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| (Webinar via Zoom) Copyright Law and the Technology Revolution |
| Date: |
28 January 2021 (Thursday) |
| Time: |
2:30pm - 5:45pm |
| Level: |
I (Intermediate)
For delegates who have prior knowledge of the subject area |
| Language: |
English |
| Fee: |
HK$ 1,700 |
| Accreditation: |
3 CPD pts (Accredited by The Law Society of Hong Kong) |
| Ref: |
L21PI01 |
| Venue: |
Webinar Course
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Presenter's Biography:
Doug is a widely respected litigator and arbitrator with more than a quarter of a century experience handling IP litigation and arbitration in East Asia as well as coordinating global cases.
Doug has handled the entire gamut of contentious IP cases including raiding factories in China (in the early part of his career); obtaining civil search and seizure (Anton Piller) orders and freezing (Mareva) injunctions; establishing new law in relation to anti-circumvention technologies; and, running complex multi-jurisdictional patent litigation.
His non-contentious experience includes advising on technology transfer; conducting patent and other intellectual property audits; and, freedom to operate analyses.
Doug, who is originally from Australia, studied on an exchange at high school in Japan and at university in China. He speaks, reads and write, both Japanese and Chinese.
Doug began his career in IP in Hong Kong in 1993 with a large international law firm. In 2000, he moved to Shanghai where, in 2003, he established and was Managing Partner of that firm's Shanghai office while also serving in the firm's worldwide partnership council.
In Shanghai, Doug was ranked as a top tier IP lawyer by all the key directories with one of them describing him as "the best IP lawyer practicing in China".
From 2011 to 2019, Doug practiced as an intellectual property barrister in Hong Kong appearing as an advocate in all level of courts, including in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. He has also been appointed as an arbitrator, mediator, and counsel in numerous high technology arbitrations and mediations. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Board of Review.
Doug is an adjunct professor at the University of Hong Kong where he teaches a masters course in IP. He is the author numerous articles on IP and of three legal texts: Patent Litigation in China, Hong Kong Intellectual Property and Civil Litigation in Hong Kong.
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Objective:
With ever increasing on-line business and activity, copyright infringement over the internet has become a major issue. This course will examine the regime governing Internet copyright infringement in Hong Kong; discuss different types of infringement; civil liabilities/enforcement and an outlook for the future. Where appropriate, comparisons with Mainland China, Europe and America will be made.
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Outline:
- Copyright infringement issues in the Internet era:
- The Copyright Ordinance (CO)
- Copyright works
- Types of infringement
- Primary and secondary Infringement
- Who may claim - owners /licenees/issuers of works?
- Copyright subsistence and duration
- Copying - Substantial part
- Acts of infringement
- Making available
- Distributing
- Communication right?
- Downloads of music, films and software
- Targeting at Hong Kong
- Targetting other jurisdictions
- Technical Protection Measures
- Liability of "seed initiator' / P2P users / ISPs
- Interim injunctions
- Injunctions against ISPs
- Norwich Pharmacal orders
- Anton Piller orders
- Mareva injunctions
- Criminal law
- Customs and Excise Enforcement
- Police/ICAC
- Outside HK - PSB/FBi
- Outlook for the future
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| Category: |
Intellectual Property |
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