Mr. Hsieh obtained his Juris Doctor degree from The University of California, Hastings College of the Law and received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from The University of California, Berkeley. He is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

During law school, Mr. Hsieh served as both Technology Editor and as a Staff Editor for the Hastings Law Journal. He has also garnered several accolades for his academic legal writing, and his work has been published in journals such as IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review. In addition, he has represented UC Hastings in several international moot court competitions such as The Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition in Patent Law and The John Marshall International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology & Privacy Law, in which he acquired a Best Brief Award.

Professional Affiliations

• United States Patent and Trademark Office

Education:

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D.
• University of California, Berkeley, B.S., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Selected Publications:

• The Adequacy of The Mark: Raising The Standard Under 35 U.S.C. § 287(a) for Patented On-Line Software Methods, 48 IDEA __ (2007) (Grand Prize Winner of The 2007 IDEA Writing Competition) (Grand Prize Winner of The 2007 Foley & Lardner LLP Eighth Annual Intellectual Property Writing Competition)
• Best Brief: John Marshall International Moot Court Competition for IT & Privacy Law, 24 John Marshall J. of Comp. & Info. Law __ (2007) (with Jerome C. Pandell, Jennifer S. Lewin)
• Using Sensor Networks for Highway & Traffic Applications, 23 IEEE Potentials 13 (2003).