Synopsis
This seminar assembles a unique constellation of national and international intellectual property experts who will share their insights on the challenges that the transnational copyright lawyer will face in the 21st century, and explore issues that are relevant to practitioners, scholars and policymakers. In particular, Jane Ginsburg will be covering the quandaries of the making available right in the United States and Europe. Elizabeth Ng Siew Kuan will navigate the tricky terrain of technological protection measures and geo-blocking, while Liu Kung-Chung will be highlighting significant developments in China and Taiwan. Finally, David Tan will touch on the nebulous doctrine of fair use/fair dealing and its future in the new proposed Singapore’s copyright regime.
SPEAKERS
Jane C. GINSBURG is the Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law at Columbia University School of Law, and Faculty Director of its Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts. She teaches Legal Methods, Copyright Law, International Copyright Law, and Trademarks Law, and is the author or co-author of casebooks in all four subjects, as well as of many articles and book chapters on domestic and international copyright and trademark law. A graduate of the University of Chicago (BA 1976, MA 1977), Professor Ginsburg received a JD in 1980 from Harvard, and, as a Fulbright grantee, a Diplôme d'études approfondies in 1985, and a Doctorate of Law in 1995 from the University of Paris II. She is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, a Member of the American Philosophical Society, a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
Kung-Chung LIU holds a Bachelor of Laws from National Taiwan University and a Doctor of Law degree from the Ludwig Maximilian Universitaet (University of Munich). In 1992, he joined Academia Sinica. In 2003, he was a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore and also acted as Visiting Senior Research Fellow for the IP Academy of Singapore. He has served as one of the founding Commissioners of the National Communications Commission in Taiwan. In 2007, he was co-appointed Professor of the Institute of Law for Science and Technology, National Tsing Hua University. In 2010, he was co-appointed Professor of the Graduate Institute of Technology, Innovation & Intellectual Property Management, National Chengchi University. In 2014-15, he was a Visiting Professor at the School of Law, Singapore Management University, and the Founding Director of the Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA). He is currently the External Director of ARCIALA.
Elizabeth Siew-Kuan NG is Deputy Chairwoman, Director (IP), Centre for Law & Business; Director, GCIP; Associate Professor of Law, NUS Law School. She pioneered many IP courses including Law of IP, Biotechnology Law etc. She has been appointed amicus curiae by the Singapore Court of Appeal on IP matter and is an IP Adjudicator of IPOS. She holds external appointments in several countries including Hong Kong (China). She graduated with LLB (Honors) (University of London) where she was awarded Sweet & Maxwell Law prize and Faculty of Law prize. She obtained an LLM (First Class) (University of Cambridge, England) on a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust scholarship and was conferred the Clough prize. A Barrister-at-law of Middle Temple (England); Advocate and Solicitor (Supreme Court, Singapore); Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Society (University of Cambridge), she has held visiting appointments e.g. in Germany, China, USA (US Federal Circuit), Switzerland (WIPO HQ). She has published in England, India, Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, USA etc. and delivered many invited papers at international IP conferences worldwide.
David TAN holds a PhD from Melbourne Law School, a LLM from Harvard, and graduated with a LLB (First Class Honours)/BCom from the University of Melbourne. He was named the 1998 Outstanding Young Person of Singapore and is also an accomplished fine art fashion photographer, having published a coffeetable book "Visions of Beauty" in association with Versace, and "Tainted Perfection" in collaboration with Cartier in Singapore. His most recent retrospective collection of photographs "David Tan: The First Decade" is exclusively distributed by PageOne/Kinokuniya bookstores. David was formerly with the Singapore Administrative Service, serving as Director of Sports at Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports and Director of International Talent at Ministry of Manpower. In the area of law, he has published in a diverse range of journals like the Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Yale Journal of International Law, Sydney Law Review, Australian Law Journal and Australian Intellectual Property Journal.
MODERATOR
Simon SEOW is the Director of the Intellectual Property Policy Division in the Ministry of Law, Singapore. He is also a Board member of IPOS International Pte Ltd. He previously held a variety of roles in Patents, Designs, Plant Variety Protection, Strategic Planning, Policy and Legal with IPOS. His work also included the development of the Singapore Government’s IP management policy and international negotiations. Prior to joining the public sector, Simon was in legal practice and venture capital investment. At various times, Simon has been the Vice-Chair of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP), Chair of the ASEAN Patent Examination Cooperation (ASPEC) Task Force, and co-Chair of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA (AANZFTA) Committee on IP and the EU-ASEAN Project on the Protection of IP Rights (ECAP III) Project Steering Committee. He has co-authored A Guide to Patent Law in Singapore.
WELCOME ADDRESS
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.
Programme
2.00pm – Registration & Refreshments
3.00pm – Welcome Address by Irene Calboli
3.05pm – Introductory Remarks by Simon Seow
3.10pm – Panel Presentations
4.50pm – Discussion by all speakers
5.00pm – End of event
Public CPD Points - 2 points
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Jointly Organised by the Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (SMU) and the Centre for Law & Business (NUS)
Last updated on 19 Dec 2016 .
