RCLIP enjoyed co-hosting an IP Law Dialogue between leading academics and judges from China, Japan, and beyond. Please see below for the program and impressions of an intense and substantive discussion.

Date: May 25, 2025 (Sunday) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: Waseda University Building 8, 3F Conference Room

Languages: English (no translation)

Hosting Institutions: RCLIP, Tsinghua University School of Law, Intellectual Property Law Association of the China Law Society, Tokyo University, Hokkaido University, and Waseda University School of Law

Supported by JSPS KAKENHI No. JP24H00131: "AI and IPR : Research on IPR System without Scarcity" 

Agenda:

Featured Talks:

• Prof. Guo He (Renmin University): Theoretical Disputes on Legal Protection of Datasets in China

• Prof. Zhang Guangliang (Remnin University): Preliminary Remedies for Standard Essential Patent Licensing Dispute in China

• Prof. Zhang Jiyu (Renmin University): Fair Use in Training Large AI Models: How China’s Legal System Might Adapt

• Prof. Ichiro Nakayama (Hokkaido University): AI and IPR: Research on IPR System without Scarcity

Invited Discussants:

• Judge Bai Yali (Supreme People’s Court of China)

• Judge Wu Rong (Supreme People’s Court of China)

• Prof. Guobin Cui (Tsinghua University)

• Prof. Yoshiyuki Tamura (Tokyo University)

• Prof. Masabumi Suzuki (Waseda University)

• Prof. Tatsuhiro Ueno (Waseda University)

• Prof. Christoph Rademacher (Waseda University)

• Prof. Takeshi Maeda (Tokyo University)

• Prof. Tsukasa Aso (Keio University)

• Prof. Timo Minssen (University of Copenhagen)

• Prof. Nari Lee (Hanken University)

• Prof. Roberto Carapeto (Nagoya University)

• Prof. Banri Sai (Toyohashi University of Technology)

• Prof. Zhang Weiyu (Tokyo University)

• Yutong Li (Waseda University)

• Tiantian Gan (KWM)

• Chengzhe Ning (Waseda University)

• Xu Chang (Waseda University / CASS)