LAU 
Chin Yang, Joseph

 
Sheridan Fellow

Academic Fellow

Joseph was appointed as a Sheridan Fellow in 2022 and also holds appointments as an Academic Fellow at the Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and the Law (TRAIL) and as Faculty Advisor for Alt+law, a student interest group focused on legaltech. His research interests lie in the fields of copyright and patent law and his work in these areas has been published by leading local and international journals, including the Singapore Academy of Law Journal, the Australian Intellectual Property Journal and the Intellectual Property Quarterly.

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Contact

lawlcyj@nus.edu.sg
(65) 6601-1655
BB-03-06

Education

LLM (Intellectual Property & Technology Law) (NUS); BA (University of Oxford)

Curriculum Vitae

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Current Courses

Law of Torts

Joseph was appointed as a Sheridan Fellow in 2022 and also holds appointments as an Academic Fellow at the Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and the Law (TRAIL) and as Faculty Advisor for Alt+law, a student interest group focused on legaltech. His research interests lie in the fields of copyright and patent law and his work in these areas has been published by leading local and international journals, including the Singapore Academy of Law Journal, the Australian Intellectual Property Journal and the Intellectual Property Quarterly.

Prior to assuming his current appointment, Joseph was a teaching assistant at NUS for the Law of Torts module. He continues to assist with the teaching of this module at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

 

Journal Articles
Joseph Lau, '(Let's) playing by the rules: A choice of law rule for communication of copyright material from video games to the public, through Let's Plays' (2023) 49 Computer Law & Security Review

 Joseph Lau, ‘Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained: Improving Singapore’s Patent Laws to Stimulate Venture Capital Activity’ (2021) 4 Intellectual Property Quarterly 280-302
Joseph Lau, ‘Saving Your Games: A Case for the Copyright Protection of Gameplay’ (2021) 32 Australian Intellectual Property Journal 70-90
Joseph Lau, ‘FRAND Defences Against the Grant of Injunctive Relief: Applying Huawei v ZTE in Singapore and China’ (2021) 16(1) Asian Journal of Comparative Law 33-60
Joseph Lau, ‘Legal and Regulatory Intervention in the Cryptocurrency Space – An Impossible Task?’ (2021) 33 Singapore Academy of Law Journal Special Issue (Law and Technology) 50-100


  • Copyright law (with an emphasis on copyright in digital media); and
  • Patent law
  • Media and Entertainment