Prof. Peter K. Yu

Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law

Director, Intellectual Property Law Center

Drake University Law School


 

 

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Drake University Law School

Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law (2007-Present)

Professor of Law (2007-Present)

Director, Intellectual Property Law Center (2007-Present)

Courses:

  • Copyright Law

  • Independent Study

  • International Intellectual Property Law

Achievements:

  • Top 40 Law Authors (Social Science Research Network)

  • Top 250 Authors (Social Science Research Network)

Faculty Committee:

  • Faculty Recruitment Committee (2008-2009)

Faculty Advisor:

  • Intellectual Property Law Society

Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China

Wenlan Scholar Chair Professor 文澜学者讲座教授 (2008–Present)

Research Fellow, Center for Studies of Intellectual Property Rights (2005–Present)

University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law

Visiting Professor of Law (summer 2007-Present)

Course:

  • Issues in IT LawLegal and Policy Challenges of P2P Networks

Washington and Lee University School of Law

Visiting Professor of Law (spring 2009)

Course:

  • Chinese Law

Syracuse University College of Law

Affiliated Faculty, Working Group on Property, Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism (PCSE) (2004–Present)

Michigan State University College of Law

Associate Professor of Law (2004–2007) (tenure granted in 2006)

Founding Director, Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program (2003–2007)

Founding Director, LL.M./M.J. Program in Intellectual Property & Communications Law (2004–2007) (U.S. News Specialized Rankings: #17 in 2008, #17 in 2007, #19 in 2006; #1 in Big Ten in 2007)

Assistant Professor of Law (2003–2004)

Courses:

  • Copyright Law

  • Directed Study

  • International Intellectual Property Law

  • Interdisciplinary Topics in CyberSecurity (university-wide course co-taught with faculty members from other MSU colleges)

  • Special Topics in Telecommunication: P2P Filesharing (university-wide course co-taught with faculty members from other MSU colleges)

  • Topics in Intellectual Property & Communications Law: Copyright Wars and the Music Industry

  • Topics in Intellectual Property & Communications Law: IPR and International Technology Transfer

  • Trademark and Unfair Competition Law

Teaching Awards: 

  • 2007 MSU Teacher-Scholar Award (presented annually to six MSU faculty members who earned the respect of students and colleagues for their devotion to and skill in teaching)

  • 2007 Student Bar Association's Distinguished Faculty Award

  • Nomination for the Student Bar Association's Distinguished Faculty Award (2004, 2006)

Achievements:

  • Phi Kappa Phi (inducted as a faculty member)

  • Top 40 Law Authors (Social Science Research Network)

  • Top 250 Authors (Social Science Research Network)

Faculty Committees: 

  • Faculty Development and Programs Committee (2004–2007; co-chair 2005–2007)

  • Faculty Finances Committee (2006–2007)

  • Faculty Appointments Committee (2003–2005)

  • Faculty Secretary (2004–2005)

Faculty Advisors:

  • Asian Pacific American Law Student Association

  • Entertainment and Sports Law Journal (co-advisor)

  • Intellectual Property Law Society

Michigan State University

Adjunct Professor of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, College of Communication Arts & Sciences (2003–2007) (courtesy appointment)

Faculty Associate, The James H. and Mary B. Quello Center for Telecommunication Management & Law, College of Communication Arts & Sciences (2003–Present)

Core Faculty, Asian Studies Center (2005–2007)

Ph.D. Committees:

  • Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media (2)

  • Department of Rhetoric & Writing (1)

Advisory Committee or Working Group:

  • The MSU CyberSecurity Initiative (2003–2005)

  • The Working Group on Computing and Information

Faculty Advisor:

  • Hong Kong International

Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, University of Oxford

Research Associate (1999–2004)

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University

Acting Assistant Professor of Law (2001–2003)

Executive Director, Intellectual Property Law Program (2000–2003) (U.S. News Specialized Rankings: #5 in 2004, 2003, and 2002, #6 in 2001)

Deputy Director, Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media & Society (1999–2003)

Courses: 

  • Chinese Information Law, Technology & Society

  • Communications Law in Transition Newsletter Workshop

  • International Copyright

  • International Trade and Intellectual Property

  • International Trademark

  • LL.M. Seminar in Intellectual Property

  • Telecommunications Workshop

Faculty Advisor

  • Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS &

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Series Editor, Elgar Intellectual Property and Global Development Series (book series from Edward Elgar Publishing)

