Faculty Activities

​February 2017

Professor Irene Calboli:

• Presented "Critical Theories as Balancing Methods in IP" at Research Methodologies in IP Law, a workshop at Singapore Management University School of Law, Singapore, which she also convened and organized with participants from the U.S., Europe and Asia (Feb. 25, 2017).


• Organized the 2nd Works-in-Progress Conference “IPScholars Asia,” Singapore Management University School of Law, Singapore, that attracted over 150 participants from all over the world. At the conference, she also presented "Tying Together Different Experiences for Effective Capacity Building on IP in Asia" (Feb. 23-24, 2017).


• Presented "The Protection of GIs and Trademark in the Multilateral International System" at the WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teacher and Researchers of Asia, Singapore Management University School of Law, Singapore (Feb. 20-22, 2017).

Professor Gabriel Eckstein:

• Served as a commentator and participant at the Seminar on the Human Right to Water: An interdisciplinary focus and contributions on the central role of public policies in water and sanitation management, organized by Cátedra del Diálogo y Cultura del Encuentro and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican City. Eckstein was honored with meeting Pope Francis (Feb. 23-24, 2017).

Professor Paul George:

• Named as a member of the oversight group for the Sedona Conference’s study "Choice of Law for Data in the International Context."

Professor Bill Henning:

• Served as a member of the U.S. Delegation to Working Group VI of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, which has developed a model secured-transactions law for developing nations and is now drafting a guide to enactment. The guide is essentially a set of official comments to the act.

Associate Dean Charlotte Ku:

• Attended the annual meeting of the International Studies Association "Understanding Change in World Politics," in Baltimore, Md. (Feb 22-25, 2017). At the meeting, she:
  • Chaired and participated in a roundtable on “Visualizing International Law."
  • Organized and chaired a panel to honor Kenneth W. Abbott, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, for his contributions to interdisciplinary studies in international law and international relations.
  • Participated in a roundtable on “Formal and Informal Institutions in Torture, Trafficking, and Criminal Forms of Unconventional Warfare."

  Associate Professor Neil L. Sobol was interviewed about his article, “Protecting Consumers from Zombie-Debt Collectors,” by the Fort Worth Star Telegram for its cover-story, “Texas Lawmaker Wants to Send ‘Zombie Debt’ to the Grave” (Feb. 20, 2017).

  Associate Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat:

  • Invited speaker and panel chair at the 2017 IP Scholars Asia Conference in Singapore, organized by Professor Irene Calboli at the Singapore Management University Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia, where she serves as Visiting Professor and Deputy Director. Vishnubhakat presented his ongoing research project, “A Transnational Look at Expired U.S. Patents,” and moderated the “Protection of Plant Varieties” session (Feb. 23–24, 2017).

  Professor Peter Yu:

  • Appointed the Co-Director of Studies of the American Branch of the International Law Association (Feb. 2017).
  
  
  • Named to the Advisory Board of the Law and Technology Centre in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong (Feb. 2017).
  
  
  • Judged the 2016 ATRIP Essay Competition organized by the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), on whose executive committee he has served since 2013 (Feb. 2017).
  
  
  • Delivered a public lecture on "The Rise of China as an Intellectual Property Power" as part of the Asian Studies Speakers' Series organized by the Asian Studies Program at the University of Arkansas (Feb. 16, 2017).
  
  
  • Wrote an op-ed titled "Trump's Trade Policy Is More Predictable and Less Isolationist than Critics Think" for MarketWatch (Feb. 3, 2017).