Stanford-Peking-Oxford University Internet Law and Public Policy Conference: US, China, and Global Perspectives
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Sponsored by Stanford Law School, Tencent, Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology, China Guiding Cases Project, and the China Law and Policy Association
9:00 am – 4:45 pm – Conference
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm – Reception
Paul Brest Hall, Munger Graduate Residences
Parking: Wilbur Field Garage, any visitor parking spot.
Stanford, Peking and Oxford University
Internet Law and Policy Conference
US, China and Global Perspectives
This conference will focus on the following: (a) developments in Chinese patent and copyright law that have promoted inbound and domestic investment and licensing in the technology sector; (b) developments in US and Chinese patent law affecting cross-border transactions; (c) theories of antitrust and competition law, worldwide, based on data ownership; and (d) mobile internet technology aimed at promoting worldwide economic development.
| Time | Event |
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| 9:00 am | Registration Begins |
| 9:15 am | Welcome & Opening Remarks M. Elizabeth Magill – Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean, Stanford Law School |
| 9:30 am – 10:45 am | Patent Developments in China and the United States This panel will address recent developments in patent law affecting foreign companies doing business in the US and China. With respect to Chinese patent law, it will cover the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law and other topics of interest to foreign companies doing business in China, such as ISP liability for patent infringement and employee invention rewards. With respect to US patent law, the panel will discuss the constriction of patentable subject matter, the constitutionality of administrative revocation of patents, importation of patented products, and US court jurisdiction over foreign companies. |
| Panelists: Lisa Ouellette – Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School Mark Lemley – William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford Law School CUI Guobin – Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Tsinghua University Law School ZHANG Ping – Professor of Law, Peking University Law School; Executive Deputy Dean, School of Intellectual Property Law |
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| 10:45 am | Break |
| 11:15 am – 12:30 pm | Copyright Protection in China and the Evolution of Copyright-Dependent Transactions Copyright protection in China has evolved over the past decade. Today, firms are making major investments that depend on effective copyright protection. This panel will discuss the development of Chinese copyright law and enforcement, and the recent major transactions in China that this development has facilitated. Professor Goldstein will provide commentary from a comparative perspective. |
| Panelists: Jerry Liu – Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law WANG Qian – Professor, School of Law, East China University of Political Science and Law LI MingDe – Faculty of Law, Center of Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Science; Chief of Intellectual Property Law Center, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Science Brent Irvin – General Counsel, Tencent Paul Goldstein – Stella W. and Ira S. Lillick Professor of Law, Stanford Law School |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| Speaker: GUO Li – Deputy Dean and Professor, Peking University Law School |
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| 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm | The Internet and Economic Development This panel will address how the Internet is being used to promote economic development and to reduce inequality in developing countries. Speakers will discuss what their companies are doing to deliver services to promote development and what research has shown regarding results. |
| Panelists: Jason Si – Dean, Tencent Research Institute MENG Zhaoli – Deputy Dean, Tencent Research Institute Pankaj Venugopal – Associate General Counsel, Facebook Nicole Stremlau – Head of the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford Olivia Hatalsky – Senior Program Manager, Alphabet |
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| 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm | Antitrust in the Internet Environment Internet companies’ accumulation of personal data has raised concerns in recent years regarding the potential for ownership of these data to impede competition. Accordingly, competition authorities around the world are beginning to consider how antitrust and competition laws should take data aggregation into account in approving mergers and acquisitions, and in enforcing these laws more generally. This panel seeks to explore the perspectives and regulatory approaches of the United States, the European Union, and China—with respect to both anticompetitive threats and legal remedies. In addition, the panel will address the danger that this focus on data aggregation may facilitate protectionism under the guise of competition concerns. |
| Panelists: Timothy Lau – Research Associate, Federal Judicial Center HUANG Yong – Director of the Competition Law Centre of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE); Professor, UIBE Law School YANG Ming – Professor, Peking University Law School Joshua Wright – Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University; former Commissioner, US Federal Trade Commission Lukas Repa – Deputy Head of Unit of the EU’s Commission in the Directorate General for Competition |
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| 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm | Reception |
*subject to change