Editorial Review Board, Property in a Market Context (book series from Cambridge University Press)

Founder & Editor, Michigan State University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series

Series Editor, Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law Series (book series from Kluwer Law International)

Co-Series Editor, Communications Law and Policy in Transition (book series from Kluwer Law International)

Legal Advisory Board, Cyberlaw Clinic (under the auspices of IP Justice)

Board of Editors, Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. (2001–Present)

Editorial Board, Journal of World Intellectual Property (2006–Present)

Editorial Board, Intellectual Property Yearbook (published by Zhongnan University in Chinese) (2005–Present)

Editorial Board, American Law Review (in Chinese language) (2002–Present)

Executive Committee, American Branch of the International Law Association (2006–Present)

External Reviewer/Examiner, Florida International University College of Law; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (School of Communication & Information); Temple University Beasley School of Law; Queen Mary, University of London (Department of Law); University of Amsterdam Faculty of Law; University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law; UMKC School of Law; University of Oklahoma College of Law; University of Ottawa Faculty of Law; Vanderbilt University Law School

Referee/Reviewer, Aspen Law Publishers, Cambridge University Press, Edward Elgar Publishing, John Wiley & Sons, Kluwer Law International, LexisNexis, NYU Press, Prentice Hall, Routledge, Yale University Press, Israel Science Foundation, Chinese Journal of Communication, Hong Kong Law Journal, Journal of Copyright Society of the U.S.A., Jurimetrics, Socio-Legal Review, University of British Columbia Law Review, and University of Ottawa Law & Technology Journal

Board of Directors, U.S.-China Lawyers Society (2002–Present)

Judge, Nathan Burkan Memorial National Writing Competition (2003–Present)

Co-chair, 2006 International Law Weekend; Organizing Committee, 2007 International Law Weekend; Organizing Committee, 2005 International Law Weekend; Program Committee, 2004 International Law Weekend

Conference Committee, 14th Asian Media Information and Communication Centre Conference, Beijing (Summer 2005)

Host and Steering Committee, 11th Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty (CAPALF) (Fall 2004)

Co-founder, Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference (with Jack L. Qiu) (1st: USC Annenberg; 2nd: UC Berkeley; 3rd: Michigan State; 4th: Nanyang Technological; 5th: Texas A&M, and 6th: HKU)

Co-founder, Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (with Roberta R. Kwall) (rotating among Cardozo, DePaul and UC Berkeley/Stanford)

Judge, Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition (2001, 2002, 2004)

Founder & Editor, Michigan State University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series (2003-2007)

Editorial Board, Gigalaw.com (2000-2003)

Committee Member, Litigation Committee, Asian American Bar Association of New York (2001–Present)

Board of Directors, Asian American Bar Association of New York (2002–2003)

Committee Member, Young Lawyers Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, New York State Bar Association (2001–2003)

Founding Managing Editor, Communications Law in Transition Newsletter (1999–2001)

Managing Editor, Post-Soviet Media Law & Policy Newsletter (1997–1999)

Project Coordinator, European Survey of Information Society II (European Commission) (1999–2001) (responsible for surveys in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Poland, and Syria)

U.S. Program Director, “Legislation Principles for a Telecommunications Legal Regulation System in Russia” Program (USAID/IREX) (1998–2000)

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Handbook on Intellectual Property and Global Development (Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming 2009) (editor)

The Chinese Legal Tradition (Lexis-Nexis, forthcoming 2009)

Global Legal Traditions: Comparative Law in the Twenty-first Century (Lexis-Nexis, forthcoming 2009) (with Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Michael J. Bazyler and Russell A. Miller)

Global Issues in Intellectual Property Law (Thomson West, forthcoming 2008) (with John T. Cross, Amy Landers and Michael S. Mireles)

International Intellectual Property Law and Policy (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2008) (casebook)

Intellectual Property and Information Wealth: Issues and Practices in the Digital Age (Praeger Publishers 2007) (editor) (4 volumes)

The Marketplace of Ideas: Twenty Years of Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (Kluwer Law International 2002) (editor)

Russian Media Law and Policy in the Yeltsin Decade: Essays and Documents (Kluwer Law International 2002) (coedited with Monroe E. Price and Andrei Richter)

Articles and Book Chapters

Building Intellectual Property Coalitions to Promote Access to Essential Medicines, in Global Governance of HIV/ AIDS: Intellectual Property and Access to Essential Medicines (Obijiofor Aginam ed., United Nations University Press 2009)

