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Professor CHEN Yang
Background
SJD (University of Pennsylvania)
LLM (University of Pennsylvania)
LLM (London School of Economics and Political Science)
LLB (China University of Political Science and Law)
LLM (University of Pennsylvania)
LLM (London School of Economics and Political Science)
LLB (China University of Political Science and Law)
Position Tag
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office
Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building – 6212
Telephone
(852) 3442 7387
Email
chenyang.yc@cityu.edu.hk
Research Interests
Research Interests
- Trade Secrets
- Unfair Competition Law
- Right of Publicity
- Intellectual Property Law and Theory
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Professor Yang Chen is an assistant professor at the City University of Hong Kong. He has received an LLB from China University of Political Science and Law, an LLM from London School of Economics, and another LLM and SJD from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Yang works primarily in the areas of intellectual property law, with a keen interest in particularly trade secrets law and right of publicity. He also researches in trademark law and copyright law. His works have appeared in several journals such as the Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property Law, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, and University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review.
Publications:
- Two Roads Diverge and Converge in the AI Era: Computer-Generated Works as an Exception for Human Authorship?, 36 Columbia Journal of Asian Law (forthcoming)
- Unveiling the Mysterious Role of Contractual Disgorgement: A Comparative and Functional Approach, 27 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law (forthcoming) (with Xingguang Zou)
- Reviving Computer-Generated Works?: Should Hong Kong Copyright Law Adapt the Rule to Harness AI Opportunities?, Journal Of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (2025)
- Copyright Infringement Test (Re)visited: U.S. Spillover into China Yielding a Similar Test?, 48 Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts 184 (2025)
- Under Double Shadows: How U.S.-China Trade Relations and Path Dependence Shape China’s IP Preliminary Injunction System, 33 Asia Pacific Law Review 68 (2024)
- Is Chinese Law Well-Prepared for AI Songs? A Note of Caution on the Over-Expansion of Personality Rights, 42 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 261 (2024).
- Featured on the Eureopean Chinese Law Research Hub (5 December, 2024) - Rebalancing the Burden of Proof for Trade Secrets Cases in China: A Detailed Scrutiny and Comparative Analysis of Article 32, 84 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 826 (2023).
- Featured on the Oxford Business Law Blog (6 May, 2024) - Navigating the Identity Thicket in China from a Comparative Lens: Conflicting Control Rights Over a Person’s Name, 53 Hong Kong Law Journal (2023).
- Demystifying China’s Trade Secrets Law in Action—A Statistical Analysis, 13(2) Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property Law 198-238 (2023).
- Enforceability of Anti-Reverse Engineering Clauses in Software Licensing Agreements: The Chinese Position and Lessons from the US and EU Laws, 43 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 783 (2022).
- Development of China's Trade Secrets Law in the US' Shadow: Negative Consequences for China and Suggestions, 17 University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review 138 (2022).
- A Proposal to Reform English Company Voluntary Arrangement Moratorium Regime: Insights From US Automatic Stay, 41 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law Online (Mar. 3, 2020).