sciences, National Central University
    B.Sc., Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biopharmaceuticals, National Chiayi University

    Experience
    Patent attorney, Kuo, Chen & Partners

    Speicialization
    Analysis, patent specification drafting, response drafting, prior art search & analysis, and patent law consultation, regarding biological sciences and technologies, such as molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology, medical technologies, and pharmacological technologies.
  • PIAO Xin
    Japan Office Lawyer
    Education
    Ph.D. student of Waseda University
    M.L. of Waseda University

    Experience
    Bar examination qualified (P.R.C.)
    ITJ law firm (Japan)
    Kuroda law firm (Japan)
    Director of Neptune Inc. (Japan)
    Member of Japan maritime law academic association
    Associated member of Japan average adjuster association
    Member of association of China bar in Japan

    Publications
    Translation of “Japan Maritime Law”, published by China Law
  • Jam CHANG
    Patent Attorney/Senior Patent Engineer
    Mr. Chang currently works in the Engineering Department of the Company, who is mainly responsible to assist customers in Taiwan and abroad in writing patent specifications.
    Patent search, and patent refusal defense.
     
    Degree
    Master of Mechanical Engineering, NCHU
     
    Experience
    Asia Liuh intellectual property office, Patent Attorney
    Titan International Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Engineer
     
    Specialization
    Mechanical engineering, automatic control, optics, and electromechanical integration.
  • Alan WANG
    Patent Attorney/IP Consultants
    Mr. Wang has background in fields of science & engineering, medicine, law and accounting, and is proficient in both English and Japanese. He is an intellectual property right consultant dedicated to providing comprehensive advice on the layout of intellectual property for start-ups. He mainly engages in fields such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, supplemented by music and other cultural and creative fields. Being adapt at drawing on experience and knowledge from various fields, he can provide customers with multi-field integrated resources and unique strategic advice.
     
    Degree
    Master of Technology Innovation & Intellectual Property Management, National Chengchi University
    Master of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Bachelor of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology
     
    Specialization
    Patent Right/Trademark Right/Copyright/Evaluation Of Intangible Assets/Medical Devices/Pharmaceuticals/Cosmetics/Case Processing In English And Japanese
  • Jam CHANG
    Patent Attorney/Senior Patent Engineer
    Mr. Chang currently works in the Engineering Department of the Company, who is mainly responsible to assist customers in Taiwan and abroad in writing patent specifications.
    Patent search, and patent refusal defense.
     
    Degree
    Master of Mechanical Engineering, NCHU
     
    Experience
    Asia Liuh intellectual property office, Patent Attorney
    Titan International Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Engineer
     
    Specialization
    Mechanical engineering, automatic control, optics, and electromechanical integration.
  • Hsing-Chou LEE
    Patent Attorney / Senior Patent Engineer
    Education
    B.S. degree, National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Life Science
    M.S. degree, National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Chemistry
    Credit Courses (12-credits), National Chiao Tung University, Institute of Technology Law
    Credit Courses of Law (24-credits), National Taiwan University, School of Professional Education and Continuing Studies

    Experiences
    Research Assistant of National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Chemistry

    Speicialization
    Patent prosecution, Infringement Assessment, English Translation of Patent specification.
  • Hsing-Chou LEE
    Patent Attorney/Senior Patent Engineer
    Education
    B.S. degree, National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Life Science
    M.S. degree, National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Chemistry
    Credit Courses (12-credits), National Chiao Tung University, Institute of Technology Law
    Credit Courses of Law (24-credits), National Taiwan University, School of Professional Education and Continuing Studies

    Experiences
    Research Assistant of National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Chemistry

    Speicialization
    Patent prosecution, Infringement Assessment, English Translation of Patent specification.
  • Michael YU
    Patent Attorney/ CAP Patent Agent Qualification
    Mr. Yu played a leading role in several Research projects of National Science Council and Council of Agriculture. He got the certifications of IP practitioner by TIPA and passed the examination of Patent Attorney in Taiwan after he joined the field of IP only 6 months. 
     
    Education
    PhD Candidate,  National Taiwan University, 
    Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology 
    Continuing education credit course at College of Law, National Taiwan University
    Vocational program of Biomedicine patent expertise by Taiwan Salt and Light Biotech Institute  

    Experience
    IP Counselor,   Giant Group of International Patent, Trademark & Law Office

    Speicialization
    Patent filing, maintenance, technical analysis, mapping and dispute management; Trademark filing, registration, invalidation and dispute management; Counseling for Copyright, Trade-secret, and Unfair competition
  • Jun Ting YE
    Patent Attorney/Patent Engineer
    Mr. Ye works as a patent engineer for us. He focuses his work on drafting patent specifications in mechanical engineering and automated control, drafting responses to office actions, conducting patent search, performing infringement analysis, and translating patent-related documents from English and Japanese into Chinese.

