Joyce Liou was graduated from National Taiwan University, and obtained double bachelor degrees in Zoology and Veterinary Medicine. After two years of practice and two years of doctoral study in veterinary medicine, Joyce focused her study in data analysis and obtained her Master degree in Bioinformatics at University of Manchester, UK. During her career as bioinformatics analyst in a Biotech company, Joyce noticed the importance of patents, and decided to join Lee and Li as a patent engineer in the Chemical Group of the Patent and Technology Department, and passed the Taiwan patent bar exam in 2008 and China patent bar exam in 2011. Joyce has extensive experience in patent prosecution, patent search, patent term extension, patent invalidation actions, administrate remedy procedures and patent infringement suits, especially in pharmaceutical and biotech fields, and won the first patent linkage litigation in Taiwan in 2020.
University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, UK (MSc in Bioinformatics, 2002);
National Taiwan University, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, (Doctoral program incomplete, 1998-2000)
National Taiwan University, Department of Zoology, Taiwan (Bachelor of Science, 1996);
National Taiwan University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Taiwan (Bachelor of Agriculture, 1996);
Patent prosecution and strategy consultation; Patent-related administrative appeal and administrative suit
Bioinformatics Analyst, DigiGenomics Co., Ltd.
Veterinarian, Chung-Sun Animal Hospital
China Patent Attorney qualification (2012)
Taiwan Patent Attorney (2009)
Taiwan Veterinarian Certificate (1996)
Mandarin, English
2023 |
Latest development of the patent term extension—court case law and TIPO's practice | Speaker International Research-Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association(IRPMA), Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law, Lee and Li Foundation |