{"id":9784,"date":"2025-03-06T09:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T01:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/ewbclb\/?page_id=9784"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:35:37","slug":"iptech-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/ewbclb\/iptech-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"IP & Tech Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\"MAIN\n

\n\t\tSCHEDULE\n\t<\/h4>\n\tDraft papers can be viewed here<\/a>.
\n(Access is restricted only to conference participants)\n\t\t\t\t\tDay 1 (Monday, 4 August 2025)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Venue will be at the Wee Chong Jin Moot Court (Block B Level 1) unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
TIME<\/strong><\/td>\nSESSION<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.00 – 9.10AM<\/td>\nWELCOME ADDRESS <\/strong>by Conference Convenors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.10 – 9.15AM<\/td>\nWELCOME ADDRESS <\/strong>by Professor Andrew Simester, Dean, NUS Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.15 – 9.45AM<\/td>\nKEYNOTE ADDRESS<\/strong>\nMr Daren Tang<\/strong>
\nDirector General
\nWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.45 – 10.30AM<\/td>\nDG WIPO Rountable with Heads of IP Offices<\/strong>
\nModerated by David Tan\n

Panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Mr Daren Tang (DG WIPO)<\/li>\n
  • Mr Adam Williams (CEO UKIPO)<\/li>\n
  • Mr Tan Kong Hwee (CEO IPOS)\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.30 – 11.00AM<\/td>\nBreak<\/em>\nVenue: Staff Lounge (Block B Level 2)<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.00- 12.30PM<\/td>\nPlenary Session 1 – The Big Picture (3 papers)<\/strong>
\nModerated by Shyamkrishna Balganesh\n

Panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Dev Gangjee and Robert Burrell – “ARIA’s Overture: Composing an IP Policy for High-Risk Research Funding”<\/li>\n
  • Daryl Lim – “Regulating AI and the Surprising Virtues of Heterogeneity”<\/li>\n
  • Matthew Sag and Peter Yu – “The Globalization of Copyright Exceptions for AI Training”<\/li>\n
  • Ken Chia – DISCUSSANT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.30 – 2.00PM<\/td>\nLunch<\/em>\nVenue: Staff Lounge (Block B Level 2)<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.00 – 3.30PM<\/td>\nBreakout Session 1A: Copyright (3 papers)<\/strong>
\nModerated by Jean-Jacques Sahel\n

Panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Aleksandra Czubek – “Algorithmic Obligations: Proactive Liability for AI-Generated Content and Copyright Compliance in International, EU, UK and US Law”<\/li>\n
  • Chien-Chih Lu (Jesse) – “Exploring Copyright Frameworks for Music Style in the Generative AI Era”<\/li>\n
  • Justin Hughes and Dev Gangjee – “Prompting Authorship”<\/li>\n
  • Siyu Feng – DISCUSSANT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nVenue: Seminar Room 4-2 (Block B Level 4)<\/u><\/td>\n
Breakout Session 1B: Data (3 papers)<\/strong>
\nModerated by Benjamin Wong\n

Panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Alexander CH Lou – “Chinese Judicial Dominance in Data Intellectual Property”<\/li>\n
  • Chen Yang – “The Promise and Perils of Enterprise Data as Trade Secrets: Towards A Transnational Consensus”<\/li>\n
  • Kalpana Tyagi – “Decoding the complex DNA of innovation laws to weave a synthetic fabric for real innovation in Generative AI”<\/li>\n
  • Jon Small – DISCUSSANT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nVenue: Seminar Room 4-3 (Block B Level 4)<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.30 – 4.00PM<\/td>\nBreak<\/em>\nVenue: Staff Lounge (Block B Level 2)<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.00 – 5.30PM<\/td>\nPlenary Session 2 – AI and IP (5 papers)\u00a0<\/strong>
\nModerated by Dev Gangjee\n

Panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Christopher Yoo – “AI-Assisted Authorship and Personhood”<\/li>\n
  • Shyamkrishna Balganesh – “Artificial Causation”<\/li>\n
  • Joshua Yuvaraj – “The Vanguard of Your Destruction?: The Value of Human Creativity in the Shadow of Artificial Intelligence”<\/li>\n
  • Juan Qi – Presentation – “Bytedance Practice on AI & IP: Protect, Share, Evolve”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.30 – 6.00PM<\/td>\nUNESCO World Heritage Singapore Botanical Gardens – Walking Tour<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.00 – 7.30PM<\/td>\nDinner at NUS Law\nBus available following dinner to JEN Singapore Tanglin<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\tDay 2 (Tuesday, 5 August 2025)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Venue will be at the Wee Chong Jin Moot Court (Block B Level 1) unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
TIME<\/strong><\/td>\nSESSION<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.00 – 9.20AM<\/td>\nKEYNOTE ADDRESS<\/strong>\nMr Adam Williams<\/strong>
\nChief Executive and Comptroller General
\nUK Intellectual Property Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.20 – 9.40AM<\/td>\nKEYNOTE ADDRESS\u00a0via Zoom<\/em><\/strong>\nMr Andrew Foglia<\/strong>
\nDeputy Director of Policy and International Affairs
\nUS Copyright Office\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.40 – 10.30AM<\/td>\nPlenary Session 3 – Copyright (3 papers)\u00a0<\/strong>
\nModerated by Robert Burrell\n

Panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • He Tianxiang – “AIGC Copyrightability at the Crossroads: Problems and Solutions”<\/li>\n
  • Ronald Yu – “On the Adequacy of Contemporary Intellectual Property Frameworks in the Era of Autonomous Artificial Intelligence and other Rapid Technological Advances”<\/li>\n
  • Christoph Rademacher – “Regulating AI Before AI Took Over: Was Japan Ahead or Just Early?”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.30 – 11.00AM<\/td>\nBreak<\/em>\nVenue: Staff Lounge (Block B Level 2)<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.00- 12.30PM<\/td>\nBreakout Session 2A: Technological Advances and Impact on IP System (3 papers)<\/strong>
\nModerated by Ken Chia\n

Panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • CHEN Hongyue – “Beyond Patents: A Bifurcated Incentive Paradigm for AI Model Innovation”<\/li>\n
  • Jerry Jie HUA – “Copyright Challenges and Solutions of Brain-Computer Interface Generated Content”<\/li>\n
  • Yuan HAO – “Will All Prior Arts Be Analogous in the AI Age?”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nVenue: Seminar Room 4-2 (Block B Level 4)<\/u><\/td>\n
Breakout Session 2B: IP and Culture (3 papers)<\/strong>
\nModerated by David Tan\n

Panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Christophe G\u00f6sken – “Intellectual Property and the Diffusion of Culture: Insights from the Watchmaking Industry”<\/li>\n
  • Mariam Aroian – “Architecture and Copyright in the Age of AI Culture”<\/li>\n
  • David Tan – “The Impact of Technology on Intellectual Property’s Negative Space in the Fashion Industry”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nVenue: Seminar Room 4-3 (Block B Level 4)<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.30 – 2.00PM<\/td>\nLunch<\/em>\nVenue: Staff Lounge (Block B Level 2)<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.00 – 3.30PM<\/td>\nPlenary Session 4 – Patents (4 papers)<\/strong>
\nModerated by Daniel Seng\n

Panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid – “AI-Generated Patents: The Innovation Paradox”<\/li>\n
  • Guobin CUI – “The Legal Status of AI-Generated Content as Prior Art”<\/li>\n
  • Gideon Parchomovsky and Lital Helman – “Artificial Inventorship”<\/li>\n
  • Jia WANG (Angelia) and Mingyue XU – “The Critical Role of Sufficiency in Determining the Patentability of AI-Related Inventions”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.30 – 4.00PM<\/td>\nBreak<\/em>\nVenue: Staff Lounge (Block B Level 2)<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.00 – 5.30PM<\/td>\nPlenary Session 5 – What’s Next? (5 papers) + Sponsors<\/strong>
\nModerated by David Tan\n

Panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Wayne Wei WANG – “AIGC and Cultural Heritage: Wukong<\/em> and AI’s Chain-of-Memory\/Thought”<\/li>\n
  • Jyh-An Lee – “IP and Other Property Interests in Training Data”<\/li>\n
  • Michael Handler – “AI and Trade Marks: What’s Next for the Human Decisionmaker?”<\/li>\n
  • Emily Hudson – “Making the Case for Reform: Some Thoughts on the UKIPO Consultation on Copyright and AI”<\/li>\n
  • Martin Correa – “How will IP Drive Innovation and Creativity in the Future?”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.30 – 5.45PM<\/td>\nWrap Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.00PM<\/td>\nBus to JEN Singapore Tanglin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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