A Mishmash of Two Transplants, 18 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y (forthcoming 2009)

The Role of the Principles and Objectives in the Interpretation and Implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, in Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Law and the WTO (Carlos M. Correa ed., Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming 2009)

A Preliminary Analysis of the U.S.-China Dispute over TRIPS Enforcement, in IP Enforcement and Awareness Raising in Asia (Christoph Antons ed., Kluwer Law International, forthcoming 2009)

Building Intellectual Property Coalitions for Development, in Strategies for Implementing WIPO's Development Agenda (Jeremy de Beer ed., forthcoming 2008)

The Enclosure of Policy Space in a Global Capitalist Society, in The Intellectual Property Right Domain in Contemporary Capitalism (Birgitte Andersen ed., Routledge forthcoming 2008) (adapted from 82 Ind. L.J. 827)

International and Comparative Aspects of Trademark Dilution Law: An Introduction, 17 Transnat’l L. and Contemp. Prob. (forthcoming 2008) (with Mark D. Janis)

Intellectual Property, Cultural Relics, and Intangible Heritage, 81 Temple L. Rev. (forthcoming 2008)

Intellectual Property, Foreign Direct Investment and The China Exception, in The Global Challenge of Intellectual Property Rights (Subhash C. Jain & Robert C. Bird eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming 2008) (abridged and adapted from Intellectual Property, Economic Development, and the China Puzzle)

Complex Guoqing and Intellectual Property Reforms in China, in Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development: Selected Issues (ICTSD, forthcoming 2008) (abridged and adapted from Intellectual Property, Economic Development, and the China Puzzle)

The Sweet and Sour Story of Chinese Intellectual Property Rights, in Technology, Progress and Prosperity: A History of Intellectual Property and Development (Graham Dutfield and Uma Suthersanen eds., Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2008)

The Political Economy of Data Protection, 83 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. (forthcoming 2008)

A Tale of Two Development Agendas, 34 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2008) (Dean’s Lecture Series)

Access to Medicines, BRICS Alliances, and Collective Action, 34 Am. J.L. & Med. 345 ( 2008)

Three Questions That Will Make You Rethink the U.S.-China Intellectual Property Debate, 7 J. Marshall Rev. Intel. Prop. L. 412 (2008)

Challenges to the Development of a Human-Rights Framework for Intellectual Property, in Intellectual Property and Human Rights 77 (Paul L.C. Torremans ed., Kluwer Law International, 2008) (abridged and adapted from 40 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1039)

Teaching International Intellectual Property Law, 52 St. Louis U. L.J. 923 ( 2008)

What Ifs and Other Alternative Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Stories: Foreword, 2008 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1

Ten Common Questions About Intellectual Property and Human Rights, 23 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 709 (2007)

Competition Law and Copyright Misuse, in Un Cocktail de Droit d’Auteurs 55 (Ysolde Gendreau ed., Les Éditions Thémis 2007), reprinted in 56 Drake L. Rev. 427 (2008) (with John T. Cross)

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

Intellectual Property, Economic Development, and the China Puzzle, in Intellectual Property, Trade and Development: Strategies to Optimize Economic Development in a TRIPS Plus Era 169 (Daniel J. Gervais ed., Oxford University Press 2007), available in Drake University Law School Occasional Papers in Intellectual Property Law No. 1, 2007

Copyright Reform and Hong Kong’s Digital Future, Media Digest (RTHK), July 2007 (expanded on The Digital Divide)

The International Enclosure Movement, 82 Ind. L.J. 827 (2007), translated into Japanese in 16 Intell. Prop. L. & Pol'y J. (forthcoming 2007)

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

Reconceptualizing Intellectual Property Interests in a Human Rights Framework, 40 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1039 (2007)

Plenary Session Transcript, 40 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1275 (2007) (transcript of plenary session)

Digital Piracy and the Copyright Response, in Internet and Governance in Asia—A Critical Reader 340 (Indrajit Banerjee ed., AMIC 2007)

Five Disharmonizing Trends in the International Intellectual Property Regime, in 4 Intellectual Property and Information Wealth: Issues and Practices in the Digital Age 73 (Peter K. Yu ed., Praeger Publishers 2007), translated into Japanese in 15 Intell. Prop. L. & Pol'y J. (forthcoming 2007) (updated from 38 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 323)

