Synopsis
Regional economic integration is a driving force in Asia and has intensified in recent years. The upcoming launch of the ASEAN Economic Community demonstrates the importance of regional economic integration in Asia. The same is evident from the proliferation of regional FTAs and trade partnerships in the region, such as RCEP. In addition, Asia is a fundamental trading partner for countries in other parts of the world as it is confirmed by the ongoing negotiations in the TPP and several others FTAs between Asian countries and the EU. Still, even though the process of economic integration has reached unprecedented levels today, it also continues to face several challenges. The distinguished speakers in this panel will address the progresses and the remaining challenges of the process of economic integration in Asia with particular attention to intellectual property rights. They will also discuss the role of international organizations like the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization in assisting Asian countries in this process of integration.
Speakers' Profile
Irene Calboli is Lee Kong Chian Fellow, Visiting Professor, and the Deputy Director of the Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA), School of Law, Singapore Management University. Irene started her academic career at the University of Bologna and has held visiting positions at the King’s College London, the University of California Berkeley, the University Complutense, De Paul University, and the Max-Planck-Institute for Innovation and Competition. Most recently, she was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore. Irene’s scholarship focuses on the intersection between intellectual property and international trade. She has extensively published on these areas in English and Italian. Her most recent publications include the edited books, TRADEMARK PROTECTION AND TERRITORIALITY CHALLENGES IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY (Edward Elgar, 2014, with E. Lee) and DIVERSITY IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: IDENTITIES, INTERESTS, AND INTERSECTIONS (Cambridge University Press, 2015, with S. Ragavan).
Denis Croze is Director of the Singapore Office of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), covering the Asia Pacific region since June 2012. Previously, Mr. Croze held several positions at WIPO. He was the Director of the Assemblies and Documentation Affairs Division (AADD) in the Office of the Director General (2010 -2012), the Acting Director Advisor in the Executive Office of Mr. Michael Keplinger, Deputy Director General in charge of the Copyright and Enforcement Sector (2006 – 2009), the Acting Director Advisor in the Executive Office of Mr. Geoffrey Yu, Deputy Director General, Economic Development Sector (2004 - 2006), the Head of the International Law Development Section (2002 – 2004), and the Head of the Trademark Law Section in the Industrial Property Law Division of WIPO (1999 – 2002). From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Croze headed the Multilateral Affairs Department of the French Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) in Paris, France. He was also a WIPO Consultant to set up the WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Center from 1994 to 1996.
Susy Frankel is a Professor of Law and the Director of the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law, at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is also the Chair of the Copyright Tribunal (NZ), and the President –Elect of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP). She has been a Hauser Global visitor to New York University Law School, a visiting Professor at the University of Haifa, University of Iowa, University of Western Ontario and Fellow of Clare Hall and the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Cambridge (UK). She has published widely on the nexus between international intellectual property and trade law, and particularly focusing on international treaty interpretation and the protection of traditional knowledge. Susy’s research expertise extends to regulatory theory and particularly the impacts of international trade of regulatory autonomy over knowledge assets and innovation. Her most recent book "Test -tubes for Global Intellectual Property Issues: the Small Markey Economy" will be published by Cambridge University Press in June 2015.
Dr. Wang Jiangyu (SJD & LLM, University of Pennsylvania; MJur, Oxford; MPhil in Laws, Peking University; LLB, China University of Political Science and Law) is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS) and a tenured Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore. He is also the co-Chief-Editor of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law and Deputy Chief Editor of the Chinese Journal of Comparative Law. His teaching and research interests include international economic law, Chinese corporate and securities law, law and development, and Chinese legal system. He practiced law in the Legal Department of Bank of China and Chinese and American law firms. He is also a director on the Executive Board of the WTO Institute of the China Law Society, a Senior Fellow at the Law and Development Institute (LDI), and a fellow of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law (Hong Kong). He has also been invited expert/speaker for the WTO, International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
The event is free, limited seats available.
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Jointly Organised by Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (SMU) and Centre for Asian Legal Studies (NUS).
Last updated on 02 Apr 2018 .
