PROF. JYH-AN LEE 李治安教授
Professor 教授
Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Law 法律學院傑出學人

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Jyh-An Lee is a Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for Legal Innovation and Digital Society (CLINDS) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law. He has been a faculty member of the CUHK EMBA program since 2018. Professor Lee also coaches the New Ventures Legal Team (NVLT), a clinical support group collaborating with the University’s Pre-Incubation Centre for startup companies. He was the LLB Programme Director and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies from 2019 to 2021.

Professor Lee holds a J.S.D. from Stanford Law School and an LL.M from Harvard Law School. He has published on various aspects of intellectual property and Internet law. His research appears in academic journals, such as the Wake Forest Law Review, Oregon Law Review, Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, Duke Law & Technology Review, Virginia Journal of International Law, Michigan Technology Law Review, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Jurimetrics, Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Review, European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR), Computer Law & Security Review, etc. His authored and edited books include Nonprofit Organizations and the Intellectual Commons (Edward Elgar, 2012), Intellectual Property Law in China (Wolters Kluwer, 2nd edn, 2021, co-authored with Peter Ganea, Danny Friedmann, and Douglas Clark), and Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property (Oxford University Press, 2021, co-edited with Reto M. Hilty and Kung-Chung Liu).

During his studies at Stanford Law School, he was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics. Prior to joining the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he taught at National Chengchi University and was an Associate Research Fellow at the Center for Information Technology Innovation at Academia Sinica in Taiwan. He was the Legal Lead and Co-Lead of Creative Commons Taiwan (2011–2014) and an advisory committee member for Copyright Amendment at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) at the Ministry of Economic Affairs (2011–2014). Professor Lee has been the Legal Lead of the Creative Commons Hong Kong Chapter since October 2018. He is currently a member of the European Center for E-Commerce & Internet Law advisory board, which is affiliated with the University of Vienna. Since 2016, he has held a panelist position for the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC). Professor Lee has been featured on ABC News, BBC News, Bloomberg News, Financial Times, Fortune, and South China Morning Post as an expert on intellectual property and Internet law. His works have been cited by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, UK High Court of Justice, and the US International Trade Commission. Before starting his academic career, he was a practicing lawyer in Taiwan, specializing in technology and business transactions.

 

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • JSD (Stanford)
  • LLM (Harvard)
  • MBA, LLB (NTU)
  • Admitted to Practice in Taiwan

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Intellectual Property
  • Information Law
  • Internet Law

AWARDS

  • CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award 2019
  • CUHK Young Researcher Award 2019
  • CUHK Law Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2018
  • CUHK Research Excellence Award 2016-17

APPOINTMENTS

  • TRAIL Academic Fellow, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (2022 – present)
  • Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo Faculty of Law (2020)
  • Visiting Professor, National Taiwan University College of Law (2019)
  • ARCIALA Visiting Professor, Singapore Management University School of Law (2017)
  • Associate Professor, NCCU, Taiwan (2012-2014)
  • Associate Research Fellow, CITI, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2012-2014)
  • Assistant Professor, NCCU, Taiwan (2009-2012)
  • John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics, Stanford Law School (2006, 2007, 2008-2009)

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