Anticircumvention and Anti-anticircumvention, 84 Denv. U. L. Rev. 13 (2006)

From Pirates to Partners (Episode II): Protecting Intellectual Property in Post-WTO China, 55 Am. U. L. Rev. 901 (2006)

Of Monks, Medieval Scribes, and Middlemen, 2006 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1

TRIPS and Its Discontents, 10 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 369 (2006), translated into Chinese as TRIPS协议:欠发达国家的不满及应对, 2006 Intell. Prop. Rts. Ann. J. 53 (Lily Xiaoli Wang trans.) and reprinted in ICFAI J. Intell. Prop. Rts., May 2007, at 14, and 4 Andean Y.B. Intell. Prop. Rts. (forthcoming 2007)

Book Review of Promises to Keep: Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment, 19 J. Media Econ. 141 (2006)

Still Dissatisfied After All These Years: Intellectual Property, Post-WTO China, and the Avoidable Cycle of Futility, 34 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 143 (2005), reprinted in ICFAI J. Intell. Prop. Rts., Nov. 2006

The Trust and Distrust of Intellectual Property Rights, 18 Revue Quebecoise de Droit International 107 (2005)

P2P and the Future of Private Copying, 76 U. Colo. L. Rev. 653 (2005)

Intellectual Property and the Information Ecosystem, 2005 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1, reprinted in ICFAI J. Intell. Prop. Rts., Aug. 2005, at 32

Currents and Crosscurrents in the International Intellectual Property Regime, 38 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 323 (2004), also available in Michigan State University College of Law Occasional Papers in Intellectual Property and Communications Law No. 5, 2005

Intellectual Property at a Crossroads: Why History Matters, 38 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 1 (2004)

Symposium, World Intellectual Property Organization and the European Union, in 9 International Intellectual Property Law & Policy (Hugh C. Hansen ed., forthcoming) (remarks transcribed in 2004)

An Action Plan to Reinvent U.S.-China Intellectual Property Policy, in 2 Commentaries on Law and Public Policy 77 (Robert W. McGee ed., 2004) (abridged and adapted from 50 Am. U. L. Rev. 131)

The Origins of ccTLD Policymaking, 12 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 387 (2004) (updated from The Never-ending ccTLD Story)

The Escalating Copyright Wars, 32 Hofstra L. Rev. 907 (2004), also available in Michigan State University-DCL College of Law Occasional Papers in Intellectual Property and Communications Law No. 1, 2003

Four Common Misconceptions About Copyright Piracy, 26 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 127 (2003)

Symposium, China and the WTO: Progress, Perils, and Prospects, 17 Colum. J. Asian L. 1 (2003)

The Copyright Divide, 25 Cardozo L. Rev. 331 (2003)

The Never-ending ccTLD Story, in Addressing the World: National Identity and Internet Country Code Domains (Erica Schlesinger Wass ed., Rowman & Littlefield 2003)

Dis-networking Rules in a Networked World, STS Nexus, Spring 2003, at 6 (Supp.)

Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property, and Indigenous Culture: An Introduction, 11 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 239 (2003)

Symposium, Protection for Traditional Knowledge, in 8 International Intellectual Property Law & Policy (Hugh C. Hansen ed., forthcoming) (remarks transcribed in 2003)

The Harmonization Game: What Basketball Can Teach About Intellectual Property and International Trade, 26 Fordham Int'l L.J. 218 (2003)

The European Union's Privacy Directive, in The GigaLaw.com Guide to Internet Law (Doug Isenberg ed., Random House 2002) (reprinted from GigaLaw)

The Second Coming of Intellectual Property Rights in China (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Occasional Papers in Intellectual Property No. 11, 2002), also available in 8 International Intellectual Property Law & Policy (Hugh C. Hansen ed., forthcoming)

World Trade, Intellectual Property, and the Global Elites: An Introduction, 10 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 1 (2002)

Toward a Nonzero-sum Approach to Resolving Global Intellectual Property Disputes: What We Can Learn from Mediators, Business Strategists, and International Relations Theorists, 70 U. Cin. L. Rev. 569 (2002)

Bridging the Digital Divide: Equality in the Information Age, 20 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1 (2002)

