Staff profile

• Artificial Intelligence
• IP and Creative Industries
• IP and Sustainability
• Intellectual property law
• Law and technology

• 2018: Recipient, HKICS Teaching Excellence Award 2018-2019:
• 2011: Research Fellow, Harvard Berkman Centre for Internet and Society (now Berkman Klein Centre):
• 2000: Member, International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP):
• 2000: Secretary-General of Academic Committee, Society of Asia Innovation and Intellectual Property:
• 2000: Member, Scottish Law and Innovation Network:

Authored book

• Wang, J. (2018). Conceptualizing Copyright Exceptions in China and South Africa: A Developing View from the Developing Countries. Springer Verlag

Book review

• Wang, J. (online). Book Review: IP laws and regimes in major Asian economies – combing through thousand threads of IP to peace in Asia. Common Law World Review, 39-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/14737795231166965

Chapter in book

• Wang, J., & Alpini, A. Legal Nature of NFTed Artwork -- A Comparative Study. In N. Naim (Ed.), Intellectual Property Law and Artificial Intelligence. Palgrave Macmillan
• Wang, J., & Alpini, A. (2024). Legal Nature of NFTed Artwork: A Comparative Study. In N. Naim (Ed.), Developments in Intellectual Property Strategy: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and New Technologies (65-90). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42576-9_3
• Wang, J., & Zheng, C. (2024). Two decades after Doha: Compulsory licence and the Waiver Proposal under the COVID-19 pandemic. In J. Schovsbo (Ed.), Intellectual Property Rights in Times of Crisis (26-58). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035323579.00007
• Wang, J., & Chen, L. (2019). Regulating Smart Contracts and Digital Platforms: A Chinese Perspective. In L. DiMatteo, M. Cannarsa, & C. Poncibò (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms (183-210). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108592239.010
• Chen, L., Michalek, A., & Wang, J. (2019). The Norm of Property’s Social Function: A Chinese Perspective. In P. Babie, & J. Viven-Wilksch (Eds.), Léon Duguit and the Social Obligation Norm of Property (331-354). Springer Verlag
• Wang, J. (2018). The Right to Privacy in the Internet Age: The Chinese Perspective. In K. Oliphant, P. Zhang, & L. Chen (Eds.), The Legal Protection of Personality Rights (164-183). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004351714_010
• Wang, J. (2017). Jurisdiction of the Court over Disputes involving Patent Holders without Domicile in China. In K.-C. Liu (Ed.), Annotated Leading Patent Cases in Major Asian Jurisdictions. City University of Hong Kong Press

Journal Article

• Wang, J. (in press). A Novel Analytical Approach towards Copyright Protection for Video Games. Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds,
• Wang, J. (online). Anti-circumvention Rules in the Information Network Environment in the US, UK and China: A Comparative Study
• Wang, J. (2024). Reconstructing the copyright idea/expression dichotomy for video games. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, 14(3), 248-266. https://doi.org/10.4337/qmjip.2024.03.01
• Wang, J. (2023). Intellectual property protection for video games: A MDA framework-based analysis. Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, 15(2), 177-194. https://doi.org/10.1386/jgvw_00079_1
• Wang, J. (2022). Reconceptualizing the interface of copyright and design rights for 3D printing. Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 17(12), 1011-1022. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpac102
• Janssen, A., & Wang, J. (2021). Punitive Damages Under the New Chinese Civil Code – A Critical and Comparative Analysis. Asia Pacific Law Review, 29(2), 346 - 365. https://doi.org/10.1080/10192557.2022.2033087
• Wang, J., & Chen, L. (2018). Will Innovative Technology Result in Innovative Legal Frameworks? – Smart Contracts in China. European Review of Private Law, 26(6), 921-942. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316816912
• Wang, J., & Zhang, Z. (2017). Better Investor Protection and More Operational Flexibility: Singapore’s Latest Reforms to Strengthen its REIT Market. The Company Lawyer, 38(4), 130-136
• Wang, J. (2015). Toward a more balanced safe harbour protection system for internet service providers in China. Hong Kong law journal, 45(3), 851-879
• Wang, J. (2010). Should China Adopt an Extended Licensing System to Facilitate Collective Copyright Administration: Preliminary Thoughts. European Intellectual Property Review, 32(6), 283-289