Legal Transplant for Innovation and Creativity  –  China and the evolution of IP Norms

Legal Transplant for Innovation and Creativity 
–  China and the evolution of IP Norms –

Academy of Finland Project TRANSIP
Closing conference

Hanken School of Economics and the University of Helsinki, Finland
CASS, Shenzhen University China

3-4 December 2015

Thursday 3 December 2015

8:30 – 9:00 Registration
    
9:00 – 9:15 Welcoming Speech: Professor Kimmo Nuotio, University of Helsinki

Session 1: IP Governance in China and Europe
Legal Transplant for Innovation and Creativity? – Research Findings and Results
Chair: Max Okerblom, Hanken School of Economics

9:15 – 9:45 IP Governance in China and Europe and Legal Transplant  –Presentation of the research findings
Professor Nari Lee, Hanken School of Economics

9:45 -10:00 Commentator: Professor Alexander Peukert, Goethe University

10:00 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – 10:45 Process of IP Law Reform and IP Institutions in China
Professor Mingde Li, China Academy of Social Sciences, Intellectual Property Center

10:45 – 11:15 Commentator 1: Researcher Liguo Zhang, University of Helsinki
Commentator 2: TBC

11:15 -11:45 The making of IP Law in China and Europe: policy driven norm building? 
Professor Niklas Bruun, Hanken School of Economics

11:45 – 12:00    Comment: The making of IP Law in China – CMOs in China
Professor Yang Li, Shenzhen University

12:00 – 12:15 Discussion

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch

Session 2: Evolution of IP Laws in China and Europe
Chair: Professor Juha Karhu, University of Lapland

13:15 – 13:45 Three transplants in the history of intellectual property
Professor Alexander Peukert, Goethe University

13:45-14:00  Commentator 1: Professor Zhou Lin, Law Institute of China Academy of Social Sciences

14:00 – 14:30 IP Institutional capacity building in China – EPO’s Collaboration experiences with SIPO
Carlo Pandolfi, EPO
14:30 – 14:45 Commentator 1: Director Jorma Hanski, Patent and Registration office of Finland

14:45 – 15:00 Break

15:00 – 15:30 Information Law in China: European Copyright Code from Chinese Perspective? 
Professor Zhou Lin, Law Institute of :China Academy of Social Sciences

15:30 – 15:45 Commentator: Dr. Viveca Still, Ministry of Education and Culture

15:45 – 16:00 Discussion

18:00 – 20:00   Conference Dinner

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Friday 4 December 2015

Conference Venue: Futurum,
Hanken School of Economics,
Arkadiankatu 22, 00100 – Helsinki

8:45 – 9:00 Registration

Session 3: Mapping New Challenges for Innovation and Creativity
Chair Niklas Bruun

 9:00 – 9:30 The Chinese Intellectual Property System at 35: Transplant, Transformation and What’s Next
Professor Peter Yu, Texas A&M University

9:30 – 10:00 Commentator 1: Professor Mingde Li, China Academy of Social Sciences, Intellectual Property Center
Commentator 2: Carlo Pandolfi, EPO

10:00 – 10:30 Utility model patent systems and technological development: evolutionary experiences from China and Europe
Dr. Dan Prud’homme, GLORAD, Tongji University.

10:30 – 10:45 Commentator: Assistant Professor Rosamaria Ballardini, Hanken School of Economics

10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:30 Legal Transplants in Biotechnology Legislation
Dhanay Cadillo Chandler, University of Helsinki

11:30 – 11:45 Commentator: TBA

11:45 – 12:15 Telecommunication standards, IP and competition law
Dt. Liguo Zhang, University of Helsinki

12:15 – 12:30 Commentator: Professor Yang Li, Shenzhen University
 
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch

Session 4: Mapping New Challenges for Innovation and Creativity – Future Research
Chair : Professor Nari Lee, Hanken School of Economics

13:45 – 14:15 Traditional knowledge
Professor Yuying Guan, Intellectual Property Center of China Academy of Social Sciences

14:15 – 14:30 Commentator: Researcher Dhanay Cadillo, University of Helsinki

14:30 – 15:00 Shanzhai, Sumptuary Law, and Intellectual Property Law in Contemporary China
Barton Beebe, Professor, New York University School of Law

15:00 – 15:15 Commentator: Max Okerblom, Hanken School of Economics (TBC)

15:15 – 15:30 Break

15:30 – 16:00 3D printing and IPR
Mikko Antikainen & AdMani project and Assistant Professor Rosamaria Ballardini, Hanken

16:00 – 16:15 Commentator:Professor Zhou Lin, Law Institute of China Academy of Social Sciences

16:15 – 16:45 Panel discussion: Lessons Learned And Future Research
Chair: Professor Peter Yu, Texas A&M University
Panelists: Professors Mingde Li, Yuying Guan, Lin Zhou, Niklas Bruun, Yang Li, Nari Lee

16:45 – 17:30 Discussion

17:30 CLOSING