Timothy Tau Hsieh (謝韜)

Director of IP, Sports & Entertainment Law (IPSEL) Certificate Program, featured by The National Jurist in their "Entertainment Law" Specialties Honor Roll as one of ten law schools, and also given an "A" grade (higher than the A- grade given to Texas A&M, Fordham and Villanova and tied with Berkeley, Chapman and Thomas Jefferson). See https://nationaljurist.com/specialties-honor-roll-entertainment-law-access/ Tenure-track Associate Professor of Law. Teaching/Taught (27 classes to date): • Generative AI Gov't Contracts Capstone MLS Course (Summer 2025) • Patent Law (Spring 2026) (previously Fall 2021 & Fall 2023) • Antitrust (Fall 2025) (previously Spring 2022, Fall 2022 & Fall 2023) • Intellectual Property (Spring 2024, Fall 2024 & Fall 2025) (previously Spring 2022 & Spring 2023) • Legislation & Regulation (Spring 2024, Fall 2024 & Spring 2026) (previously Fall 2022 & Summer 2022) • Crypto Law (Summer 2024 Masters of Legal Studies Gov Contracts Capstone Seminar) • Legal Method (Summer 2024 for pre-1Ls) • Legal Analysis (PreFall 2024)

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Law. Teaching/Taught: • Patent Law (Fall 2021 & Fall 2023) • Intellectual Property (Spring 2022 & Spring 2023) • Antitrust (Spring 2022, Fall 2022 & Fall 2023) • Legislation & Regulation (Fall 2022 & Summer 2022) • Artificial Intelligence (Summer 2023) • Law of Blockchain, Crypto, NFTs & Web 3.0 (PreFall 2022 & Fall 2022 MLS Capstone) • Legal Analysis (PreFall 2022 & PreFall 2023) • Sports & Entertainment Law Seminar (Spring 2023) • Future Seminars on Anime, Manga & The Law, Asian American Legal Studies & others. Other teaching, research and scholarship focusing on Patent & IP Law (Patent Law, Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Trade Secret Law and hybrids between all forms of IP), Antitrust Law, Competition Law, Entertainment Law, Sports Law, Law & Technology (Blockchain & AI Law, Social Media & Internet Law, Information Technology & Computer Law, Cybersecurity, Privacy & Surveillance Law), Venture Capital & Start-Up Law, Video Game Law, Law & Literature, Film & The Law, and Asian Americans & the Law. Law School and University Involvement: • Faculty Advisor, Intellectual Property Society (IPS) • Faculty Advisor, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) • Faculty Advisor, Federal Bar Association (FBA) - OCU Law Section • Faculty Advisor, Antitrust & Competition Law Society (ACLS) • Faculty Advisor, Sports, Property & Entertainment Law Association (SPELA) • Coach, Global Antitrust Institute Invitational Moot Court Team Local Oklahoma City Community Involvement: • President & Founder, Oklahoma Asian American Bar Association (OKAABA) • Master (2021), Ruth Bader Ginsburg American Inn of Court, Oklahoma City • Master (2021), Robert J. Turner American Inn of Court, Oklahoma City • Master (2022) & Faculty Liaison, William J. Holloway American Inn of Court, Oklahoma City

Voted in as an Executive Board Member of the 2026 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) IP Section Executive Board.

Board Member of the Techlahoma Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to all things technology related in Oklahoma, and connecting over 7,000 Oklahomans who have tech hardwired to their DNA. https://www.techlahoma.org/

2025-2026 Committee Member, College Engagement

Performed in-depth legal research as a pro bono / unpaid volunteer on various anti-Asian hate crimes occurring in federal and state court nationwide for the Vincent Chin Institute, which was established in the wake of Vincent Chin's murder in the 80s and the federal case of U.S. v. Ebens, the first time that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was asserted on behalf of an Asian American.

Visiting Research Fellow with the Law and Technology Initiative (“LaTI”) at the University of Manchester, which brings together the University’s School of Social Sciences - including the Law School - the Computer Science Department, and the Alliance Manchester Business School, in coordination with various industry partners. Pursuing research and scholarship projects on Artificial Intelligence, IP, Antitrust & Competition Law and also holding a series of Master Class / Dialogue sessions with leading local IP & patent attorneys in the UK, global scholars and professors in IP & Tech Law, international leaders in business, law and technology, and much more.

