Sub-Forum III: 2020 Tongji International Intellectual Property Forum

Theme: Accelerated Growth of the Digital Economy and IP Protection

Time: 14:00-18:00 hrs, Oct 21

Organized by: Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration, Tongji University

Assisted by: Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property, the Research Center of China-EU Innovation Policy and Law at Tongji University

Agenda:

14:00-14:20 hrs Opening Ceremony

Moderator: Shan Xiaoguang, Dean and Professor, Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property

14:00-14:20 hrs Opening Remarks

Rui Wenbiao, Director General, the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration

Lei Xinghui, Vice President, Tongji University

14:20-15:05 hrs Theme I: Digital Economy and Innovation

Moderator: Yu Xinmiao, Deputy Dean and Associate Professor, Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property

14:20-14:45 hrs Topic: The Challenge of COVID-19 to Digitization and Innovation

Dietmar Harhoff, Director and Professor, Economics Department, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

14:45-15:05 hrs Topic: Post-Pandemic Innovation and IP Systems in China and Japan

Kazuyuki Motohashi, Professor, Tokyo University

15:05-16:30 hrs Theme II: Digital Technology and IP law

15:05-15:30 hrs Topic: COVID-19: Is Patent Law a Response or an Obstacle to Solving the Crisis?

Axel Metzger, Professor, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

15:05-15:30 hrs Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Protection

Li Mingde, Professor, Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property

15:50-16:30 hrs Topic: Big Data and Copyright Protection

Matthias Leistner, Faculty of Law, University of Munich

16:30-17:30 hrs Round Table Discussions

16:30-17:00 Round Table I: Legal Development of the Digital Economy

17:00-17:30 Round Table II: Digital Economy Innovation and IP Strategy

17:30-17:40 hrs Guest Comments

Ma Zhongfa, Deputy Director and Professor, the Center for Intellectual Property Study, Fudan University

17:40-17:50 hrs Question Session

17:50-18:00 hrs Closing Summary

Song Xiaoting, Party Secretary and Professor, Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property