• LL.M., UC Berkeley School of Law 

-     Law & Technology Certificate, UC Berkeley School of Law

• J.D., University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Law, Dean’s Scholarship Recipient                                                    

• Ph.D., National Taiwan University (NTU), in Geography

-     Certificate Program of Law, NTU School of Professional Education and Continuing Studies                                                                            

• M.A., University of Warwick, in European Cultural Policy and Administration

• B.A., National Chengchi University, Summa Cum Laude in Philosophy                              

• B.B.A., National Chengchi University, in International Business 

• Assistant Professor of Law, Graduate Institute of Patent, NTUST, 2022-present

• Member of the Legal Geography Community, 2023-present

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate Institute of National Development, NTU

• Associate Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, UC Berkeley School of Law

• Article Editor, UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law, UIC School of Law

• Legal Extern, UIC Trademark Clinic

• Judicial Extern, Federal Judge’s chambers, United States District Court, N.D. Illinois

• Legal Extern, The Holocaust Art Restitution Project, New York/DC/Chicago

• Key Account Manager, Hi-Ace Trading Co., Ltd., Chun Yu Group

• Researcher, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan   

1. PI, "Constructing Localized Legal Geography of Intellectual Property: The Interplay of Law, Technology, and Taiwanese Pop Music Industry," sponsored by the National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 2024–2026.

2. Subproject Co-PI, Research Group on “Law, Science and Technology, ” sponsored by the Institutum Iurisprudentiae Academia Sinica, 2024-2026.

3. Co-PI, “Regulatory Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence: A Human-centered Approach,” (Phase II) sponsored by the National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 2023–2026.

4. PI, “Rethinking Trade Secrecy and Public Interests: from the US-China Tech War to the Opacity of Artificial Intelligence Systems,” sponsored by the National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 2023–2024.

5. Co-PI, “Regulatory Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence: A Human-centered Approach,” (Phase I) sponsored by the National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 2020–2023.

Journal Articles

1. Tzu-I Lee, “Bordering Secrecy: An Empirical Study on Cross-Border Trade Secret Misappropriation in the Semiconductor Sector,” 39(2) Connecticut Journal of International Law 166-237 (2024). [link]  

2. Tzu-I Lee, “A Battle Between Moral Rights and Freedom of Expression: How Would Moral Rights Empower the ‘Charging Bull’ Against the ‘Fearless Girl’?,” 117 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 672 (2018).  [link]  

Book and Book Chapters (including translations)

1. Translation of Chinese edition for Frank Pasquale’s New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI (2023).

Media Articles

1. Mark Cohen, Tzu-I Lee, and Jacob Lahana,  “The FTC’s War Against US Technology Competition with China,” IAM Media (Jan. 2023). [link]  

Conference Papers and Presentations

1. Tzu-I Lee, “Island Musicscape: The Legal Geography of Taiwanese Popular Music and Intellectual Property Rights,” presentation at the 2024 Annual Geography Conference "No Island Is an Islan: New Perspectives for Island Studies," Taipei, Taiwan (Apr. 27, 2024) (in Mandarin).

2. Tzu-I Lee, “The Role of Machine in Content Production: Generative AI’s Challenges to Human Authorship,” presentation at the Copyright Law Conference, Taiwan Intellectual Property Law Association, Chiayi, Taiwan (Oct. 21, 2023) (in Mandarin).

3. Tzu-I Lee, “Bordering Secrecy: An Empirical Study on Cross-Border Trade Secret Misappropriation in the Semiconductor Sector,” presentation at the 2023 Law & Society Annual Meeting “Separate and Unequal,” San Juan, Puerto Rico (Jun. 3, 2023).

4. Tzu-I Lee, “Trade Secret Misappropriation in Semiconductor Industry,” presentation at the American Branch of the International Law Association for International Law Weekend (ILW 2021) (virtual) (Oct. 29, 2021).

5. Tzu-I Lee, “Digital Archives and the New Possibilities for Museums Value: A Case Study of Local Community Museums in Taiwan,” presentation at the Sino-U.S. International Conference for Public Administration, Beijing, China (Jun. 16, 2016) (in Mandarin).

6. Tzu-I Lee,  “A Geopolitical Connotation of Intellectual Property Institution in Taiwan and China,” presentation at the Association of American Geographers,” Chicago, USA (Apr. 25, 2015).

7. Tzu-I Lee, “Tensions between Taiwan Cultural Industries and Copyrights: The Image of Modernity under a Geopolitics and Nationalism Context,” presentation at the East Asian Regional Conference in Alternative Geography, Osaka, Japan (Jul. 23, 2014).

8. Patricia Huang & Tzu-I Lee, “Connecting People Through Rhythm,” presentation at the International Council of Museums (UNESCO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Jun. 21, 2013). 

1. Distinguished and Excellent Mentors, NTUST, 2024

2. Founder’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship, RIPL, 2018 and 2019.

3. Fourth Place, 1L Alternative Dispute Resolution Competition, UIC Law, 2017.

4. Distinguished Service as A Student Organization, UIC Law, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

5. Outstanding Performance Civil Servants, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, 2011.