Piracy, Prejudice, and Perspectives: Using Shakespeare to Reconfigure the U.S.-China Intellectual Property Debate, 19 B.U. Int’l. L.J. 1 (2001), excerpted in Terry Halbert & Elaine Ingulli, Law and Ethics in the Business Environment (4th ed., South Western Educational Publishing 2002)

From Pirates to Partners: Protecting Intellectual Property in China in the Twenty-first Century, 50 Am. U. L. Rev. 131 (2000)

Succession by Estoppel: Hong Kong’s Succession to the ICCPR, 27 Pepp. L. Rev. 53 (1999)

Fictional Persona Test:  Copyright Preemption in Human Audiovisual Characters, 20 Cardozo L. Rev. 355 (1998), translated into Chinese in 著作权与肖像权对音像作品虚构人物的交叉保护, 2 Am. L. Rev. 78 (2004) (Chris X. Lin trans.) (winner of First Prize in the Nathan Burkan Memorial Writing Competition at Cardozo Law School, the Gerald Rose Memorial Competition for Best Paper in Intellectual Property at John Marshall Law School, and the Second Prize in the Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation Award for Excellence in Legal Writing) (student note)

One Radio, Two Competing Interests:  The Problem of Radio Television Hong Kong, Post-Soviet Media L. & Pol’y Newsl., June 15, 1998, at 48

Position Papers

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

Columns / Op-eds

National Law Journal

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

Des Moines Register

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, 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, at 13A

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

Detroit Free Press

Take New Look at Chinese Market, Nov. 18, 2005, at 17

South China Morning Post

The Digital Divide, May 10, 2007, at A15

IP Law & Business / IP Worldwide

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

Viagra's Upside, IP L. & Bus., Oct.  2004, at 49

Chilling Effect, IP L. & Bus., 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, IP L. & Bus., Dec. 2003, at 17

What's Old Is New Again, IP L. & Bus., Sept. 2003, at 24

The Downside of Being Harry, IP L. & Bus., 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, IP L. & Bus., Apr. 2003, at 24

Wrestling with Gator, IP L. & Bus., Jan. 2003, at 33

Hoops 'n Harmonization, IP Worldwide, Nov. 2002, at 16

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

FindLaw.com / CNN.com

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)

Gigalaw.com

Four Remaining Questions About Copyright Law After Eldred (Feb. 2003), reprinted in JurisNotes.com

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), reprinted in JurisNotes.com

An Overview of the EU Information Society Directive (Nov. 2001), reprinted in JurisNotes.com

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), reprinted in JurisNotes.com

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), reprinted in JurisNotes.com

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

Other Publications

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

Works in Progress

Book Projects

Paranoid Pirates and Schizophrenic Swashbucklers: Protecting Intellectual Property in Post-WTO China

Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property, and Indigenous Culture (editor)

New Perspectives on the Internet in China (co-edited with Randy Kluver and Jack L. Qiu)

Articles

The Art of Copyright War

Elegant Offenses, Digital Opium, and the Sinicyberspace

Legal Transplants in the Digital Age

New Media at the Turn of the Century: Toward an Integrated Law, Technology and Society Approach

The Law and the Sixth Estate

The Path of Sinicyberlaw

The TRIPs Enforcement Puzzle

MAJOR CONFERENCES AND

SPECIAL ISSUES ORGANIZED

2009 Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Drake University Law School, Feb. 27-28, 2009

“International and Comparative Aspects of Trademark Dilution Law,” 17 Transnat’l L. and Contemp. Prob. (forthcoming 2008) (written symposium, co-edited with Mark D. Janis)

Conference on Innovation and Communications Law, University of Turku, Finland, July 17-18, 2008 (co-organized)

6th Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference: “China and the Internet: Myths and Realities,” Journalism & Media Studies Center, University of Hong Kong, June 13-14, 2008 (co-organized)

2008 Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Drake University Law School, Feb. 22-23, 2008

“What Ifs and Other Alternative Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Stories,” Michigan State University College of Law, Mar. 30-31, 2007, 2008 Mich. St. L. Rev. (forthcoming)

4th Annual Intellectual Property and Communications Law and Policy Scholars Roundtable, Michigan State University College of Law, Jan. 26-27, 2007

International Conference on Impact of TRIPS: INDO-US Exchange, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 15-16, 2006 (co-organized)

2006 International Law Weekend, New York, Oct. 26-28, 2006 (co-chair)

“The International Intellectual Property Regime Complex,” Michigan State University College of Law, Apr. 7-8, 2006, 2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1

