Brief biography

Chieh-Li (Jerry) Pai is an S.J.D. candidate at the Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of law, where he also earned his LLM. degree in 2020. Before coming to Maurer, he served in several Taiwanese government agencies, such as Judicial Yuan and Intellectual Property Office. He also practiced law in a Taipei boutique law firm for a short period. His academic interest focuses on the intersection of information technology and intellectual property law, and his S.J.D. dissertation topic addresses the questions about how data science changes the creative process of filmmaking and the influence on determining the reasonable scope of copyright.

Research interests

• Intellectual Property Law

Publications

• "Why companies from British overseas territories are not eligible to claim patent priorities in Taiwan," Taiwan Patent Attorneys Journal, Issue 20, P.18-29 (2015).
• "A Study of Prior User Rights Defense against Patent Infringement–Comparison of Systems in Taiwan, the United States and Japan, Intellectual Property Right Journal" (Tipo), Issue 174, P.52-83 (2013).
• "The Legal Application of Patent Indirect Infringement-Introduction to a Judgment of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in Grimme v. Scott, Intellectual Property Right Journal" (Tipo), Issue 166, P.6-28 (2012).
• "The Publication of Patent Information vs. The Protection of Personal Data, Intellectual Property Right Journal" (Taiwan), Issue 154, P.6-38 (2011).
• "A study of the Patent License Recordation System," Intellectual Property Right Journal (Tipo), Issue 142, P.5-32 (2010).
• "A Study on the Definition and Effect of Patent Exclusive License," Intellectual Property Right Journal (Tipo), Issue 130, P.5-39 (2009).