7th Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law

School of Law, Xiamen University, China

July 6-7, 2015

This conference focuses on the role of intellectual property and communications law in the dissemination of information. Titled “New Technologies and Modes of Innovation and Their Impacts on Intellectual Property and Communications Law,” this year’s conference is organized by the Intellectual Property Research Institute at Xiamen University in conjunction with the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University School of Law.

Launched in July 2008, this annual conference series has been jointly organized by Drake University Law School, Michigan State University College of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, the University of Eastern Finland Law School, the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, the University of Turku Faculty of Law and the IPR University Center in Finland.

Conference Co-organizers

• Professor Lin Xiuqin, School of Law, Xiamen University
• Professor Peter K. Yu, Texas A&M University School of Law

Presenters and Discussants

• Professor Martin J. Adelman, George Washington University Law School
• Professor Ann Bartow, University of New Hampshire School of Law
• Dr. Dhanay Cadillo Chandler, Department of Accounting and Commercial Law, Hanken School of Economics (Finland)
• Dr. Susan Corbett, School of Accounting and Commercial Law, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
• Professor John T. Cross, University of Louisville School of Law
• Dr. Cui Guobin, School of Law, Tsinghua University (China)
• Dr. Dong Huijuan, School of Law, Xiamen University (China)
• Professor Feng Xiaoqing, Civil, Commercial and Economic Law School, China University of Political Science and Law (China)
• Dr. Alexandra George, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales (Australia)
• Professor Llewellyn J. Gibbons, University of Toledo College of Law
• He Kan, Department of Accounting and Commercial Law, Hanken School of Economics (Finland)
• Professor Huang Wushuang, East China University of Political Science & Law (China)
• Professor Nari Lee, Department of Accounting and Commercial Law, Hanken School of Economics (Finland)
• Dr. Phoebe Li, Sussex Law School (U.K.)
• Dr. Li Yahong, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong (China)
• Professor Li Yang, Law School, Shenzhen University (China)
• Professor Katja Lindroos, University of Eastern Finland Law School (Finland)
• Professor Spyros Maniatis, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London (U.K.)
• Professor Lucas Osborn, Campbell University School of Law
• Professor Tana Pistorius, School of Law, University of South Africa (South Africa)
• Professor Lars S. Smith, University of Louisville School of Law
• Professor Geertrui Van Overwalle, Faculty of Law, University of Leuven (Belgium)
• Professor V.C. Vivekanandan, NALSAR University of Law (India)
• Professor Wang Mei-Hsin, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (Taiwan)
• Professor Xiao Dongmei, Law School, Xiangtan University (China)
• Professor Xie Huijia, Law School, South China University of Technology (China)
• Dr. Zhang Liguo, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki (Finland)