President and Founder of the Oklahoma Asian American Bar Association (OKAABA) the first and only Asian American Bar Association and National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) affiliate in the State of Oklahoma.

Faculty Liaison and Master Member of the William J. Holloway American Inn of Court.

Served as a Senior Executive Coach to business leaders, CEOs, students, attorneys, physicians, entrepreneurs, leading professionals and more for the Emotional Intelligence Leadership courses of: LV211 Discovery (Michael Rosso), Breakthrough (Chris Lee) & Leadership (Robyn Williams) LV214 Leadership (Robyn Williams) Journey Within 13 (Michael Rosso & Keith Bentz) The Samurai Game® 25 (Keith Bentz) For more information, see https://choicecenter.com/

• Berkeley Law is consistently ranked the topmost #1 law school for Intellectual Property Law year after year by U.S. News & World Report ("USNWR") and other sources. • Articles Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal (most cited technology law journal in the country). • Completed the Professional Track LLM program and obtained a Law & Technology (IP) Certificate from the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. • Dean's Circle (LL.M. Honors Society). • Obtained the grade of "High Honors" (HH), the highest achievable grade or "A+" equivalent, in the courses of: Patent Law, Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Administrative Law, Antitrust Law & Cybersecurity.

• Technology Editor (2006-2007) & Staff Editor (2005-2006), Hastings Law Journal. • CALI/Witkin Award for "Advanced Criminal Law" - Top Grade in Course (Spring 2006). • Awards for: "The Adequacy of the Mark: Raising The Standard Under 35 U.S.C. § 287(a) for Patented Online Software Methods" 48 IDEA 69 (2007) (Grand Prize, Foley & Lardner IP Writing Competition; Grand Prize, IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review Writing Competition). • Best Brief, John Marshall Moot Court Competition in IT & Privacy Law - Published in 24 John Marshall J. of Comp & Info. Law 733 (2006). • Competed in the Giles S. Rich Moot Court Competition in Patent Law. • Spent 1L Year at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, NH (now University of New Hampshire School of Law), known for its strong IP reputation. Awarded Lexis-Nexis Public Interest Fellowship.

• Integrated Circuit (IC) & Semiconductor Microfabrication Focus/Track. • Completed Degree & Coursework in Design of VLSI Circuits & Systems, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), IC Design for DSP Circuits, Advanced Digital Integrated Circuits, VLSI Design Automation, Matrix Analysis, RF Circuits & Systems, Signals & Synchronization, VLSI Modeling, Advanced Semiconductor Microfabrication, and more. • Capstone Project: Magnetic Random Access Memories (MRAMs), Digital Integrated Circuit Design for MRAMs, Magnetic Storage Technologies, Novel Microfabrication Processes for MRAM Integrated Circuits. Faculty Advisor: Dejan Markovic.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Partners for Advanced Transits and Highways (PATH) • Published Article: "Using Sensor Networks for Highway & Traffic Applications" 23 IEEE Potentials 13 (2004). • SEMPRA Energy Scholarship Recipient (2003-2004).

Completed (in Spring 2021): • “USPTO Post-Grant Patent Proceedings" (6495) (Prof. Scott McKeown & Prof. Kevin Laurence) - B+ • "IP Law Seminar: Advanced Topics in Patent Litigation" (6496-13) (Prof. Dmitry Karshtedt) - A Assorted planned future coursework (Fall 2021 and beyond): • “Enforcement of Intellectual Property in the U.S. International Trade Commission" (6489) (the first course of its kind in the entire nation, e.g. another ITC course came later at George Mason Law) • “The Federal Circuit" (6477) • “Patent Appellate Practice" (6483)

Admitted into the Fall 2021 Online Masters of Science in Computer Science (OMSCS) program from Georgia Institute of Technology. See: https://omscs.gatech.edu/ Courses: CS 6750: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) (Prof. David Joyner) - A

