Prof. Kung-Chung LIU

Prof. Kung-Chung LIU – Lee Kong Chian Professor of Law (Practice); Lead, Intellectual Property Initiative, CAIDG School of Law, Singapore Management University

Prof. Kung-Chung Liu studied law at the National Taiwan University where he received the degrees of Bachelor of Law and Master of Law. He later obtained his Doctor of Law degree from the Ludwig Maximilian Universität (University of Munich) Germany. Prof. Liu visited Singapore Management University between April 2014 and June 2015 and found the Applied Research Center for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA). He joined SMU as Lee Kong Chian Professor of Law (Practice) in 2017 after he retired as research fellow from Institutum Iurisprudentiae,  Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Prof. Liu’s academic credential is widely recognized in Asia, as he is also co-appointed full faculty member of the Graduate Institute of Technology, Innovation & Intellectual Property Management, National Chengchi University (2010-), Taiwan, and Renmin University of China ( 2017-).  Prof. Liu has edited and co-edited 14 books with pioneering vision and thought leadership, such as:

• Kung-Chung Liu/Reto Hilty (ed.), Compulsory Licensing─ Practical Experiences and Ways Forward, Max Planck Asian Intellectual Property Law Series (Springer 2015)
• Kung-Chung Liu/Uday S. Racherla (ed.), Innovation and IPR in China and India—Myth, Realities and Opportunities (Springer 2016)
• Kung-Chung Liu/Reto Hilty (ed.), Remuneration of Copyright Owners–Regulatory Challenges of New Business Models (Springer 2017)
• Kung-Chung Liu (ed.), Annotated Leading Patent Cases in Major Asian Jurisdictions (City University of HK Press, 2017)
• Kung-Chung Liu (ed.), Annotated Leading Copyright Cases in Major Asian Jurisdictions (City University of HK Press 2019),
• Kung-Chung Liu, Annotated Leading Trademark Cases in Major Asian Jurisdictions (City University of HK 2019),
• Kung-Chung Liu/Uday Racherla Innovation, Economic Development and IP in India and China— An Analysis of Six Industries (Springer 2019),
• Kung-Chung Liu/Julian Chaisse, The Future of Asian Trade Deals and IP (Hart 2019)
• Kung-Chung Liu/Reto Hilty (ed.), SEPs, SSOs and FRAND­Asian and Global Perspectives on Fostering Innovation in Interconnectivity (Routledge 2019)
• Jyh-An Lee/Reto M. Hilty/Kung-Chung Liu (eds.), Artificial Intelligence & Intellectual Property, Oxford University Press 2021