Y.P. Jou

Y.P. Jou is the founder of the ScienBiziP Group as well as the President of ScienBiziP Japan. ScienBiziP is an IP professional services corporation that was established by key shareholders that include Foxconn, Sharp, strategic partners, and employees. With offices in Japan, China, Taiwan, and the United States, ScienBiziP is a one-stop consultancy, law firm and IP firm that provide a wide range of services, including IP application, licensing, transaction, litigation, pledging, and portfolio assets management.

Mr. Jou is also Of-Counsel of Wispro Technology Consulting Corporation. Wispro focuses on emerging industries and new technologies, providing integrated services, including strategy, legal, intellectual property (IP), investment and M&A, and business models, to rising start-ups as well as multinational enterprises. In recent years, Mr. Jou has also founded InQuartik Corporation, which utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to develop intelligence platform for the IP, investment and M&A ecosystem and cross-domain big data analytics services, such as Patentcloud and IP EXPLEX, an IP transaction platform.

In addition, Mr. Jou is experienced in IP transactions. He also founded MiiCs & Partners, which specializes in IP monetization and provides IP transaction services to clients around the world.

Mr. Jou was general counsel of Hon Hai for 18 years, during which time he oversaw the corporate’s legal, M&A, and IP affairs. He has also served as chief advisor to Haier in China and an advisor to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan. As well, Mr. Jou has served as an adjunct professor at National Taiwan University, National Chengchi University, and National Cheng Kung University.