Dr. Cross Liu
Executive Manager
✧ Ph. D. of Electrical Engineering
✧ Expert at Patent Practice
✧ Patent Instructor/Consultant for Academic, Industrial and Research Institutions
PROFILE
Cross Liu holds a Ph. D. of Electrical Engineering from TAMKANG University (Taiwan), and has been committed to patent professional services for more than 15 years. He also frequently serves as an instructor for IP training programs. He is good at dealing with patent affairs in the fields of Information (software, AI), Communication (network architecture, signal processing) and Electrical Engineering (semiconductor elements, Circuit architecture, Electrical Machinery), including but not limited to:
- patent prosecution
- patent search
- patent portfolio
- patent revocation (invalidation)
- patent infringement analysis
- patentability analysis
PRESENT POST
Executive Manager of RichIP Group (2021~)
EDUCATION
- Ph. D. of Electrical Engineering from TAMKANG University (Taiwan)
- Graduate Certificate Program in Law from Taipei University (Taiwan)
WORK EXPERIENCES
- Executive Manager of RichIP Group (2021~)
- Patent Consultant at RichIP Group (2012~2021)
- Patent Engineer of RichIP Group (2010~2012)
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
- Instructor for ESMT Inc. on “The impact of AI on intellectual property rights” (2025)
- Instructor for ESMT Inc. on “Patent Infringement Litigation: Case Studies” (2024)
- Instructor for ESMT Inc. on “Basic Patent Concepts and Case Studies” (2023)
- Instructor for National Applied Research Laboratories on “Basic Patent Concepts and the Patentability of Business Models” (2022)
- Instructor for Kingston Technology Corporation on “Basic Patent Search Skills” (2018)
- Instructor for Institute for Information Industry on “Software Patent Infringement Analysis and Case Studies” (2018)
- Instructor for Institute for Information Industry on “Patent Application Practice” (2014)
- lecturer for FU JEN Catholic University on “Patent and Intellectual Property Rights” (2014)
- Instructor for SINGTEX CO. on “Patent Application and Patent Litigation” (2013)
CONSULTING EXPERIENCES
- External Consultant for WPG HOLDINGS LIMITED on “Patent Mining and Portfolio” (2023)
- External Consultant for Institute for Information Industry on “Patent Navigation Program” (2012~2013)
IP PUBLICATIONS
- “Liability for Damages and Exemption Conditions for Improper Exercise of Utility-Model Patent Rights,” invited to further publish in NYCU Law Review, Issue 17, 2026 (Article in Chinese)
- “Liability for Damages and Exemption Conditions for Improper Exercise of Utility-Model Patent Rights,” Published in the conference proceeding of the 28th National Conference on Technology Law in 2024 (Article in Chinese)
- “MEANS-PLUS-FUNCTION LANGUAGE: Inconsistency between the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office and jurisdictional courts,” Published in Informed Analysis of Asia IP, Volume 15 Issue 9, Pages 30-33, September, 2023 (Article in English)
- “Preconceptions, Myths or Fallacies about Patents,” published in Contemporary Law Journal, No. 12, December, 2022 (Article in Chinese)
- “Creative AI’s Impacts on Patent Regime,” Contemporary Law Journal, No. 2, February, 2022 (Article in Chinese)