Taiwan
Intellectual Property
Industry
November 2010
Vol. 4, No. 13, Autumn 2010
Richard Thurston
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Dr. Richard L. Thurston is General Counsel and Corporate Compliance Officer of TSMC. He manages the legal affairs of a global corporation headquartered in Taiwan. The size of the TSMC legal department is approximately 70 persons (lawyers and other staff are located in the US, Japan, Taiwan, Europe, and China). His responsibilities have included corporate governance, regulatory compliance; M&A; litigation; intellectual capital management (including intellectual property), and international trade and investment, (especially in and throughout the Asia-Pacific region). Dr. Thurston overseas the management of relationships with major international law firms including: Weil Gottshal; Baker & McKenzie; Duane Morris; White & Case; Jones Day, DeHeng, Haynes and Boone, and Keker and VanNest. Also, he has established strategic relationships with U.S. law schools such as SMU in Dallas, John Marshall in Chicago, as well as Soochow School of Law, ChiaoTung and Cheng Chih Universities in Taiwan.. Dr. Thurston earned his Ph.D. in modern East Asian History from the University of Virginia.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
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TSMC, under the leadership of Dr. Morris Chang, created the semiconductor dedicated foundry industry when it was founded in 1987. It continues as the semiconductor market leader by focusing on technology and manufacturing excellence, responsiveness to customers (including increased capital spending to fill customer needs) and by out performing the industry consistently. TSMC posted annual sales of US$9.83 billion in 2009 and currently employs over 30,000 people worldwide. To serve and support its customer's manufacturing needs, TSMC maintains account service offices in China, India, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan and the United States.
Taiwan
Intellectual Property
Industry
November 2010
Vol. 4, No. 13, Autumn 2010