Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D.

Focus: Patents | Trademarks | Licensing | Copyright | Privacy

Dr. Liu’s practice concentrates on IP analysis, portfolio management, and strategic counseling. She routinely advises investors, business owners, and inventors on all areas of IP related to computer technology. She also speaks and writes extensively on different IP topics, such as eligibility for IP protection, IP protection for emerging technology, and global IP protection. Prior to entering the legal profession, Dr. Liu held positions in technology and management consulting. She has a significant research background in artificial intelligence as applied to Internet communications, database system management, computational biology, and speech recognition.

Professional Background

• 2017 - present – Hickman Becker Bingham Ledesma LLP
• 2007 - 2017 – Private practice—Silicon Valley and New York City law offices

Education

• J.D. – Fordham University, New York, NY
• Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering – University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• B.S. – Columbia University, New York, NY

Professional Activities and Memberships

• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Asian Pacific American Bar Association Silicon Valley
• Licensing Executives Society—Silicon Valley
• Santa Clara University, Bronco Venture Accelerator and Entrepreneurs’ Legal Advising Clinic

Bar Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• New York
• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, and Northern Districts of New York
• United States Patent & Trademark Office

Certifications

• IAPP CIPP/US Certification

Publications and Presentations

• Get Ready for the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court in Europe! - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., August 3rd, 2022
• Major Changes Are Coming to the European Patent Process, and You Need to Review Your Patent Strategy Now! - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., April 1st, 2022
• The Funny Things about Computer Algorithms, #1 - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., February 18th, 2022
• The FTC Needs to Slow Down in Pursuing Consumer Redress for Privacy Breach and Other Harmful Acts - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., September 9th, 2021
• Strategic Global Protection of Your Inventions - AIPLA Webinar, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., August 11th, 2021
• Better Leveraging Companies' Intellectual Property for Maximum Business Growth - Bay Area CHIZAI's 33rd Seminar, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., June 25th, 2021
• Spinning the Idea that “Spinning” is Genericized - Tina Wang, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., May 28th, 2021
• Did You Know that You May Apply for Global Protection of Your Design through A Single System? - Tina Wang, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., May 7th, 2021
• Shoes and Music – NFT Part II - Jeffrey Madrak, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., April 26th, 2021
• Celebrities and Creative Geniuses Rejoice – NFTs Part I - Jeffrey Madrak, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., April 13th, 2021
• Here is to Renewed Optimism for Aggrieved Artists! - Tina Wang, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., April 2nd, 2021
• More Trademark-Related Relief Will Soon Be Available to Combat Bad Registrations or Infringement - Tina Wang, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., March 12th, 2021
• Did You Know That Blockchains Can Help You, Too? - Jeffrey Madrak, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., March 5th, 2021
• More Covid-19 Relief Is Now Available Regarding Perfecting Foreign Priority Claims - Tina Wang, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., February 19th, 2021
• California Leads the Way to Transform Consumer Privacy Protection in the U.S. – California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., Iryna Vyshynska, December 21st, 2020
• Remembering the Notorious Justice Ginsburg - Adam C. Stone, Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., October 20th, 2020
• Developing a Global Patent Portfolio - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., September 28th, 2020
• The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Hot Buttons in 2020 - The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series., Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., July 8th, 2020
• Machine Learning Patents - High Tech Law Journal and Journal of International Law Machine Learning Symposium, Santa Clara University, San Jose., Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., April 12th, 2020
• Do I Have A Patentable Technology in Artificial Intelligence? - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., December 31st, 2019
• Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: What are the prospects? - International Intellectual Property Law Association (IIPLA) 3rd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2018., Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., December 31st, 2018
• Artificial Intelligence and the Patent Law – Promises and Perils - The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series., Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., December 30th, 2018
• Federal Circuit Finds 'Improving Conventional Techniques and Generated New and Useful Data’ Satisfies Patent Eligibility Tests - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., December 29th, 2018
• Supreme Court holds computerization of abstract ideas not patent-eligible - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., December 31st, 2014
• Akamai Technologies v. Limelight Networks and McKesson Technologies v. Epic Systems: Federal Circuit Changes the Law of Active Inducement - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., December 31st, 2012
• U.S. High Court Limits Patents Based on the Laws of Nature - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., July 11th, 2012
• Third-Party Opposition of Patent Issuance - Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., July 1st, 2011