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Dr. Jiarong Zhang
Assistant Professor, Law

Biography

Dr Jiarong Zhang is an assistant professor in intellectual property law. Jiarong"s research interests include copyright law, creative industries, intellectual property law and emerging technologies, data protection, intellectual property law and cultural property & traditional knowledge, and intellectual property legal history. At Trinity, Jiarong runs the module Intellectual Property Rights and Emerging Technologies. She also leads LLM Intellectual Property Law Dissertation Groups. Jiarong serves the law school as a LLM deputy director.

Jiarong has published widely in leading intellectual property law journals, including European Intellectual Property Review. Jiarong has also served as a reviewer of the Journal of World Intellectual Property.

Jiarong completed her PhD at the University of Glasgow School of Law and the CREATe Centre. She obtained her LL.M. by Research degree in intellectual property law at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and her LL.B. at Nankai University. Alongside her research, Jiarong is a qualified lawyer in China.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Jiarong Zhang, 2020 Amendment, the 'Full Growth' of the Chinese Copyright Regime?, European Intellectual Property Review, 44, (8), 2022 Journal Article, 2022 URL

Lingjuan Li; Jiarong Zhang, Approaches to the Protection of Official Marks, Journal of Northeast Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) , 9, 2022 Journal Article, 2022

Jiarong Zhang, Why is Copyright Law Reluctant to Protect Traditional Music: The Cultural Hierarchy in Law, CREATe Seminar, Glasgow, 2021 Conference Paper, 2021

Jiarong Zhang, The Protection of Traditional Cultural Exp ressions in Africa, European Intellectual Property Review, (5), 2019 Review Article, 2019

Jiarong Zhang, Copyright Law in the Big Data Era: New Implications of `Using' Works and Technological Transformation Use, Annual General Conference of the European China Law Studies Association, Durham, 2019 Conference Paper, 2019

Jiarong Zhang, Works of Folklore from the Perspective of Intellectual Property Law: Redefining the Concept and Subject Matter, Legal System and Society, (3), 2016 Journal Article, 2016

Jiarong Zhang; Fenglin Yin, New Law of the PRC on Promoting the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements and the Application of Intellectual Property, Electronics Intellectual Property, (11), 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Fenglin Yin; Jiarong Zhang, Intellectual Property Protection in Shanghai Free Trade Zone: Challenges and Countermeasures, Electronics Intellectual Property, (2), 2014 Journal Article, 2014

Research Expertise

Description

Jiarong"s research interests include copyright law, creative industries, intellectual property law and emerging technologies, data protection, intellectual property law and cultural property & traditional knowledge, and intellectual property legal history.

Recognition

Memberships

China Law Association for Science and Technology

European China Law Studies Association

Scottish Law and Innovation Network

UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre (CREATe)