Professor Paul C. B. Liu is the Chairman of Cornerstone Intellectual Property Foundation (CIPF), the Emeritus Professor of Chengchi University in Taiwan.

Professor Liu served as the founding Director of the Graduate Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP) and of the Center for Technology Policy and Law at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan. IIP is the first graduate institute for intellectual property studies in Taiwan. IIP aims to cultivate multi-disciplinary talents of technology, management and law, which is a realization of Professor Liu’s idea for intellectual property education.

Prior to the establishment of IIP, Professor Liu served as the Director of the Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management (TIM). Under his stewardship, has become one of the most sought-after graduate programs in Taiwan and cultivated many talented business leaders. Professor Liu served as the advisor of Presidential Science Advisory Council, coordinating many science and technology policies in Taiwan.

Professor Liu founded the Association of Technology Managers in Taiwan (ATMT) in the year of 2002 and served as the first President. He is the former President of Licensing Executives Society Chinese Taipei (2006-2010) and the Vice President for International Relations of Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)(2008-2010). Association of Technology Managers in Taiwan (ATMT) collaborates with Association of University Technology Managers to serve as a platform for communication between industry and academia, promoting intellectual property management, technology transfer and investment evaluation and the establishment of technology transfer mechanism in universities. The Licensing Executives Society (LES), established in 1965, is a professional society with more than 6000 members engaged in the development, use, transfer, marketing, and management of intellectual property. 

Professor Liu is also an honorary professor at various universities and gives lectures at many institutions around the world, including Tokyo University and Waseda University in Japan, University of Washington, George Washington University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Business School of University of Washington.

Professor Liu is widely regarded as the pioneer for many science and technology related issues and policy developments in Taiwan. He is one of the original architects for the enactment of Basic Science and Technology Law, Taiwan’s adaptation of the American Bayh-Dole model. He was also the first author of publish a textbook on computer information law in Chinese. Meanwhile, he cultivates many talents in intellectual property protection and management and contributes to the establishment of the Intellectual Property Court in Taiwan.

Born in Taiwan, Professor Liu has been living in Seattle, for more than 30 years before returning to his homeland. Professor Liu received a Bachelor of Laws from National Taiwan University, Bachelor of Science (in Mathematics), Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Ph.D. in Law respectively from University of Washington. His research ranges from intellectual property, industrial IP management, technology laws and computer laws.

Professor Paul C. B. Liu founded Cornerstone Intellectual Property Foundation (CIPF) with his friends and students in 2008 and serves as the Chairman. CIPF aims to facilitate academic exchange, research and education on intellectual property in Taiwan, and around the world. It will serve for the studies of government policies, promotion of international and cross-strait exchange, professional education and other public service concerning intellectual property creation, protection, managements, and applications. CIPF expects itself to play as the role as a public advisor for industry and government and to contribute to the development of intellectual property.