    Education
    M.Sc., control division, mechanical engineering research institute, National Taiwan University
    B.Sc., department of mechanical engineering, National Taiwan University

    Experience
    Patent engineer, North America Intellectual Property Corporation
    Patent engineer, Jiang Chyun Intellectual Property Group

    Specialization
    Mechanical engineering, automated control, mechanism design, mechano-electrical integration, 3D printing, and medical equipment design.
  • Alan WANG
    Patent Attorney/Intangible Assets Valuator
    Mr. Wang has background in fields of science & engineering, medicine, law and accounting, and is proficient in both English and Japanese. He is an intellectual property right consultant dedicated to providing comprehensive advice on the layout of intellectual property for start-ups. He mainly engages in fields such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, supplemented by music and other cultural and creative fields. Being adapt at drawing on experience and knowledge from various fields, he can provide customers with multi-field integrated resources and unique strategic advice.
     
    Degree
    Master of Technology Innovation & Intellectual Property Management, National Chengchi University
    Master of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Bachelor of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology
     
    Specialization
    Patent Right/Trademark Right/Copyright/Evaluation Of Intangible Assets/Medical Devices/Pharmaceuticals/Cosmetics/Case Processing In English And Japanese
  • Amanda KUO
    IP Consultant/Manager
    Amanda joined Giant Group since 2008. She has many years of experience for providing services relating to filing, prosecution, maintenances, use, opposition, invalidation, revocation, appeal, administrative lawsuit actions of trademark; filing, prosecution, maintenances, opposition and search of patent; and domain name registration. She also assists foreign clients in trademark and copyright lawsuits, negotiation of trademark coexistence and providing patent lectures about filing and protection for client's domestic company.  

    Education
    Fu Jen Catholic University, B.S. in Law
    University of Detroit Mercy, M.S. in Computer & Information Systems

    Experiences
    JAW-HWA INTERNATIONAL PATENT & TRADEMARK & LAW OFFICES
    Member of International Trademark Association 
    Attendee of Asian Patent Attorneys Association

    Speicialization
    Patent and Trademark filing, prosecution and maintenance, Dispute and administrative suit of Trademark, Copyright registration, Domain name registration
     
  • Jun Ting YE
    Patent Attorney/Patent Engineer
    Mr. Ye works as a patent engineer for us. He focuses his work on drafting patent specifications in mechanical engineering and automated control, drafting responses to office actions, conducting patent search, performing infringement analysis, and translating patent-related documents from English and Japanese into Chinese.

    Education
    M.Sc., control division, mechanical engineering research institute, National Taiwan University
    B.Sc., department of mechanical engineering, National Taiwan University

    Experience
    Patent engineer, North America Intellectual Property Corporation
    Patent engineer, Jiang Chyun Intellectual Property Group

    Specialization
    Mechanical engineering, automated control, mechanism design, mechano-electrical integration, 3D printing, and medical equipment design.
  • Jenny LU
    IP Consultant
    Jenny has 20 years' experience in providing services relating to filing, search, prosecution, maintenances, use, opposition, invalidation, revocation, appeal, administrative lawsuit actions of trademark; filing, prosecution, maintenances, opposition and search of patent.

    Education
    National Chung Hsing University

    Experiences
    Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law
    Jaw-Hwa International Patent & Trademark & Law Offices

    Speicialization
    Patent and trademark filing, prosecution, maintenance and disputes
  • Johnny TSENG
    Senior Patent Engineer
    Mr. Chang Wei has been a patent engineer for 18 years.

    Education
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Fu-Hsin Arts and Trade School
     
    Specialization
    Mechanics, thermodynamics, heat conduction, heat convection, heat radiation, hydrodynamics, fluid mechanics, refrigeration and air-conditioning mechanics, mechanism design.
  • Amy TSAI
    IP Consultant
    Amy has well experience in providing services relating to filing, search, prosecution, maintenances, use, opposition, invalidation, revocation, appeal, administrative lawsuit actions of trademark; filing, prosecution, maintenances, opposition and search of patent.

