Posted 9/30/09
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA:
GLOBAL CHALLENGE, LOCAL VOICES
Intellectual Property Law Center
Drake University Law School
Friday-Saturday, October 16-17, 2009
DESCRIPTION:
Held shortly after the 60th anniversary of the founding of
the People's Republic of China, this conference was
specially designed to promote academic exchange between
intellectual property scholars in China and other parts of
the world. The event allows Western scholars to learn more
about intellectual property developments in China. It also
provides an opportunity for Chinese scholars to interact
with their counterparts in the Western World.
CONFERENCE DIRECTOR:
Prof. Peter K. Yu, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual
Property Law & Director, Intellectual Property Law Center,
Drake University Law School
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
- Dr. Gao Lulin, Commissioner, Chinese Patent Office/State
Intellectual Property Office (19911998) & Chairman, East
IP
SPECIAL HONORED GUEST:
- Hon. Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights of the United
States (1985-1993); Pravel, Hewitt, Kimball and Kreiger
Professorial Lecturer in Intellectual Property and Patent
Law, George Washington University Law School
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS:
- Prof. Christoph Antons, University of Wollongong Faculty
of Law (Australia)
- Prof. Chen Hongmei, Management School, Southwest
University of Political Science and Law (Chongqing,
China)
- Prof. Daniel C.K. Chow, Ohio State University College of
Law
- Daniel J. Cosgrove, Esq. (LW'92), Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc.
- Ross Cuthbert, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political
Science, University of Toronto
- Prof. Daniel J. Gervais, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Prof. Llewellyn J. Gibbons, University of Toledo College
of Law
- James F. Gorsche, Jr. (LW'92), Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc.
- Prof. Leah Chan Grinvald, Saint Louis University School
of Law
- Prof. Donald P. Harris, Temple University Beasley School
of Law
- Prof. William O. Hennessey, Franklin Pierce Law Center
- Prof. Christopher M. Holman, UMKC School of Law
- Li Lihong, LL.D. Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of
Ottawa (Canada)
- Prof. Li Mingde, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences (Beijing, China)
- Prof. Li Yahong, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong
Kong
- Liu Haiyan, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Criminal
Justice, Indiana University, Bloomington
- Prof. Doris E. Long, John Marshall Law School
- Prof. Peng Xuelong, Center for Studies of Intellectual
Property Rights, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
(Wuhan, China)
- Prof. Eric A. Priest, University of Oregon School of Law
- Prof. Lars S. Smith, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law,
University of Louisville
- Kent R. Stevens Esq., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
(Washington D.C.)
- Prof. Steven Wan, School of Law, City University of Hong
Kong
- Prof. Wang Bing, Tsinghua University Law School (Beijing,
China)
- Prof. Mary Wong, Franklin Pierce Law Center
- Prof. Yu Jinsong, Economics School, Southwest University
of Political Science and Law (Chongqing, China)
- Prof. Zhang Aiguo, Northwest University of Politics and
Law (Xi'an, China)
- Prof. Zhang Naigen, Fudan University School of Law
(Shanghai, China)
- Zhang Nan, Ph.D. Candidate, Queen Mary, University of
London
- Prof. Zhou Peiquin, School of Social and Behavioral
Study, Nanjing University (Nanjing, China)
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For further information, contact:
CONTACT: Peter K. Yu
Kern Family Chair in Intellectual
Property Law
Director, Intellectual Property Law Center
Drake University Law School
2507 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311-4505
Tel: (515) 271-2948
Fax: (515) 271-2530
Email: MAILTO:peter_yu@msn.com
Website: http://www.peteryu.com