Clarice T. H. Chen

Rich IP& Co. (RichIP) is a unique firm in the intellectual property field.  It is specialised in patent and trademark matters and has been repeatedly confirmed by various institutes as one of the leading patent/trademark firms in Taiwan.  There are only a handful of IP firms equipped with a full-fledged chemical/biochemical team in Taiwan, among which the team in RichIP has particularly been recognised as the most responsive, detail-orientated and disciplined.

As the managing partner and owner of RichIP, Ms. Carice (Tsui-Hua) Chen has been working in IP field for since 1990, especially patent/trademark matters.  She supervises both the trademark department and the chemical/biotech team in patent department.  She has lectured for local and national organizations in Taiwan on various intellectual property topics.  Ms. Chen received her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in chemical engineer from the National Taiwan University, and master’s degree in law from Shih Hsin University.  She also took the summer courses in Franklin Pierce Law Center, Research in Intellectual Property (IPSI & ALI) in 1999.

RichIP provides local and international clients services including, but not limited to patent prosecution, invalidation, infringement analysis and litigation, as well as trademark registration, opposition, invalidation, cancellation and litigation.  Its notable local clients include HTC, Institute for Information Industry, TCI Co., Ltd., Mediatek and SINPHAR Group.  Notable foreign clients include Bullsone Co., Ltd., Siltronic AG, Wacker Chemie AG, and Samsung Display Co.,Ltd.

The firm’s expertise in trademark was highlighted in a recent case where one of its clients failed to timely register their important marks in Taiwan while such marks were registered by a local company.  RichIP collected and organised all available information for the client and adopted combined strategy to successfully invalidate all the malicious registrations totally.  The client successfully registered all the important marks in Taiwan last year.