Category: Research Projects

• Accountability in Algorithm-assisted Sanctions: Public Law Scrutiny of China’s Social Credit System

  24/06/2021

  Research project funded by General Research Fund (GRF), PI: Clement Chen.

• Promoting Creative and Ethical Use of Copyright Works in Education

  25/11/2020

  KE Impact Project Grant (2019 – 2020)

• Artificial Intelligence for Legal Services: Sentencing Wizard on Drug Trafficking

  Interdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange (KE) Project Fund (2019 – 2021)

• Intellectual Property and the Public Interest

  HKU Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award (2020-2021)

• Building a Robust Trademark Fair Use Mechanism in China

  07/08/2018

  Research project funded by General Research Fund (GRF), PI: Haochen Sun.

• Anti-Monopoly Law Enforcement in China

  Research project funded by General Research Fund (GRF), PI: Thomas Cheng.

• Open Government Data Licence in Hong Kong 香港開放政府資料特許之研究

  10/07/2018

  Co-investigator: Dr. Yahong Li (HKU).
  Funded by Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund.

• Reforming Trademark Fair Use in China: Lessons from the European Union and the United States

  28/12/2017

  Principal Investigator: Haochen Sun
  Funded by Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals.

• Patent Landscapes: A Multiplex Approach to Solving the Prior Art Problem

  Principal Investigator: Dr. Ryan Whalen
  Funded by Seed Fund for Basic Research. Project started from October 2017 for 1 year.

• Tackling Cyberbullying by Enhancing Privacy Protection: A Comparative and an Interdisciplinary Study (面對網上欺凌，加強私隱保護：比較與跨學科研究)

  20/12/2016

  Research Project funded by GRF, led by Professor Anne Cheung (PI).

• Digital China, from cultural presence to innovative nation

  A 4-year project led by Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Yahong Li and others

• Buyer Power under Competition Law: A Theoretical Examination and a Case Study of Hong Kong (競爭法與買方權勢：從理論和香港方面探討)

  16/12/2016

  Research project funded by GRF, led by Kelvin Kwok (PI) and Thomas Cheng (co-investigator).

• Harmony, Identity, and Governance: Evaluating China’s Social Credit System

  01/07/2016

  Research project led by Dr. Marcelo Thompson (PI).

• Analysis of Intellectual Property Licence Refusals under the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law

  30/06/2016

  Research project led by Kelvin Kwok (PI).

• Joint-research project: “Prosumerism and Intellectual Property”

  20/04/2016

  Research project led by Dr. Yahong Li (one of co-PIs).

• Freedom of information and privacy protection in China: resolving conflicts and promoting accountability

  01/04/2016

  Research project led by Dr. Clement Chen (PI).

• How Can Copyright Law Best Promote the Public Interest? Perspectives from the Google Digital Library Litigations in China and the United States

  01/02/2016

  Research project led by Dr. Haochen Sun (PI).

• Competition Law Enforcement against Abuses of Market Power in Hong Kong

  30/06/2015

  Principal Investigator: Kelvin Kwok
  Funded by Small Project Funding. Project started from June 2015.

• National Space Legislation in China

  31/03/2015

  Principal Investigator: Zhao Yun
  Funded by Seed Fund for Basic Research. The 2-year project completed in March 2015.

• A Comparative Legal Study on Tackling Cyberbullying and Protecting Children’s Rights

  01/03/2015

  Principal Investigator: Professor Anne Cheung.