Prof. Peter K. Yu

Regents Professor of Law and Communication

Director, Center for Law and Intellectual Property

Texas A&M University


 

 

conferences

 

THE INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY REGIME COMPLEX

 

Michigan State University College of Law

 

April 7-8, 2006

 

DESCRIPTION

 

The year 2005 marked the tenth anniversary of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Since its establishment, the Agreement has impacted a wide variety of areas, including agriculture, health, environment, education, and culture. Today, intellectual property has become increasingly important in the international arena, and policymakers have actively explored intellectual property related issues in many different international regimes, ranging from human rights to biodiversity and from public health to information and communications. To explore the interaction between these regimes, this conference brings together scholars, development specialists, international relations and trade experts, economists, political scientists, and policymakers from related intergovernmental and governmental bodies. The conference will also explore issues concerning international relations, public international law, enforcement and compliance issues, and the recent proliferation of bilateral and regional free trade agreements.

 

SCHEDULE

 

April 7, 2006

 

8:30

Breakfast

 

9:00

Welcoming Remarks

  • Dean Terence L. Blackburn, Michigan State University College of Law

  • Prof. Peter K. Yu, Michigan State University College of Law &  Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University

9:15

The Human Rights Regime

 

Moderator:

  • Prof. Adam Mossoff, Michigan State University College of Law

Speakers:

  • Prof. Graeme W. Austin, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona

  • Prof. Hugh C. Hansen, Fordham Law School

  • Prof. Laurence R. Helfer, Vanderbilt University Law School

  • Prof. Roberta R. Kwall, DePaul University College of Law

  • Prof. Susan Scafidi, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University

  • Prof. Paul Torremans, Nottingham University School of Law

11:00

Break

 

11:15

The Biodiversity Regime

 

Moderator:

  • Prof. Noga Morag-Levine, Michigan State University College of Law

Speakers:

  • Prof. Olufunmilayo B. Arewa, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

  • Prof. Mark D. Janis, University of Iowa College of Law

  • Jean-Frederic Morin, Universite de Montpellier/Universite du Quebec a Montreal

  • Prof. Chidi Oguamanam, Dalhousie Law School

1:00

Luncheon

 

2:30

The Public Health Regime

 

Moderator:

  • Prof. Paul G. Arshagouni, Michigan State University College of Law

Speakers:

  • Prof. James Thuo Gathii, Albany Law School

  • James Love, Consumer Project on Technology

  • Prof. Janice M. Mueller, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

  • Prof. Srividhya Ragavan, University of Oklahoma College of Law

  • Dr. Anthony So, Program in Global Health and Technology Access, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University

4:15

Break

 

4:30

The Information and Communications Regime

 

Moderator:

  • Prof. Adam Candeub, Michigan State University College of Law

Speakers:

  • Prof. Anupam Chander, University of California-Davis School of Law

  • Prof. Ysolde Gendreau, Universite de Montreal Faculte de Droit

  • Dr. Manon Ress, Consumer Project on Technology

  • Alan Story, Lecturer in Law, Kent Law School

6:30

 Friday Sessions Adjourned

 

April 8, 2006

 

8:30

Breakfast

 

9:00

International Regimes and Global Lawmaking

 

Moderator:

  • Prof. Michael A. Lawrence, Michigan State University College of Law

Speakers:

  • Prof. Keith Aoki, University of Oregon School of Law

  • Prof. Donald P. Harris, Temple University Beasley School of Law

  • Prof. Edward Lee, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University

  • Prof. Jerome H. Reichman, Duke University School of Law

10:45

Break

 

11:00

Intellectual Property and International Trade

 

Moderator:

  • Prof. Bruce E. Boyden, Washington & Lee University School of Law

Speakers:

  • Prof. Sungjoon Cho, Chicago-Kent College of Law

  • Prof. Peter M. Gerhart, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

  • Prof. Doris E. Long, John Marshall Law School

  • Prof. Kevin C. Kennedy, Michigan State University College of Law

1:00

Luncheon

 

Keynote Addresses:

  • Prof. Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent College of Law & Queen Mary, University of London

  • Prof. Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, NYU School of Law

2:30

The First Decade of TRIPs

 

Moderator:

  • Prof. Llewellyn J. Gibbons, The University of Toledo College of Law

Speakers:

  • Prof. Daniel J. Gervais, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law

  • Prof. Paul J. Heald, University of Georgia School of Law

  • Prof. Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University

  • David Vivas Engui, Programme Manager on Intellectual Property, Technology and Services, ICTSD

4:30

Break

 

4:45

Global Citizenship and Social Justice

 

Moderator:

  • Prof. Katherine J. Strandburg, DePaul University College of Law

Speakers:

  • Prof. Margaret Chon, Seattle University School of Law

  • Prof. John T. Cross, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville

  • Robin D. Gross, Esq., Founder & Executive Directive, IP Justice

  • Prof. Guy Pessach, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

6:15

Closing Remarks

 

Prof. Peter K. Yu, Michigan State University College of Law &  Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University

 

7:30

Dinner Reception

 

Restaurant Villegas

1735 Grand River Avenue, Okemos, MI

 

CONFERENCE FELLOWS

 

Prof. Virginia Brown Keyder

Bogazici University & Sabanci University (Turkey)

Political Science Department, SUNY Binghamton

 

Prof. Susan Corbett

School of Accounting and Commercial Law

Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)

 

Prof. Hanne Kirk Deichmann

Aarhus School of Business (Denmark)

 

Prof. Debora Halbert

Department of History and Political Science

Otterbein College

 

Eddan Katz

Fellow, Information Society Project

Yale Law School

 

Prof. Peng Tao

Politics and Law School

China University of Geosciences (China)

 

Prof. Vanessa B. Pierce

Ave Maria School of Law

 

Dr. Tine Sommer

Aarhus School of Business (Denmark)

 

Prof. Deborah Tussey

Oklahoma City University School of Law

 

SYMPOSIUM ISSUE AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1-291

Peter K. Yu, International Enclosure, the Regime Complex, and Intellectual Property Schizophrenia, 2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1

Keith Aoki & Kennedy Luvai, Reclaiming Common Heritage? Treatment in the International Plant Genetic Resources Regime Complex, 2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 35

Denis Borges Barbosa, Margaret Chon & Andre
Moncayo von Hase, Slouching Towards Development in International Intellectual Property, 2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 71

Peter M. Gerhart, The Tragedy of TRIPS, 2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 143

Donald P. Harris, TRIPS and Treaties of Adhesion Part II: Back to the Past or a Small Step Forward?, 2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 185

 

Kevin C. Kennedy, Parallel Proceedings at the WTO and Under NAFTA Chapter 19: Whither the Doctrine of Exhaustion of Local Remedies in DSU Reform?, 39 Geo. Wash. Int'l L. Rev. 47 (2007)

Chidi Oguamanam, Agro-Biodiversity and Food Security: Biotechnology and Traditional Agricultural Practices at the Periphery of International Intellectual Property Regime Complex, 2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 215

Guy Pessach, The Role of Libraries in A2K: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead, 2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 257

 

Jerome H. Reichman & Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss, Harmonization Without Consensus: Critical Reflections on Drafting a Substantive Patent Law Treaty, 57 Duke L.J. 85 (2007)

Paul L.C. Torremans, Is Copyright a Human Right?, 2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 271

 
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