Third Annual Intellectual Property and Communications Law and Policy Scholars Roundtable, Michigan State University College of Law, Jan. 27-28, 2006

“IP3: Intellectual Property, Innovation Policies and International Perspectives,” University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, Dec. 9-10, 2005 (co-organized)

Third Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference: “Digital Silk Road: A Look at the First Decade of China’s Internet Development and Beyond,” Michigan State University College of Law, May 23-24, 2005

“W(h)ither the Middleman: The Role and Future of Intermediaries in the Information Age,” Michigan State University College of Law, Apr. 8-9, 2005, 2006 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1–234

Second Annual Intellectual Property and Communications Law and Policy Scholars Roundtable, Michigan State University College of Law, Feb. 18-19, 2005

“Intellectual Property at a Crossroads: the Use of the Past in Intellectual Property Jurisprudence,” 38 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 1–443 (2004) (written symposium)

“Free Trade and Counterfeiting Havens: A Cross-Industry Dialogue,” Michigan State University College of Law, Oct. 12, 2004

11th Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty: “APA Education in the Twenty-first Century,” Michigan State University College of Law, Sept. 24-25, 2004 (co-organized)

2004 Patent Law Day: “Continuing Challenges in Patent Practice,” Michigan State University College of Law, Sept. 13, 2004

“Intellectual Property, Sustainable Development, and Endangered Species: Understanding the Dynamics of the Information Ecosystem,” Michigan State University-DCL College of Law, Mar. 26-27, 2004, 2005 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1–332

5th Annual Quello Communications Policy & Law Symposium: “Harnessing the Swarm: Business Strategies, Rights Management and Policy for the New Media,” Washington, D.C., Feb. 24-25, 2004 (co-organized)

First Annual Intellectual Property and Communications Law and Policy Scholars Roundtable, Michigan State University-DCL College of Law, Feb. 20-21, 2004

First Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference: “China and the Internet: Technology, Economy, and Society in Transition,” Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, May 30-31, 2003 (co-founded with Jack L. Qiu)

“ICANN, ccTLD, and the Legacy Root: Domain Name Lawmaking and Governance in the New Millennium,” Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Mar. 17, 2003, 12 Cardozo J. Int’l & Comp. L. 387–592 (2004)

“Patent Law, Social Policy, and Public Interest: The Search for a Balanced Global System,” Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Nov. 7, 2002

Second Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Aug. 8-9, 2002

“Creation, Control, and Censorship: The Free Engine of Expression or a Tool of Private Censorship?” Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Apr. 15, 2002

“Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property and Indigenous Culture,” Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Feb. 21-22, 2002, 11 Cardozo J. Int’l & Comp. L. 239–830 (2003)

First Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, DePaul University College of Law, Aug. 9-10, 2001 (co-founded with Roberta R. Kwall)

“Copyright Law as Communications Policy: Convergence of Paradigms and Cultures,” Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Apr. 2, 2001, 20 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 259–415 (2002)

“World Trade, Intellectual Property, and the Global Elites: International Lawmaking in the New Millennium,” Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Mar. 7, 2001, 10 Cardozo J. Int’l & Comp. L. 1–317 (2002)

“Bridging the Digital Divide: Equality in the Information Age,” Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Nov. 15, 2000, 20 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1–188 (2002)

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Presenter, "The TRIPs Enforcement Puzzle," International Intellectual Property Panel, 2009 International Law Weekend—West, Willamette University College of Law, Mar. 6-7, 2009

Roundtable Organizer, 2009 Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Drake University Law School, Feb. 27-28, 2009

Presenter, “The Contest for Loyalties in the Virtual World,” “Virtual Worlds, Social Networks, and User-Generated Content” Conference, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nov. 14-15, 2008

Presenter, “A Mishmash of Two Transplants,” “Biolaw 2.0,” University of Kansas School of Law, Nov. 13-14, 2008

Presenter, "Intellectual Property Protection in China," "Legal Issues in Supply Chain Management" Conference, Vanderbilt University Law School, Oct. 30-31, 2008

Presenter, Launch of Creative Commons-Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Oct. 24-25, 2008

Lecture, Intellectual Property and Globalization, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, Oct. 20, 2008

Panel Organizer and Presenter, "“The Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage," “The Protection of Cultural Heritage in a Globalized World,” 2008 International Law Weekend, New York, Oct. 16-18, 2008

