The John Marshall family suffered a great loss when Assistant Professor Benjamin Liu, a respected member of the school’s intellectual property (IP) faculty, died Dec. 1, 2014, at the age of 38.
Professor Liu came to John Marshall in 2011. He served as the director of the Chinese Intellectual Property Resource Center and taught IP specialty courses, including Administrative IP Protection at the U.S. Border and Comparative Topics in U.S.-China Patent Law.
Before coming to John Marshall, he practiced IP law since 2004, first with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in New York, and then as in private practice in Chicago. Professor Liu represented Asian and American clients in patent litigation, prosecution and consulting and his research focuses on comparative patent law issues and biotech IP protection.
In a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin story, Professor Liu was remembered fondly by colleagues and students from John Marshall, as well as the IP community.
