Clarice Chen

Ms. Clarice Chen has been engaged in patent and trademark practices since she worked for the largest law firm in Taiwan in 1990, and launched her own carrier and established a patent and trademark firm, now Sigma IPR in 2005. It should be noted that the firm was renamed to Sigma IPR as recently as 2021. The new name reflects the target of the firm to reach a synergistic summation of clients’ IP rights through the professional services provided by Sigma IPR. Ms. Chen is a member of APAA (the Asian Patent Attorneys Association), TWPAA (the Taiwan Patent Attorney Association), AIPPI and the Taiwan Trademark Association. She has lectured for local and national organizations in Taiwan on various IP topics, the details of which can be accessed at www.sigmaipr.com.

Owing to the combined experience prior to establishing the firm, Ms Clarice Chen excels in patent and trademark prosecution and the offence and defense of patent and trademark rights, as well as the litigation surrounding said rights. Under the leadership of Ms. Chen, the team members of Sigma IPR specialize in not only patent and trademark prosecution but also contentious. For instance, in a recent case, one client of the firm was accused as infringing two patents of a company. Sigma IPR prevailed in not only the validity issues – successfully invalidating the two patents – but also in the infringement issue, because the success in validity issues forced the company to withdrew the litigation case.

There are only a handful of IP firms equipped with a full-fledged chemical/biochemical team, among which the team at Sigma IPR has been highlighted as the most responsive, detail-orientated and disciplined. The core technical fields covered by the team at Sigma IPR include, but not limited to chemistry, chemical engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, electrical engineering, information engineering, polymer, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, agricultural, life sciences and biotechnology. Since Sigma IPR’s staff members come from different technical backgrounds, the firm is ideally placed to provide customized advisory services and can draw upon first-hand research spanning an array of areas. This widespread experience and know-how is also highly relevant when rendering service for interdisciplinary cases.

“Sigma IPR continues to provide services for local and foreign clients operating in various technical fields. Innovations did not simply cease as a result of the global pandemic, and so our office is open and running normally – and is fully equipped for our staff and professionals to provide their services remotely, wherever necessary,” said Ms. Clarice Chen.