On November 5, 2022, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law will hold the “One Country Two Systems and Cross-Border Legal Harmonization” conference, its first in person conference since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. This conference will gather leading practitioners and distinguished scholars to discuss the current cutting-edge topics relating to cross-border legal issues between Mainland China and Hong Kong. Through in-depth discussions on four major areas including data transfer, intellectual property, dispute resolution, and insolvency, this conference aims to generate illuminating insights to promote legal harmonization between Mainland China and Hong Kong.

Panel Two:
Cross-border IP
Moderator: Yahong Li (Associate Professor of Law, The University of Hong Kong)

Speakers:
Harmonization of Arbitral Award on Patentability between HKSAR and Mainland
Guobing Cui (Professor of Law, Tsinghua University)

Hong Kong as an IP Trading Centre in the Greater Bay Area
Thomas Tsang (Deputy Director, HKSAR Intellectual Property Department)

Patent Protection Strategy in the Greater Bay Area
Albert Wai-Kit Chan (Founder and Director, US-China Intellectual Property Institute)

Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Works in the Greater Bay Area
Jyh-An Lee (Professor of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Territoriality, Extraterritorial Application and Harmonization of Intellectual Property – A GBA Perspective
Haifeng Huang (Partner, Jones Day)

Philip K.H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law (香港大學法律學院黃乾亨中國法研究中心) at The University of Hong Kong promotes legal scholarship with the aim to develop a deeper understanding of China and facilitate dialogue between East and West. For more information, visit: https://www.ccl.law.hku.hk/