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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:
Achievements:
Faculty
Committee:
Faculty
Advisor:
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:
Washington
and Lee University School of Law
Visiting
Professor of Law (spring 2009)
Course:
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:
Faculty
Advisor:
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:
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," 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
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