    Education
    Tamkang University Department of German

    Experience
    Doctor International Patent & Trademark Offices

    Speicialization
    Patent and trademark filing, prosecution and maintenance; dispute of trademark
  • Samantha LI
    Senior Patent Engineer
    Pei Hsun Li works in the Engineering Department of the Company for assisting in the processing of patent applications for domestic and foreign clients, mainly responsible for the compilation of patent specifications, answering vetting opinions, patent retrieval and handling patent-related reexamination procedures in the fields of electronic circuits and communications.
     
    Degree
    Master’s degree in Communications Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University
     
    Work Experience
    North America Intellectual Property Corp. Patent Engineer
    Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices Patent Engineer
     
    Specialization
    Electronic circuit engineering, communication systems, signal processing, financial technology and photoelectricity related technology
  • Kendrick CHUNG
    Senior Patent Engineer
    Mr. Chung has wealth experience in handling domestic and international patent cases, such as patent prosecution, drafting response to official action, analysis of validity of Patent, patent search and English translation of patent specification, particularly in the fields of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

    Education
    B.S. National Taiwan University, 
    Department of Electrical Engineering

    Experience
    Lewis & Davis Patent Attorneys Office
    Sundial Intellectual Property Law Firm
    Taiwan International Standard Electronic
    Compal Electronics, INC.

    Speicialization
    Patent prosecution, drafting response to official action and English translation of patent specification in the fields of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.
  • Elsa Jian
    Senior Patent Engineer

    Elsa Jian works in the Mechanical Division of the Engineering Department of the Company for assisting in the processing of domestic and foreign patent-related matters for clients such as patent search, patent applications, patent defense, patent invalidation, patent infringement analysis and patent validity analysis.
     
    Degree
    Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, National Central University
    Bachelor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University
     
    Work Experience
    Five Continents International Patent and Trademark Office Patent Department Manager
    Well-chief International Patent and Trademark Office Patent Engineer
     
    Specialization
    Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
    Patent search, patent application, patent defense, patent invalidation, patent infringement analysis, patent validity analysis

  • Watson CHAN
    Patent Engineer
    Watson works in the Engineering Department of the Company for assisting in the processing of patent applications for domestic and foreign clients, mainly responsible for the compilation of patent specifications, analyzing and responding to office actions, patent search and handling patent-related procedures in the field of computer software.
     
    Degree
    Master’s degree in Graduate Institute of Patent, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Bachelor, School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
     
    Work Experience
    JOU AND JOU PATENT OFFICES Patent Engineer and Sales Representative
     
    Specialization
    Electronic circuits, power electronics, detection equipment, multimedia devices, IoT, computer software, AI, computer network, patentability search and analysis, patent data quantification and industry analysis
     
  • Tom HSIEH
    CAP Patent Agent Qualification / Consultant
    Attendees of APAA and MARQUES international conferences. Domestic and international patent application and maintenance, Use of patent right and related dispute settlement, Drafting and planning the protection strategies for domestic and international trademark, legal analysis about trademark opposition, cancellation and revocation, negotiation and dealing with trademark infringement.

    Education
    B.S., National Taiwan University, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
    Continuing education credit course at College of Law, National Taiwan University
    Continuing education credit course of bargaining games and Mechanism design, National Taiwan University
    Seminar of how to produce High-quality Patents

    Speicialization
    patent application and maintenance, Use of patent right and related dispute settlement, Drafting and planning the protection strategies for trademark, legal analysis about trademark opposition, cancellation and revocation, negotiation and dealing with trademark infringement
  • Peggy LIN
    Accountant/ Patent Attorney
    Ms. Lin has been holding the position of director of the Giant Group’s Department of Accounting since the Giant Group’s establishment. She provides clients with services, including comprehensive auditing and accounting, corporate finance consultation and support, corporate registrations, taxation, transfer pricing & internal control planning, and patent-related corporate registrations.

    Education
    Executive Master of Business Administration in accounting, Tamkang University
    Bachelor's Degree, National Taipei University of Business

    Experience
    Accountant, Taipei Medical University Hospital
    Accountant, RISECOM Corp.
    Accountant, Hua Da CPA Firm
    Professional education committee member (since 2009), Taiwan CPA Association

    Speicialization
    Financial statement compliance audit, tax statement compliance audit, counseling and consultation on corporate internal control system, consultation on personal rental, tax and financial competency, registration of setting up, changing data of registration of, dissolving, increasing/decreasing nominal capital of companies and profiting-seeking enterprises, and intellectual property rights.