Tai E International Patent & Law Office

Managing Partner

Certificate Mediator, registered 2013 Patent Attorney, admitted 2008 Trademark Agent, registered 2005 Arbitrator, qualified 2003 Professional Engineer in Industrial Sanitation, qualified 1998 Patent Agent, admitted 1998

Honors and Recognitions -Asia IP Experts (2013~2018) -“50 Patent Lawyers You Should Know” Asia IP, Vol. 6 Issue 3, March 2014 -AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers-A Guide to Asia-Pacific’s leading Lawyers (2007~2018), “Leading Lawyer” 2007~2017 and “Market-leading Lawyer” in 2018 -“Ranked Lawyers-Band 1” in Taiwan, Intellectual Property: Patent & Trade Mark Agents Asia-Pacific, Chambers Global 2018 & 2019 -a leading practitioner in Taiwan, China Law & Practice Annual Review (2014) -IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (2013~2018), Intellectual Asset Management -IP Luminaries 2007/8, August 2007 -Guide to the Leading Patent Law Practitioners, 7th(2007)~12th(2017) editions, Managing Intellectual Property -IP Stars Handbook_Patent (2014~2018), Managing Intellectual Property -IP Stars Handbook_Trade Mark & Copyright (2014~2018), Managing Intellectual Property -Intellectual property-Leading individual in Taiwan, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 -Who’s Who Legal: Patents 2014~2017. -WIPR Leaders: Patents 2017 & 2018 -WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals (2015~2019), World trademark Review -Honorary Schoolmate, National Chen-Gung University in Taiwan, Dept. Life Science (inducted 2017) -Outstanding Volunteer Award 2017 & 2018, the Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Teaching Position/Competency 2003-2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Shih Shin University, Taiwan Since 2018 Qualified Seed Teacher for Intangible Assets Valuation in Taiwan

Invited Journal Reviewer Since 2010 “Chinese Medicine” (a “BioMed Central” journal)

Public Affairs 2007, 2009, 2011~2014 Judge of the “Taipei Biotech Award,” Taipei City Government 2011 Counselor, government-funded program “Research Project on Issues Related to the Patent Attorney Act” 2010 Examining Committee, “Intellectual Property Practitioners Certification,” Taiwan Intellectual Property Training Academy 2010 Consultant, “2010 Biotech Industry Upgrade Program,” Taipei City Government Since 2009 pro bono consultant services on IP information at the Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs 2004 pro bono consultant at the Administrative Appeals Commission, Taipei City Government 2003 General Counselor, government-funded “Research Project on Biotech-related Invention Patents” 2002 Panel Expert, government-funded “Research Project on the Patent Examination Guidelines for Chinese Traditional Medicine-related Inventions” 2001-2002 Panel Expert, government-funded “Research Project on the Patent Examination Guidelines for Living Organism-related Inventions

English, Chinese

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI) Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) Councillor, 55th & 56th (current); Taiwan Group Councillor, 11th~16th (current) Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA); CAA Mediation Center (since 2013) European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) Fédération Internationale de Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI) International Bar Association (IBA) International Trademark Association (INTA), representative Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), representative Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), LES Chinese Taipei Association of European Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES) Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG) ROC (Taiwan) Patent Attorneys Association Councillor, 2nd & 4th (current); Founder & Preparatory Committee Member (2009)

LL.B., National Taiwan University, Taiwan M. Sc. (Microbiology & Immunology), National Taiwan University, Taiwan B. Sc. (Biology), National Chen-Gung University, Taiwan