Year: 2022

• Regulating Social Media Algorithms

  20/12/2022

  This event will be held via Zoom on January 17, 2023 from 9am – 12:40pm (HK Time).

• Digital Sovereignty and the Normativity of Data Governance

  16/11/2022

  Marcelo Thompson, “Digital Sovereignty and the Normativity of Data Governance”, Global Governance for the Digital Ecosystems Report, Pascal Lamy and Bruno Liebhaberg et al., November 2022.

• Call for Abstracts – The Platform Governance Research Network Conference 2023

  25/10/2022

  The Platform Governance Research Network Conference 2023 is calling for abstract submission. Deadline to submit is end of day of December 18, 2022.

• The Unstable Gatekeeper to Data Privacy: The Identifiability Problem in Transnational Privacy Regulations

  21/10/2022

  This event will be held via online via Zoom on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 from 1pm to 2pm (HK Time).

• 禮物

  06/10/2022

  A piece of writing by Anne Cheung published on Ming Pao in October 2022.

• Data Governance for Social Robots: How to Design the Informed Consent in HRI from a Regulatory Perspective

  22/09/2022

  This event will be held online via Zoom on Friday, November 11, 2022 from 1pm to 2pm (HK Time).

• HKU-CS Online Tech Forum and Discussion: The Consultation Paper on Cyber-Dependent Crimes and Jurisdictional Issues

  07/09/2022

  This event will be held on Zoom on Sept 14 (Wed) from 6:30pm – 8:30pm (HK Time).

• Regulating Cross-Border Data Flows: Issues, Challenges and Impact

  01/08/2022

  Yu, Ronald & Mercurio, Bryan, Regulating Cross-Border Data Flows: Issues, Challenges and Impact (Anthem Ethics of Personal Data Collection), Anthem Press, August 2022.

• Congratulations to Professor Haochen Sun

  Congratulations to Haochen Sun on his promotion to full professorship!

• NFT Risks: The Dangers of the Unknown (Part 2)

  14/07/2022

  Yu, Ronald & Chen, Fred, NFT Risks: The Dangers of the Unknown (Part 2), Regulatory Ramblings by the HKU FinTech – HKU-SCF FinTech Academy, Apple podcast, July 14, 2022.

• Prof. Anne Cheung and her team won HKU Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2022

  04/07/2022

  The Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards were introduced in 2011 to recognise each Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations.

• Does Hong Kong Need a Coherent Policy on Cross Border Data Flows to Really Be Smart?

  29/05/2022

  Yu, Ronald & Mercurio, Bryan, Does Hong Kong Need a Coherent Policy on Cross Border Data Flows to Really Be Smart? In Thanh Phan & Daniela Damian (eds.), Smart Cities in Asia: Regulations, Problems, and Development, Springer, 2022, p. 49–63.

• The What, Why, and How of Automated Patent Decision-making

  09/05/2022

  An article by Ryan Whalen published on The Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute website in May 2022.

• Defining Legal Technology and its Implications

  28/04/2022

  Ryan Whalen, Defining Legal Technology and its Implications, International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Spring 2022, p. 47–67.

• Technology and the Public Interest

  23/04/2022

  Book written by Dr. Haochen Sun in 2022 published by the Cambridge University Press.

• Protecting the Public Interest Through Intellectual Property Law: The Creative Approach of Chinese Judges

  18/04/2022

  Sun, Haochen, “Protecting the Public Interest Through Intellectual Property Law: The Creative Approach of Chinese Judges”, Minnesota Journal of International Law, Volume 31, Issue 1, p.185-231, 2022.

• Enforcement of Intellectual Property and Related Rights from Internet-based Platforms

  31/03/2022

  This event will be held online via Zoom on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 from 1pm to 2pm.

• Redesigning Copyright Protection in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

  18/03/2022

  Sun, Haochen, “Redesigning Copyright Protection in the Era of Artificial Intelligence”, Vol. 107 Issue 3, Iowa Law Review, p. 1213-1251, 2022.

• The Patent-Competition Interface in Developing Countries

  16/03/2022

  Book written by Prof. Thomas Cheng in 2021 published by the Oxford University Press.

• How Many Latours Is Too Many? Measuring Brand Name Congestion in Bordeaux Wine

  18/02/2022

  Ryan Whalen et al, How Many Latours Is Too Many? Measuring Brand Name Congestion in Bordeaux Wine, Journal of Wine Economics , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , November 2021, pp. 419 – 428.