IPRIA Seminar Series
No Personality Rights for Pop Stars in Hong Kong?
Free public seminars in Sydney and Melbourne, proudly presented by IPRIA in association with the Centre for Media and Communications Law (CMCL).
Referred to as ‘the Pearl of the Orient’ for generations, Hong Kong is a glamorous city known for its lavish lifestyle and the rich and famous. Its entertainment products, in particular movies, television programs, and music, are popular throughout the world. Yet, the region does not offer strong protection of personality rights to celebrities. This development provides an interesting contrast to developments in the United States, where Hollywood actors receive very strong protection of their name, likeness, voice or other personal attributes. The lack of protection also contrasts strongly with that of China, which offers in its civil code a right of portrait. What are the differences between the American right of publicity and the type of personality protection available in Commonwealth jurisdictions? Why has Hong Kong yet to offer strong protection of personality rights despite having fertile conditions for such development? How will personality rights develop in this former British colony in the future?
PRESENTER:
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Peter K. Yu (余家明) holds the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law and is the founding director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University Law School, USA. He is also a Wenlan Scholar Chair Professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China. Before joining Drake University, he founded the nationally-renowned Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program at Michigan State University, at which he held faculty appointments in law, communication arts and sciences, and Asian studies. Professor Yu has spoken at events organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Chinese, U.S. and EU governments and at leading research institutions from around the world. His lectures and presentations have spanned more than twenty countries on all continents except Antarctica, and he is a frequent commentator in the national and international media. His publications, which have been translated into Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese, are available on his website at www.peteryu.com. When he is not travelling, he divides his time among Des Moines, Hong Kong and cyberspace.
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DATE:Wednesday 1 December, 1pm (Refreshments from 12:30pm)
VENUE: Baker & McKenzie, Level 27 AMP Centre, 50 Bridge Street SYDNEY
COST: Free of Charge
DATE: Monday 6 December 2010, 1pm (Refreshments from 12:30pm)
VENUE: Blake Dawson, Level 26, 181 William Street, MELBOURNE
COST: Free of charge
Continuing Professional Development
Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys
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SEMINAR CONTACT: Michelle Wilson, IPRIA, Alan Gilbert Building, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010
Telephone: (03) 8344 2153 Fax: (03) 8344 2111
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