George YiJun Tian

Lecturer

LLB (CUEB) PGradDipBus (Curtin) LLM (UWA) PhD (UTS)

 

Academic Profile

Dr George Yijun Tian joined the Faculty of Law at UTS as in January 2008. His research is focusing on intellectual property, international trade, and digital legislation. Prior to taking up the full-time lecturer position at UTS, he has taught sessionally postgraduate courses in intellectual property at UTS, and undergraduate courses in corporate law at UNSW.

George has been a Visiting Scholar of the University of Washington Law School and a Summer Research Associate of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard Law School in 2005. He has served as a Consultant of the Economic and Social Analysis Unit at the United Nations International Labour Organization, ROAP in 2006.

He has been a Postdoctoral Research Associate of the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at the UNSW Law School since 2007. He is also a Co-ordinator of the LDR Department at Clayton Utz, Sydney, and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Intellectual Property Studies at the China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing.

He has published a number of book, book chapters, and law journal articles on Intellectual Property, International Trade, and International Comparative law in Australia, China, United Kingdom, and United States.

Current Research Activities

Examining IP issues in the context of international trade, globalization and digitization.

Online Investing Regulation

Recent Publications

Books

Re-thinking Intellectual Property: Digital Copyright and Knowledge Equilibrium, Routledge-Cavendish, Toylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (Forthcoming April 2008).

Book Chapters

'Online Investment Law' in Chinese Commercial Law and the Legal System, Thomson Legal and Regulatory Ltd, Australia (Forthcoming).

Co-authoring with Patricia Blazey. 'Intellectual Property Law' in Chinese Commercial Law and the Legal System, Thomson Legal and Regulatory Ltd, Australia. (Forthcoming 2008).

'Digital Convergence vs. Intellectual Property Divergence: Resolution of IP Trade Wars & Establishment of Proper Digital Copyright Policies' in Strategies and Policies in Digital Convergence, edited by Prof. Sangin Park, Idea Group, Inc. PA. U.S.A (2007)

Articles 

'Trade Mark Infringement on International Websites: Position of Australian Court - Harmony of International IP Law on Online Trade Mark Infringement' in Compliance & Regulatory Journal (forthcoming 2008)

'Growth of The Internet & Establishment of Proper Digital Copyright Strategies: China as a Case Study' in HarvardAsia Quarterly, Vol IX, No. 3, at 34-44, Cambridge MA, U.S.A, Summer 2005.

'Problems of Anti-Circumvention Rules in the DMCA & More Heterogeneous Solutions' in Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol XV, No. 3, at 749-788, Fordham Law School, New York, U.S.A, Spring 2005.

'Reform of Existing Database Legislation & Future Database Legislation Strategies - Towards a Better Balance in the Database Law' in Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal, Vol 31, at 347-405, New Jersey State University Law School, Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A (2005).

'International Comparison of ISP Liability Legislation & Proposed Legal Reform Strategies' in Capital Forum ofLegal Science, Book 1, at 338-360, Peking University Press, Beijng, China, May (2005).

'Business Implications of Anti-Circumvention Legislation & Recommendations for Copyright Users' in Computer Law & Security Report (CLSR), Vol 20, No.6, at 445-452, Elsevier Sevier Ltd, Oxford, U.K.(2004)

'WIPO Treaties, Free Trade Agreement and Implications for ISP Safe Harbour Provisions - The Role of ISP in Australian Copyright Law' in Bond Law Review, Vol 16, No.1, at 186-217, Gold Coast, Australia (2004).Co-authored with Jianshuang Zhou 'Corporate Legal Liability on Environmental Pollution - Learning from Australia's Experiences' in China Investment, May 2003, Beijing China at 116-118.

Conference Papers and Presentations

Co-presentation with Dr. Xuan Zengpei, the Director of Trade and Investment Division of United Nations ESCAP, ‘Implication of TRIPs & Future Strategies for Consideration’ at the WIPO/ESCAP Colloquium on Intellectual Property, Bangkok Thailand, November 6-8,  2006.

‘Harmony of Intellectual Property Protection & Social Development: Resolution of IP Trade Wars & Establishment of Proper Digital Copyright Policies/Strategies’ (English and Chinese versions), accepted (and published) by World Jurist Association, 22nd Biennial Congress on the Law of the World, host in Beijing/Shanghai, China, September 4-10 2005.

‘Growth of Internet & Establishment of Proper Digital Copyright Strategies: China as a Case Study’, presented to Third Annual China Internet Research Conference - Digital Silk Road: A Look at the First Decade of China’s Internet Development and Beyond, Michigan State University College of Law, Lansing, U.S.A, May 23-24 2005.

'Business Implications of Anti-Circumvention Legislation & Recommendations for Copyright Users and Policy Makers’, accepted by WIPO 3rd International Forum on Creativity and Inventions, Cape Town, May 19 - 21, 2005.

‘Free Trade Agreement & The Role of ISP in Australian Copyright Law’, presented to 6th Annual Postgraduate Conference: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Legal Paradigm, University of Sydney Law Faculty, Sydney, Australia, Oct 29-30, 2004.

‘International Comparison: ISP Safe Harbour Legislation & FTA – Australia as a Case Study’, presented to 2004 Colloquium on Cyberspace Law & E-commerce Law, Institute of Intellectual Property Law, China University of Political Science & Law (CUPSL), Beijing, China, June 26, 2004.