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Peter K. Yu (余家明) holds the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law and is the founding director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University Law School.  He served as Wenlan Scholar Chair Professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China and was a visiting professor of law at Washington & Lee University, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of Strasbourg.  Before joining Drake University, he founded the nationally-renowned Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program at Michigan State University, at which he held faculty appointments in law, communication arts and sciences, and Asian studies.
 
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Professor Yu is a leading expert in international intellectual property and communications law.  He also writes and lectures extensively on international trade, international and comparative law, and the transition of the legal systems in China and Hong Kong.  A prolific scholar and an award-winning teacher, he is the author or editor of five books and more than 80 law review articles and book chapters.  He serves as the general editor of The WIPO Journal and the editor of two book series.

Professor Yu has spoken at events organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Chinese, U.S. and EU governments and at leading research institutions from around the world.  His lectures and presentations have spanned more than 25 countries on all continents except Antarctica.  He is a frequent commentator in the national and international media.  His publications, which have appeared in Chinese and English and been translated into Arabic, French, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese, are available on his website at www.peteryu.com.

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