Events
Defending the Rule of Law
In the context of the 2025 dialogue between the German and the Japanese Ministry of Justice in Tokyo, RCLIP is co-hosting a conference titled “Defending the Rule of Law”, along with the DJJV and other co-hosts. See here for further information and how to RSVP.
RCLIP Evening Lecture: Spotlight on Patent Infringement Litigation in Munich
RCLIP is looking forward to hosting an evening lecture featuring Dr. Oliver Schön, Presiding Judge at one of the patent divisions of the Munich Regional Court I. In his lecture, Judge Schön will discuss how the German courts—and particularly the Munich divisions—are responding to the increasing internationalization of patent disputes, especially in the field of standard-essential patents (SEPs) and related FRAND issues. Please see here for further information and how to RSVP.
Third Annual US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Symposium
RCLIP is looking forward to co-hosting the Third Annual US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Symposium on December 13, 2025. Details on speakers, content, and how to RSVP will be made available in due course.
JASRAC Seminar: Recent Developments in European Copyright Law
Waseda University Law School has launched a special endowed course supported by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC). As part of this initiative, RCLIP will host public lectures featuring leading international experts. As a kick-off seminar, we hosted a group of European scholars, who presented their work on cutting-edge issues within European copyright law. Please see here for further information and impressions.
RCLIP-AIPPI Seminar on AI Training and Copyright
RCLIP held a well-attended seminar on AI training and copyright law in collaboration with the AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property). Please see here for further impressions and information.
RCLIP Evening Seminar: Data Sharing and Disclosure
RCLIP hosted Prof. Nari Lee, who talked about data governance and principles of data sharing under EU and Japanese law. Please see here for further details.
RCLIP Evening Seminar: SEP Dispute Resolution
RCLIP hosted a discussion on recent developments regarding Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) dispute resolution in Europe and China. See here for further details and impressions.
China - Japan IP Law Dialogue 2025
RCLIP co-hosted the 2025 China-Japan IP Law Dialogue on May 25, 2025. Please see here for further details.
14th Waseda-Penn Global Patent Law Conference
RCLIP co-hosted the 14th Annual Waseda-Penn Global Patent Law Conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2025. Please see here for further details.
7th Annual IP & Innovation Researchers Asia (IPIRA) Conference
We really enjoyed co-hosting the 7th IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) on 4-6 April, 2025. Please see here for the full program and many great pictures!
RCLIP Evening Seminar
Thank you for joining us for an engaging Evening Seminar; we very much enjoyed three emerging European IP law scholars sharing fresh insights at the intersection of law & technology. See here for further details:
The ‘Deepfake and the Law’ stakeholder roundtable (RCLIP 20th Anniversary)
We hosted the ‘Deepfake and the Law’ stakeholder roundtable, which was supported by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and hosted by Waseda University in collaboration with the Centre for Intellectual Property, Policy & Management (CIPPM) at Bournemouth University (England) and University of Aberdeen (Scotland).
Second Annual US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Roundtable (RCLIP 20th Anniversary)
We co-hosted the academic roundtable following upon on Saturday’s symposium. See here for further information:
Second Annual US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Symposium (RCLIP 20th Anniversary)
As part of its 20th anniversary, RCLIP co-hosted the Second Annual US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Symposium, together with Columbia Law School, the Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts, and Hong Kong University School of Law. Please see here for further information.
Evening Lecture: Digitalization and Private International Law
Waseda University was glad to host an interesting discussion on on German and Japanese private international law challenges pertaining to digitalization of assets.
Graduate Lecture: The challenges of regulating open technologies in an increasingly closed digital world
RCLIP hosted a small workshop, featuring Weizenbaum Institute reseacher Dr. Lasota, who contextualized open source software from a regulatory perspective in the European Union, in particular the Artificial Intelligence Act and the Cyber Resilience Act.
Waseda IP LLM Mock Lecture & Explanation Session
The Graduate School of Law and RCLIP hosted our annual pubic mock lecture & roundtable discussion, which illustrating the substance and unique study environment of Waseda’s IP LLM program.
13th Waseda-Penn Global Patent Law Conference
We hosted the 13th Annual Waseda-Penn Patent Law Conference on May 24, 2024! Please see further details here!
Waseda University & NTPU Intellectual Property Law Symposium
RCLIP Directors Suzuki, Ueno, and Rademacher participated in a conference hosted by NTPU in Taipei, engaging in a day-long conversation on design law with Taiwanese IP law scholars. See further details here!
RCLIP Seminar: Recent developments in UK IP law in the post-Brexit era
This seminar provided timely information on recent developments in UK IP law in the post-Brexit era. See here for more details!
RCLIP Evening Seminar on AI and Copyright in China
We hosted an evening seminar, highlighting recent developments with respect to copyright protection of AI-generated works under Chinese copyright law. See a report here!
International IP Workshop for Junior Researchers 2023
Please see here for a few impressions on the 10th International IP Workshop for Junior Researchers in Japan!
Waseda-Penn Patent Conference 2023
We hosted our annual Waseda-Penn Patent Law Conference 2023! Please see further details here!
RCLIP Evening Seminar on AI and Moral Rights
Please see here for images of Prof. Rajan’s excellent lecture!
RCLIP Evening Seminar: Copyright in the metaverse - Perspectives from the UK and Japan
Professor Dinusha Mendis gave an interesting lecture on copyright law in the context of the metaverse. See here for further details.
US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Roundtable
On June 10 and June 11, we convened the first US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Roundtable, co-hosted by RCLIP, Waseda University School of Law, the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia University Law School, and the Hong Kong University School of Law. Please see here for impressions and a more detailed report!