Russell Horng
Founder of RichIP Group and President of Rich IP & Co.
✧ Top Patent Expert, Practically in Matters of Patent Infringement
✧ Act as Examiner for Reviewing Qualification of Judges of Taiwan IP Court.
✧ Patent Lecturer/Consultant/Inspector for Academic, Industrial, Research and Governmental Institutions
Present Post
Founder of RichIP Group and President of Rich IP & Co.
Professional Positions
➤ Chairman in undertaking the National Project of Improving the Quality of Patent Filing and Examination (Invited by Taiwan government in 2004)
➤ Examiner of “Taiwan Judicial Yuan” for reviewing the qualification of all judges of Taiwan IP Court (2006～)
➤ Editor for Taiwan area of “Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and Trademarks throughout the World” (“The Brown Book”) (2005～)
➤ Committeeman of the Directorial Committee of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) for Improving the Quality of Patent Examination (2005 – 2007)
➤ Counselor of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) for Improving Taiwan Patent Database (2006～2008);
➤ Counselor of the National Taiwan Intellectual Property Training Academy (TIPA) (2005～)
➤ Educator Invited by TIPA for delivering courses “Theories of Patent Infringement Assessment“ and “Infringement Assessment Report Regarding Invention/Utility Model Patents and Case Analysis“ to the instructors and advisors of TIPA (2005～)
➤ Associate Professor for National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) delivering “Technology Law” (2007～)
➤ Assistant Professor for Graduate Institute of Technology Law of National Chiao-Tung University (NCTU) delivering “Patent Practice” and “Advanced Patent Practice” (2000～)
➤ Associate Professor for Taiwan Economic Development & Research Academy (TEDR) delivering “Patent Prosecution” and “Guidelines for Patent Infringement Assessment (PIA)” (1999～)
➤ Examiner & Editor for Journal of Taiwan Technology & Law (2003～)
Education
➤ National Taipei University of Technology (1979, Mechanical Engineering)
➤ Franklin Pierce Law Center, IPSI & ALI (1995, Research in Intellectual Property)
Experiences
➤ Chairman & Examiner for the Examination Committee of IPR Monthly Journal of Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (2003)
➤ Editor of Asian IP for Taiwan IPR Law & Practice (2003)
➤ Researcher for the Economic Law Research Center of Taiwan Economic Development & Research Academy (2000)
➤ Counselor of Lee & Li Attorneys-at-Law (January 2001～January 2005)
➤ Chairman for “IPR Research & Training” for Patent, Trademark and Litigation Departments of Lee & Li Attorneys-at-Law (2001～2004)
➤ Patent Specialist of Lee & Li Attorneys-at-Law (August 1987～December 1999)
➤ International Who’s Who of Professionals－Honored Member for the Year 2000
Lecturer
➤ “Practice & Guidelines for Patent Infringement Assessment (PIA),” Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) (1995～)
➤ “Practice of Amendments to Patent Specification and Claims” Board of Appeal for the MOEA (2001～)
➤ “Practice & Guidelines for PIA,” Board of Appeal for the MOEA (2001～)
➤ “Practice & Guidelines for PIA,” National Bureau of Standards (NBS; Taiwan Patent & Trademark Office before 1999) (1996～)
➤ “Practice & Guidelines for PIA,” Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) (1999～)
➤ “Examination and Rules for Patent Invalidations,” Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) (1999～)
➤ “Enforcement Mechanism for the Assessment of Infringement,” APEC「2001 Symposium on Intellectual Property Rights in the New Economy」－The Only Representative for Speech Assigned by the Government of Chinese Taipei (July 2001)
➤ “Academic Researches & Patent Protection,” the National Science Council of Executive Yuan (Taiwan Cabinet) (2001～)
➤ “Rules for PIA,” Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) (1993～)
➤ “Patent Practice & Patentable Requirements, ” ITRI (1996～)
➤ “Patent Law & Practice” & “Claim Interpretation,” Legal Center for Enterprise & Entrepreneurship of NCTU (1998～)
➤ “Patent Specification & Claims,” ROC Chinese Invention Association (1993～)
➤ “Rules & Practice for PIA,” Taiwan Electronics Testing Center (2000～)
➤ “Rules & Practice for PIA,” Institute for Information Industry (1999～)
➤ “Rules & Practice for PIA,” Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Association (1999～)
➤ “Rules & Practice for PIA,” Taiwan Lawyer Association (1998～)
➤ “Practice & Guidelines for PIA,” Telecommunication Laboratories (2001～)
➤ “Patent Practice & PIA,” National Taiwan University (2001～)
➤ “Patent Law & Practice,” National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (2001～)
➤ “Administrative Remedy System for IPR,” Soochow University (2003～)
➤ “Patent Law & Practice” & “Practice & Guidelines for PIA,” Feng Chia University (2003～)
➤ “Patent Law & Practice,” The Asia Foundation in Taiwan (1999～)
➤ “Patent Prosecution” & “Guidelines for PIA,” Taiwan Economic Development & Research Academy (TEDR) (1999～)
➤ “Claim Interpretation,” Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology (1994～)
➤ “Practice of Patent Prosecution & Enforcement,” National Cheng-chi University (2001～)
➤ “Patent Strategy and Management,” National Chin-Hua University, Tze-Chiang Foundation of Science and Technology (2005～)
Publications
➤ Textbook entitled “Theories of Patent Infringement Assessment“ for TIPA (2005)
➤ Textbook entitled “Infringement Assessment Report Regarding Invention/Utility Model Patents and Case Analysis“ for TIPA (2005)
➤ More than one hundred (100) IPR articles and materials for Domestic and International IPR seminars & training courses
Specialism
➤ Patent Infringement Analysis, IP Prosecution, Trademark Registration, Portfolio Management, and Transaction