Research

Ronald Yu and Fred Chen

NFT Risks: The Dangers of the Unknown (Part 2)

Yu, Ronald & Chen, Fred, NFT Risks: The Dangers of the Unknown (Part 2), Regulatory Ramblings by the HKU FinTech – HKU-SCF FinTech Academy, Apple podcast, July 14, 2022.

July 14, 2022

Anne Cheung

螢光色的一生

Writing by Anne Cheung published on Ming Pao in August 2024.

August 30, 2024

LIN Yang and Taorui Guan

From Safe Harbours to AI Harbours: Reimagining DMCA Immunity for the Generative AI Era

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) overturns the passive-intermediary assumptions that underlie the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbour. Modern systems ingest vast, often unlicensed datasets and emit on-the-fly outputs through a supply chain that spans data suppliers, model developers and deployers—raising parallel concerns in the EU, UK, Hong Kong and other jurisdictions. Building on DMCA section 512, this article sketches an…

August 4, 2025

Ryan Whalen and Rachel Zingg

Innovating under Uncertainty: The Patent-Eligibility of Artificial Intelligence after Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International

Artificial intelligence-related inventions raise complex questions of how to define the boundaries around patentable subject matter. In the United States, many claim that the recent doctrinal developments by the Supreme Court have led to incoherence and excessive uncertainty within the innovation community. In response, policymakers and stakeholders have suggested legislative amendments to address these concerns. We first review these developments, and subsequently…

April 5, 2022

Ronald Yu

A Caveat for AI Developers

This online article talks about issues of IP infringement over data collected by TDM systems.  To view full article, please click here: https://www.inhousecommunity.com/article/ihc-magazine-april-2021-including-firms-year-2021-results/.   Author: Ronald Yu Published in In-House Community Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 1, April 2021

April 28, 2021

Haochen Sun

Elite Universities as Luxury Brands

The 2019 college admissions bribery scandal revealed uncomfortable truths about elite higher education and its conspicuous consumption. In this chapter, I explore the legal implications of treating higher education as a luxury good reflecting wealth and status. Like luxury goods companies, elite universities are regarded as owners of luxury brands. Just as companies such as Louis Vuitton, Ferrari, and Hermès own brands…

July 1, 2022

Anne Cheung

科網難逃

Writing by Anne Cheung published on Ming Pao in October 2024

October 30, 2024

Adrian Kuenzler

Attuning Big Tech Regulation in Light of Data-Driven Markets

Empirical studies have observed rising concentrations of corporate power. Policymakers, in turn, have envisaged the restructuring of markets by breaking big technology companies up. The Privacy Fallacy persuasively argues that accountability for the consequences of corporate data practices entails creating a new type of tort liability that recognizes the value of privacy. But addressing the effects of digital technologies must also involve…

September 1, 2025

Ronald Yu & Kenneth Yip

New Changes, New Possibilities: China’s Latest Patent Law Amendments

New amendments to China’s Patent Law feature open licensing which should encourage the use of patents, and promote the more rapid broadcast and dissemination of new technology. They should also offer the possibility of greater transactional visibility, transparency and traceability which has important ramifications for IP valuation and reporting in IPOs, annual and other reports. Other provisions underscore China’s efforts to improve…

March 9, 2021

禮物

A piece of writing by Anne Cheung published on Ming Pao in October 2022.

October 6, 2022