University of Helsinki
On 8-9 June, 2014, two academic events were successfully organized by Hanken School of Economics, University of Helsinki, as parts of the on-going Finnish Academy research project “Legal Transplant For Innovation and Creativity: A Sino-Finnish Comparative Study On Governance of Intellectual Property Rights (TranSIP).”
The first of these events was held on 8 June, as an academic conference of the researchers of the research project. Research team members from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), as well as Shenzhen University, lead by Prof Mingde Li (Director of Intellectual Property Law Division, Institute of Law, CASS) have discussed current topics of IP law together with the Finnish research team from Hanken School of Economics (PI, Nari Lee) and University of Helsinki (PI, Niklas Bruun) under the theme, ‘Governance of Intellectual Property Rights in China and Europe.’ Starting with a general discussion on the ‘Rule of Law and Governance of IPR in China’, and further under the rubric of ’Governance of IP and Markets for Creation’ and ’Governance of Markets for Technology and Innovation Through Intellectual Property Law,’ recent IPR law and institutional reforms, and innovation strategies in EU and China were comparatively explored. The discussion continued on the morning of the 9th June where the participants held an intensive workshop on licensing and enforcement of IP in China and Europe.
‘IP in China – Growths and Opportunities’ was the title of the second event. Held as part of the IPR Summer School organized by IPR University Center’s China IP Day series, the seminar was open for general public. Scholars from CASS, Hanken School of Economics, University of Helsinki, Beijing Institute of Technology, Shenzhen University as well as John Marshall University Law School, in the US gave interesting lectures to a full audience of practitioners, students and scholars from 13 different countries. These lectures presented a general picture of IPR laws in China and provided the participants updates on new developments in IP laws that would affect businesses in China.
The events highlighted the importance of dialogue on norm interactions in a globalized world and participants remarked on the high level of discussions and the excellent quality of the presentations of the speakers. The outcome of the academic conference will be published in Edward Elgar Intellectual Property and Global Development series.
Author: Professor Nari Lee, Hanken School of Economics