columns and op-eds

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• WTO Process Is Limited, Oct. 29, 2007, at 23

• How Can We Maintain Global Competitive Edge?, Oct. 31, 2012

• Congress Should Rethink Online Piracy Bill, Mar. 8, 2012

• Visit by Leader of China Is a Significant One, Jan. 19, 2011

• Don't Rush into Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Sept. 21, 2010

• What Copenhagen Could Signal About U.S., China, Dec. 17, 2009

• Remember That China, U.S. Need Each Other,  Des Moines Register, Feb. 22, 2009, at 4OP

• Don't Expect Olympics to Alter China's Course, Aug. 25, 2008, at 11A

• Congress May Hurt More Than It Helps with Filesharing Bills, Dec. 4, 2007

The Detroit News

• Trade Barriers Won't Contain China’s Cars, Oct. 25, 2007, at 15A

• Music Sharing Survives Ruling, July 3, 2005, at 13A

• Supreme Court Shouldn't Decide Future of Internet, Detroit News, Mar. 29, 2005, at 9A  (with Adam Candeub)

• Solving File-sharing Dispute Avoids Swan Song for Culture, Feb. 13, 2005, at 15A

• Innovation Gains Edge in Music, Movie Battle, Aug. 29, 2004, at 15A

• Digital Revolution Would Help Connect Detroit and Suburbs, Mar. 17, 2004, at 11A

• Music Industry Needs to Embrace Digital Revolution, Feb. 8, 2004, at 13A

• China Shows Less Interest in Capturing Taiwan, Dec. 10, 2003, 13A

• Music Industry Hits Wrong Note Against Piracy, Sept. 14, 2003, at 13A

• Take New Look at Chinese Market, Nov. 18, 2005

South China Morning Post

• Copy Rights, Sept. 8, 2008, at A15

• The Digital Divide, May 10, 2007, at A15

Managing Intellectual Property

• The US-China WTO Cases Explained, Oct. 2009, at 39

• Promoting Internet Freedom Through the Copyright System, eJournal USA, June 2010, at 7 (Translations in Arabic, Chinese, French, Persian, Spanish and Vietnamese)

• Wrong Time, Wrong Venue, Sept. 2005, at 20

• Viagra’s Upside, Oct. 2004, at 49

• Chilling Effect, Mar. 2004, at 27, reprinted as Is Anti-Piracy Law Stifling Cybersecurity Innovation?, Legal Times, Mar. 29, 2004, at 20

• These Chains Don't Bind, Dec. 2003, at 17

• What's Old Is New Again, Sept. 2003, at 24

• The Downside of Being Harry, May 2003, at 26, reprinted as Everyone's Wild About Harry, Corporate Counsel, May 2003, at 98

• Mickey Mouse, Peter Pan, and the Tall Tale of Copyright Harmonization, Apr. 2003, at 24

• Wrestling with Gator, Jan. 2003, at 33

• Hoops 'n Harmonization, Nov. 2002, at 16

• Freeing the Mouse, IP Worldwide, Oct. 2002, at 24

• Globaphobia: Why the Miami Protesters' Arguments Against the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas Are Flawed? (Nov. 25, 2003) (reprinted on CNN.com)

• Hong Kong's Crisis Over Proposed Anti-subversion Legislation: Why It Implicates Not Only Political Freedoms, but Also China-Hong Kong Tensions (July 24, 2003)

• SARS and the Patent Race: What Can We Learn from the HIV/AIDS Crisis? (May 29, 2003)

• How the International Intellectual Property System, Meant to Create Global Harmony, Has Created Conflict Instead (Nov. 14, 2002)

• How the Motion Picture and Recording Industries Are Losing the Copyright War by Fighting Misdirected Battles (Aug. 15, 2002)

• The Fifth Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Reversion to China: How It Sheds Light on the Wrongheaded Debate About China (July 1, 2002)

• New Technology and the Supreme Court: How Movie Censorship in the Early Twentieth Century Sheds Light on Contemporary Issues of Free Speech on the Internet (May 23, 2002)

• Terrorism and the Global Digital Divide: Why Bridging the Divide Is Even More Important After September 11 (Feb. 11, 2002)

• The Ramifications of China's Entry into the World Trade Organization: Will the Global Community Benefit? (Dec. 4, 2001)

• Four Remaining Questions About Copyright Law After Eldred (Feb. 2003)

• Why the Entertainment Industry's Copyright Fight Is Futile (Aug. 2002) (reprinted from FindLaw)

• A Summary of the Final Report of the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process (Jan. 2002)

• An Introduction to the EU Information Society Directive (Nov. 2001)

• What Businesses Should Know About Cyberterrorism (Oct. 2001)

• An Introduction to the EU Directive on the Protection of Personal Data (July 2001)

• An Overview of the "Best Practices Report" for Country-Code Domains (July 2001)

• Conflict of Laws Issues in International Copyright Cases (Apr. 2001)

• Barriers to Foreign Investment in the Chinese Internet Industry (Mar. 2001)

• What Lawyers Need to Know About the Digital Divide (Feb. 2001)

• Evolving Legal Protection for Databases (Dec. 2000)

• The Basics of Community Trademarks in the European Union (Nov. 2000)

Other Publications

• Copyright Protection in the Digital Environment: Creating a Better Digital Future for Hong Kong (2008) (position paper commissioned by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong)

• Copyright Reform and Hong Kong’s Digital Future, Media Digest (RTHK), July 2007 (expanded on SCMP op-ed)

• Digital Copyright Reform in Hong Kong: Promoting Creativity Without Sacrificing Free Speech (2007) (position paper commissioned by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong)

• Causes of Piracy and Counterfeiting in China, Guanxi: The China Letter, Apr. 2007, at 1 (abridged and adapted from 19 B.U. Int’l. L.J. 1)

• Lessons from the Cat and Mouse Game in China (prepared for the Intellectual Property Academy in Singapore)

• Caveat Elector: Copyrighted Flaws in Electronic Voting Machines, Amicus, Summer 2004, at 22 (Michigan State University College of Law alumni magazine) (adapted from Chilling Effect)

• The Cat and Mouse Game in China: Rethinking Institutions, Participation and Processes (commissioned for the 2003 SSRC Conference)

• Four Neglected Issues in the Traditional Knowledge Debate (supplementary materials for the 2003 SSRC Conference)

• A Changing World, with Unchanged Principles (Sept. 2002) (September 11 remembrance)

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