Admitted into the Ph.D. program in Interdisciplinary Engineering (graduate coursework in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering), Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering, Texas A&M College of Engineering. Research Advisor: Prof. Cam Nguyen; Focus: Product Design Utilizing Radio Frequency (RF) Integrated Circuits, Bluetooth Communication Protocols, Wireless Communications. Courses: Mechanical Engineering (MEEN) 620: Advanced Product Design - A Mechanical Engineering (MEEN) 602: Modeling & Analysis of Mech. Sys. - A Elec. Comp. Eng. (ECEN) 620: Network Theory: Broadband Circuit Design - B Elec. Comp. Eng. (ECEN) 628: Robust & Optimal Control - A Indust. & Systems Engr. (ISEN) 613: Engineering Data Analysis - B Indust. & Systems Engr. (ISEN) 630: Human Operation in Complex Systems - B Elec. Comp. Eng. (ECEN) 649: Pattern Recognition - B

Obtained the Graduate Level Entry Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree on 8/1/24. Received a Certificate of Excellence for “Exceptional Performance” (top performing student in a level 4, 5 or 6 module with over 16,000 students worldwide) - for the highest score in IP (72). Courses: Introduction to English Law - Pass (Ungraded) Commercial Law - 70 (First Class Honors - A) (Distinction) Intellectual Property - 72 (First Class Honors - A+) (Distinction) Public Law - 70 (First Class Honors - A) (Distinction) Criminal Law - 66 (Second Class Honors - A-/A Equivalent) (Merit) Administrative Law - 62 (Second Class Honors - A-/B+ Equivalent) (Merit) Contract Law - 60 (Second Class Honors - B+ equivalent) (Merit) Tort Law - 65 (Second Class Honors - A-/A equivalent) (Merit) See: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/students/certificates-results/uk-honours-degree-system-undergraduates Page 16 of https://www.london.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Regulations/progregs-llb-2024-25.pdf

Completed 1L year before transferring to UC Hastings College of the Law.

Among the accolades for my screenplays include: "Kaoshiung", Quarterfinalist in the 2017 Fifteenth Annual Zoetrope Screenplay Contest, judged by Francis Ford Coppola and Quarterfinalist in the 2015 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Contest "Welcome to Eden", Quarterfinalist in the 2015 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Contest "Nathan Jung v. Bruce Lee", Best Original Script and Best Comedy Short awards from the 2016 Asians on Film Festival Completed both the Professional Programs in Screenwriting & TV Writing. Instructors included John Sweet (The Affair of The Necklace) and John J. Strauss (Mozart in The Jungle, Boy Meets World, There's Something About Mary, The Santa Clause 2-3). Completed coursework (All P on a P/NP Basis) Screenwriting - 3 Courses Each Screenwriting Fundamentals Lecture I, II & III Screenwriting Workshop IA, IB & II Writing for TV - 3 Courses Each Writing for TV Fundamentals Lecture I, II & III Writing for TV Workshop IA, IB & II

Red Earth MFA @ Oklahoma City University. Advisors: Lou Berney (Dark Ride, The Long and Faraway Gone, November Road, Gutshot Straight) and poet Donnelle McGee (Shine, Ghost Man, Naked, American Reverie)

Among the accolades I have won for my short fiction: "The Understudy", Grand Prize, Hyphen Asian American Writer's Workshop Short Story Magazine, published in print and also online at http://bit.ly/ustudy "Land of Origin" ("Kaohsiung"), 2nd Prize in the Playboy College Fiction Contest and also 2nd Prize in the Screencraft Cinematic Short Story Contest, available at http://bit.ly/loa-story "One Traveler", Gold Key Prize, Scholastic Inc. Art & Writing Awards; 2nd Prize, Samuel C. Irving Prize for American Wit & Humor; and Finalist, William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition Completed the below courses to receive a Certificate in Fiction Writing: English XL134A - Creative Writing: Short Story (A-) English X461 - Writing The Short Story (B) English X456.28MB - Writing, Reading and Thinking Sci-Fi (A+) English X461.1 - The Art of The Short Story (Intro & Advanced Workshop) (A-) English X408A - Writing Experimental Fiction (A) English X464.1B - MFA Preparation (A)

Intensive daily Mandarin language instruction from the International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University, the premier institution for Chinese language instruction.