Background
Chao, James C. was born on December 1, 1948 in Shanghai, China.
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James C. Chao
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Soochow University Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1972. Master of Laws, 1976). University of San Francisco (Juris Doctor, 1992).
Spoken languages: Chinese (Mandarin and Taiwanese) and English.
Career
Worked at Tsai & Lee (Taipei) specializing in Intellectual Property Licensing and Protection, Unfair Competition, Agency and Distributorships, Incorporation, Company Acquisitions and Sales. Admitted to the bar, 1992, California, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Northern District of California (Not admitted in Taiwan).
Winner, Best Oral Argument Award, Moot Court, 1991. Author: "Comparative Trademark Law," (text, 3d educated, 1996).
Have published (in part) a Chinese translation of McCarthy"s Desk Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property by Professor J. Thomas McCarthy. Associate Professor, Comparative Trademark Law, Chinese Culture University, Graduate School of Law, 1992.
Committee Member, Committee of Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes, Commercial Arbitration Association, 1994.
Lecturer, National Bureau of Standards and Administrative Appeal Board, 1995. Chairman, Consumer Protection Committee, American Chamber of Commerce, the Republic of China, 1989. Senior Counsel, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Taipei Office, 1988-1989.
Senior Associate, Kaplan, Russin, Vecchi & Parter, Taipei, 1982-1988.
Associate, Tsar & Tsai, 1978-1982. Member: State Bar of California (Member, Intellectual Property Section).
American Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section).
Achievements
Membership
Member: State Bar of California (Member, Intellectual Property Section). American Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section).