Presenter, "Building Intellectual Property Coalitions for Development to Promote Access to ," Global Governance of HIV/AIDS Conference, Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics, Liverpool Law School, Liverpool, England, Oct. 8, 2008

Presenter, “Legal Transplants in the Digital Age,” GikIII, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, England, Sept. 24-25, 2008

Panelist, "The Renegade Supplier in China: Solutions for IP and Product Safety Problems," John Marshall Law School, Sept. 5, 2008

Presenter, “Legal Transplants in the Digital Age,” 8th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Stanford Law School, Aug. 7-8, 2007

Organizing Committee and Presenter, “Legal Transplants in the Digital Age,” Conference on Innovation and Communications Law, University of Turku, Finland, July 17-18, 2008

Panelist, “A Preliminary Analysis of the U.S.-China Dispute over TRIPS Enforcement,” “Using WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism: China’s 6 years in the WTO,” International Dialogue on WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Experience Sharing Among Developing Countries, Beijing, July 9-10, 2008

Lecture, “Legal Transplants in the Digital Age,” Tsinghua University Law School, Beijing, July 8, 2008

Presenter, “The Future of Digital Copyright Protection in Hong Kong: An Analysis of the Latest Government Proposals,” Journalism & Media Studies Center, University of Hong Kong, July 2, 2008

Lecture, "Legal Transplants in the Digital Age," Zhejiang Gong Shang University School of Law, Hangzhou, June 19, 2008

Lectures, "Legal Transplants in the Digital Age" and "The Chinese Champions and the Global Game," Fudan University Law School, Shanghai, June 17, 2008

Conference Co-organizer, 6th Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference: "China and the Internet: Myths and Realities," Journalism & Media Studies Center, University of Hong Kong, June 13-14, 2008

Chair, “Intellectual Property, Innovation, and the Marketplace,” Chair, “Geographical Indications and Global Development,” Discussant, “Dis/Empowerment through Intellectual Property?,” and Roundtable Participant, “Emerging Law and Technology Theories,” 2008 Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Montreal, Canada, May 29-June 1, 2008

Presenter, "Creative Industries and Legal Transplants," "The Creative Industries and Intellectual Property," Birkbeck College, University of London, May 22-23, 2008

Institute Organizer and Moderator, 2008 Summer Institute in Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Agricultural Sciences, Drake University Law School, May 19-20, 2008

Presenter, "Legal Transplants in the Digital Age," "New Media, New Markets, New Rights," DAEL Initiative on Creativity & Commerce, Georgia State University, May 2, 2008

Presenter, "The Chinese Champions and the Global Game," "Branding the Land: Trademarks, Geographic Indicators, and the Advancement of Third World Development," John Marshall Law School, Apr. 25, 2008

Presenter, "Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in China," "Doing Business in China," International Law Section, Iowa State Bar Association, Des Moines, Apr. 24, 2008

Presenter, 2008 International Conference on “Implementing IPR Stratagem and Perfecting IPR System,” Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China, Apr. 18-20, 2008

Presenter, "The TRIPs Enforcement Puzzle," "Politics of Intellectual Property" Workshop, European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions, University of Rennes, France, Apr. 11-16, 2008

Presenter, "Intellectual Property, Economic Development, and the China Puzzle," 2008 Scholarly Symposia Series, University of Dayton School of Law, Apr. 7, 2008

Speaker, Annual Banquet, Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, University of Iowa College of Law, Apr. 3, 2008

Presenter, "Will IP Protection Increase in China as a Result of the Hosting of the Olympics?", 16th Fordham Annual International Intellectual Property and Policy Conference, Fordham University School of Law, Mar. 28, 2008

Panelist, "The Internet and China," "Justice and Legal Reform in China," University of Virginia School of Law, Mar. 27, 2008

Presenter, "Intellectual Property, Foreign Direct Investment and the China Exception," 5th Annual Asian IP Law and Policy Day: The Developing Legal Ecosystem for IP in Asia, Fordham University School of Law, Mar. 26, 2008

Panel Organizer and Chair, "Comparative Perspectives on Digital Copyright Reform: Lessons from Abroad and Beyond," University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, Mar. 19, 2008

Presenter, "Building Intellectual Property Coalitions for Development," "Strategies to Implement a WIPO Development Agenda," University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, Mar. 17-18, 2008

