East Asian Legal Studies Talk
Co-
sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Berkman Klei
n Center for Internet & Society
Haochen Sun LLM ’06
Professor of
Law\, The University of Hong Kong
Founding Director\, HKU Program on A
I and the Law
What role have state-orchestrated intellectual property policies played in China’s emergence as a major technology innovator? This talk discusses two interrelated transformations that have taken place in C hina over the past two decades: the rise and fall of the shanzai ( copycat) culture movement and China’s ascent as a tech superpower since 201 5. In analyzing these transformations\, the talk explains how China has dep loyed IP as a tool of strategic governance and statecraft.
Professor Haochen Sun specializes in intellectu al property\, technology law\, and Chinese law. His wide-ranging scholarshi p has delved into areas such as the legal status of artificial intelligence creations\, access to patented medicines and vaccines\, intellectual prope rty rights owners’ responsibilities\, and the trademark protection of luxur y brands. He is currently working on two new research projects. The first o ne aims to develop a new ethical framework for regulating AI creativity\, w hile the second one critically examines the epic transformations that have taken place in China’s regulation of technologies. He recently founded the Prog ram on Artificial Intelligence and the Law\, a research hub for studyin g the impact of AI on the legal system.
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