Year: 2017

• Reforming Trademark Fair Use in China: Lessons from the European Union and the United States

  28/12/2017

  Principal Investigator: Haochen Sun
  Funded by Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals.

• Patent Landscapes: A Multiplex Approach to Solving the Prior Art Problem

  Principal Investigator: Dr. Ryan Whalen
  Funded by Seed Fund for Basic Research. Project started from October 2017 for 1 year.

• Civil Litigation in Hong Kong (5th Edition)

  19/11/2017

  Published by the Sweet and Maxwell in 2017, this book covers updated sections on sanctioned offers and sanctioned payments, mediation and settlement as well as major changes in the arbitration regime.

• Charting the New Waters of 21st Century IP Dispute Resolution

  02/11/2017

  This event is co-organized by Des Voeux Chambers and the HKU Law and Technology Centre. It will be held on Nov 22, 2017 from 4pm-6:30pm at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.

• Yun Zhao on Intellectual Property Protection in Outer Space

  23/10/2017

  Prof. Zhao Yun’s new article published on Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, 2017.

• New book by Yahong Li: Patents and Innovation in Mainland China and Hong Kong

  Author: Li Yahong
  Publisher: Cambridge University Press, published in October 2017

• Patents and Medicine: A Matter of Life and Death

  19/10/2017

  HKU Lecture in IP by Professor Robin Jacob on Nov 21, 2017 (Tues) from 6:30pm-7:30pm at HKU.

• International Cybercrime: The Law Enforcement Dimension (Cancelled)

  18/10/2017

  Lunch-time seminar by Ron Cheng (Partner, O’Melveny & Myers) on Nov 16, 2017 on international cybercrime.

• Big Data and the Law by Professor Omri Ben Shahar: Courts and Big Data

  17/10/2017

  A public lecture by Prof. Omri Ben-Shahar (University of Chicago) on November 9, 2017 (Thursday) from 5:30pm-7pm.

• Towards Fair Use in Europe? Why the Current Proposals for Reforming EU Copyright Law Are Silent on the Issue of Fair Use

  15/10/2017

  This event will be held on Nov 9 (Thurs) from 1pm-2pm at HKU.

• The Business of IP in an Age of Disruption – Fostering a Fair Ecosystem in the Digital Media Economy

  14/10/2017

  Insights in IP Practice Lecture series by Francis Chang (FOX Networks Group) on Nov 2, 2017 from 6:30pm – 7:30pm.

• The Future of Privacy

  13/10/2017

  The event will discuss topics on Privacy issues in the modern context. It will be held at HKU on October 26, 2017, 6pm – 7:30pm.

• FinTech and Data Ownership: Legal Issues of Digital Business Models

  12/10/2017

  This event is presented by the University of Zurich in collaboration with HKU on Oct 26, 2:30pm – 5pm, on FinTech issues.

• Legal Innovation Panel Series 2017 – TechLegal Day

  11/10/2017

  The event will be held on Oct 24, 2017 (Tues) evening from 6:30pm – 8:40pm at HKU.

• 大中華知識產權青年學者論壇

  09/10/2017

  香港大學法律與科技研究中心將於 2017年10月13－14日（星期五及六）在香港舉行第一屆大中華知識產權青年學者論壇。

• Digital Trade, Privacy and Innovation

  21/09/2017

  The talk will be held on Sept 29 (Friday) from 1pm – 2pm.

• Education 4.0: Modernizing Copyright for the Knowledge Society

  23/08/2017

  Law Tech talk by Philipp Homar (Research Associate, Department for Business Law, European Integration at the Danube University Krems) on October 12, 2017 from 1pm – 2pm.

• The 6th Asian Privacy Scholars Network International Conference

  22/08/2017

  Hosted by the Law and Technolopy Centre, this conference will be held on Sept 27, 2017. This APSN International Conference aims to give an update on the latest development, trends and status in privacy and data protection.

• Book Launch & Panel Discussion: The Commercial Appropriation of Fame: A Cultural Analysis of the Right of Publicity and Passing Off

  21/08/2017

  Book launch talk by Dr. David Tan (National University of Singapore) on September 26, 2017.

• Legal Innovation Panel Series 2017 – LegalTech Day

  20/08/2017

  Legal Innovation Panel Series 2017 on LegalTech issues on September 21, 2017.