Third Annual US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Symposium
RCLIP co-hosted the Third Annual US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Symposium in 2025.
Date: December 13, 2025 (Saturday) 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Masaru Ibuka Auditorium, International Conference Center, Waseda University
Languages: Japanese & English (simultaneous translation)
Hosting Institutions: RCLIP, Waseda University School of Law, Columbia Law School, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Hong Kong University Program on Artificial Intelligence and the Law, and the Hong Kong Global Technology and Law Academy
13:30 - 15:00
Panel 1 : Deepfakes and Intellectual Property Law
Moderators: Prof. Yasuto Komada (Sophia University)
Panelists:
15:15 - 16:30
Panel 2 : AI & Copyright Law: Updates from Government and the Bench
Moderator: Prof. Tatsuhiro Ueno (Waseda University)
Panelists:
Judge Margaret McKeown (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)
Judge Young Gi Kim (IP High Court of Korea)
Hirohiko Nakahara (Secretary General, The Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters)
16:45 - 18:00
Panel 3 : Stakeholders Dialogue
Moderator: Prof. Shyamkrishna Balganesh (Columbia Law School)
Panelists:
Takeshi Toyokawa (The Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association)
Chaonan Wang (Huawei)
Closing Remaks
18:00 - 19:30
Post-Conference Reception
The Third Annual US-Asia Comparative Copyright Law Symposium received support by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) and by Google’s APAC Digital Future Fund.