Presenter, "Intellectual Property, Cultural Relics, and Intangible Heritage," Temple Law Review Symposium: "Law Without Borders: Current Legal Challenges Around the Globe," Temple University Beasley School of Law, Mar. 1, 2008

Roundtable Organizer, 2008 Intellectual Property Law and Policy Scholars Roundtable, Drake University Law School, Feb. 22-23, 2008

Presenter, "Access to Medicines, BRICS Alliances, and Collective Action," 2008 American Journal of Law & Medicine Symposium: "Tackling Global Health Issues Through Law and Policy," Boston University School of Law, Feb. 2, 2008

Presenter, "The TRIPs Enforcement Puzzle," "Roundtable on IP, Media and Competition Law," University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, Jan. 11, 2008

Panelist, "Legal Transplants in the Digital Age," Discussant, "Corporate Responsibility & the Internet" and Roundtable Participant, "Whose Responsibility?", "In Search of Public Interest: The Digital Commons and Intellectual Property Politics," International Conference on Information Technology and Social Responsibility, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dec. 17-18, 2007

Presenter, "A Preliminary Analysis of the U.S.-China Dispute over TRIPS Enforcement" and Chair, "Intellectual property enforcement in China," "IP Enforcement and Awareness Raising in Asia," Centre for Comparative Law and Development Studies in Asia and the Pacific, University of Wollongong, Australia, Dec. 11-12, 2007

Bioethics Program Lecture: "Cultural Relics, Intellectual Property and Intangible Heritage," Iowa State University, Nov. 29, 2007

Presenter, "The Political Economy of Data Protection," "Information Convergence: At the Boundaries of Access," John Marshall Law School, Nov. 9, 2007

Lecture, "Legal Transplants in the Digital Age," PTTP International Speakers Series, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Nov. 7, 2007

Lecture, "The United States' WTO Complaint Against China: Origins, Prospects and Implications," Distinguished Professor Presentation, John Marshall Law School, Nov. 6, 2007

Organizing Committee and Chair and Presenter, “From Pirates to Partners (Episode III): Protecting Intellectual Property in the Wake of the Beijing Olympics,” “International Trademark Protection and the Beijing Olympics,” 2007 International Law Weekend, New York, Oct. 25-27, 2007

Presenter, " Adapting Intellectual Property Strategies to Zhongguo Guoqing," "Protecting & Managing IP in China and the Pacific Rim," Ocean Tomo Fall 2007 Live Intellectual Property Auction, Chicago, Oct. 24-25, 2007

Presenter, "Promoting Creativity Without Sacrificing Free Speech," "The Legal and Ethical Issues of New Media," School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Drake University, Oct. 19, 2007

Panelist, "International/Institutional Perspectives," "Strategies to Implement a WIPO Development Agenda," Second EDGE Network Annual Conference: "Responding to the Opportunities of Emerging Economies," Oct. 15-16, 2007, Vancouver, Canada

Presenter, "The Future of International Copyright," "The Future of Copyright," University of South Carolina School of Law, Oct. 12-13, 2007

Presenter, "IP Protection at the 2008 Beijing Olympics," 2007 Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association Fall Meeting, Iowa City, Oct. 5-6, 2007

Panelist, “Intellectual Property Enforcement and Developments,” "Doing Business in China: Resolving Today’s Challenges," PLI New York City Center, New York, Oct. 2, 2007

Presenter, “A Tale of Two Development Agendas,” 5th Annual Work-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, American University Washington College of Law, Sept. 29-30, 2007

Presenter, Dean's Lecture Series, Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, Sept. 21, 2007

Presenter, "The TRIPs Enforcement Puzzle," "The Legitimacy and Sustainability of the International Intellectual Property Regime," CSGR/GARNET Conference "Pathways to Legitimacy? The Future of Global and Regional Governance," University of Warwick, Sept. 17-19, 2007

Presenter, “Teaching International Intellectual Property Law,” 7th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, DePaul University College of Law, Aug. 9-10, 2007

Presenter, "The Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage" and "The TRIPs Enforcement Puzzle" and Chair, "Digital Transformations: Free Association, Free Speech, and Privacy in the 21st Century?" “Law and Society in the 21st Century: Transformations, Resistances, Futures,” 2007 Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, July 25-28, 2007

Presenter, “The New Media Landscape in China,” “Media, Communication, Information: Celebrating 50 Years of Theories and Practices,” 50th Anniversary Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Paris, France, July 23-25, 2007