IU McKinney's IP Center Co-Organizes Conference in Taiwan
12/12/2017
Faculty and an alumna of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law took part in a conference in Taiwan. The event was co-organized by the law school's Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation.
In the photo with the IU McKinney banner, from left, are Professor Hamid Prioozi, '06; Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and International Affairs Professor Karen Bravo; Professor Frank Emmert, Professor Carlton Waterhouse, Professor Max Huffman, and Professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen, who holds the Gerald L. Bepko Chair in Law at IU McKinney.
Titled, "New Paradigms of Law?" the conference was also organized by Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law’s Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation; and the National Cheng Chi University School of Law in Taiwan, which is where the event took place on December 4 and 5. Speakers from IU McKinney included Professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Director of the IP Center; Professor Hamid Piroozi, '06; Professor Max Huffman; Professor Karen Bravo, Professor Carlton Waterhouse, and Professor Frank Emmert. In addition, Professor Apinya Bunditwuthisagul, S.J.D. ’15, of the Thai Chamber of Commerce University School of Law, took part in the event.
Bitcoins, Uber, Airbnb, drones, fantasy sports, and many other developments are causing disruptions in areas of technology, economics, and culture. These disruptions prompt questions about emerging norms that regulate transactions, conduct, and activities outside of existing laws, and whether these new norms are consistent with existing laws. The conference explored the potential consequences of these new norms and other new paradigms of law.
Professor Nguyen (at left) moderated a panel discussion titled, "Patents, Innovation, and New Paradigms of Law." In addition, she presented a talk, titled, "'Best Practices' as a New Paradigm in Law Reform?"
Professor Piroozi (at right) moderated a panel discussion with the topic, "Digital Platforms and New Legal Norms." He also delivered a lecture, titled, "Promoting the Progress of Science and Useful Arts in the Age of Artificial Intelligence."
Professor Bravo (at left) discussed the topic, "Contemporary State Anti-'Slavery' Efforts: Dishonest and Ineffective," as part of a panel discussion on "Human Rights, Race, and Social Dominance."
Professor Huffman (at right) was part of a panel with the topic "Digital Technology, Competition and Regulation," where he presented a lecture titled, "The Human Right to Competition."
Professor Waterhouse (at left) presented a talk titled, "Human Rights and Social Hierarchy" on a panel that discussed "Human Rights, Race, and Social Dominance."
Professor Emmert discussed, "The Failure of Justice Systems Around the World, Its Causes, Consequences, and (Potential) Remedies," on a panel with the topic, "Failures, Justice, and Rethinking Solutions."
Professor Bunditwuthisagul (at left) discussed, "Set the State for Digital Law in Thailand," on a panel with the topic, "Digital Technology, Competition, and Regulation."
In the group photo are speakers at the conference, including IU McKinney Professors Karen Bravo, Frank Emmert, Carlton Waterhouse, Max Huffman, Hamid Piroozi, and Xuan-Thao Nguyen, along with Apinya Bunditwuthisagul, S.J.D. '15. Professor Nguyen is seated between Dean Wen-Chieh Wang and President Edward Chow of National Cheng Chi University School of Law in Taiwan.
