Faculty Profile

• Ph.D. of Law, Ludwig Maximilian University (Munich) Germany, 1991
• LL.M., National Taiwan University, 1985
• LL.B., National Taiwan University, 1983 

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2022-Present
• Renmin University of China, Recruitment Program of Global Experts
• Visiting Professor, National Law University Delhi, India
• Adjunct Chair Professor, Shandong University, China

Previous Appointments:

• Professor of Law (Practice), Singapore Management University, Jul 2017-Jun 2022
• Director, Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA), Feb 2017-Mar 2021
• Visiting Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Feb 2017-Jun 2017
• Visiting Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, April 2014 to July 2015
• Inaugural Director, Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA), May 2015- July 2015
• External director, Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA), August 2015-January 2017
• Fulbright Scholar at Stanford, January to June 2011
• Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Singapore, January 2004 to July 2004
• Research Fellow, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
• Co-appointed Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• Co-appointed Professor, National Chenchi University, Taiwan

Honours and Awards

• Lee Kong Chian Professorship of Law, 2017-Jun 2021
• Lee Kong Chian Professorship of Law, 2014-2015
• Fulbright Scholar, 2011

Courses Taught in SMU

• The Conflict between IP Law and Competition Law and its Reconciliation
• Asian IP Assets and Laws
• Law and Regulation
• Comparative Legal Systems

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Intellectual Property Law
• Competition Law
• Telecommunications Law

Current Projects 

• Deciphering IP Law and its Conflict with Competition Law-Global Norms Against Asian Context 
• Annotated Leading IP Cases in Asia

Selected Publications

• Please refer to attached Curriculum Vitae for publication details.
• Kung-Chung Liu & Uday S. Racherla (eds.), Innovation, Economic Development and IPR in China and India—A Study of Six Economic Sectors (Springer 2019)
• Kung-Chung Liu & Julien Chasse (eds.), The Future of Asian Trade Deals and IP Law (Hart 2019)
• Kung-Chung Liu (ed.), Annotated Leading Trademark Cases in Major Asian Jurisdictions (Routledge 2019)
• Kung-Chung Liu & Reto Hilty (eds.), SEPs, SSOs and FRAND­ Asian and Global Perspectives on Fostering Innovation in Interconnectivity (Routledge 2019)
• Kung-Chung Liu (ed.), Annotated Leading Copyright Cases in Major Asian Jurisdictions (City University of Hong Kong Press 2019)