Newcastle University

Currently on research leave: visiting scholar at the Columbia Law School.

Dr Deming Liu joined Newcastle in 2006. He was the Careers Liaison Officer (2007 – 2011) and Stage 1 Year Tutor (2008 – 2011). He currently serves as marketing officer for the Law School and sits on the Internationalisation Steering Group of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Newcastle University. 

Dr Liu specialises in intellectual property law and international trade law. He teaches contract law and copyright law. Dr Liu writes about copyright, patent and international trade and has published in fine journals such as the American Review of International Arbitration (Columbia Law School), American Journal of Comparative Law, European Intellectual Property Review, Journal of World Intellectual Property, Nanotechnology Law and Business, John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, Chinese Journal of International Law, and many others.  

Education: 

Ph. D (Intellectual Property Law)
LL.M (Commercial Law) (w/ Distinction)
B. Eng (International Trade)
B. Eng (Computer Sciences)

Research Interests

Patenting and regulating nanotechnology; patenting biotechnology inventions; socio-legal studies of intellectual property; transplant effect.
Copyright for art; performers' rights; international trade law 

Other Expertise

International Trade Law

Postgraduate Supervision

If you would like further information on reading for a research degree at Newcastle Law School please see www.ncl.ac.uk/nuls/postgraduate/research/index.htm

Funding

3-year Departmental Studentship by the Law Department of UWA, 09/2002-09/2005;
3-year ORS (Overseas Research Scholarship) Award by Universities UK, 09/2003-09/2006

Undergraduate Teaching

Contract - module leader
Copyright - module leader

• Liu D. Proposing the Bonding Requirements for Investment in Africa: A Tripartite Solution for the Environmental Protection. The Law and Development Review 2012. In Press.
• Liu D. Copyright and the Pursuit of Justice: A Rawlsian Analysis. Legal Studies 2012. In Press.
• Liu D. Performers' Rights: Muddled or Mangled? Bungled or Boggled?. European Intellectual Property Review 2012, 22. In Press.
• Liu D. Think Twice before Arbitrating the Patent Dispute. American Review of International Arbitration 2012. In Press.
• Liu D. The Artist Has Got Moral Rights and That Ain't Bad. European Intellectual Property Review 2011, 33(3), 169-177.
• Liu D. Leave My Patent Alone! Patent, Competition and Refusal to License in China. European Intellectual Property Review 2009, 31(8), 423-435.
• Liu D. Reflections on Lack of a Patent System throughout China's Long History. Journal of World Intellectual Property 2009, 12(2), 122-136.
• Liu D. Nanotechnology in China: Regulations and Patents. Nanotechnology Law and Business 2008,5 4 465-491.
• Liu D. Love and Hate: Money, Copyright, and Creativity for Fine Arts in China. Art, Antiquity and Law 2008, 13(2), 133-160.
• Liu D. Can’t We re-Consign Confucius to Museums and Look toward Reality? Cultural Impact on the Enforcement of Copyright in China. Intellectual Property Forum 2007, (70), 16-34.
• Liu D. Can Copyright Lend Its Cinderellaic Magic to Chinese Folklore?. John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law 2006, 5(2), 203-215.
• Liu D. The Transplant Effect of the Chinese Patent Law. Chinese Journal of International Law 2006, 5(3), 733-752.
• Liu D. Now the Wolf Has Indeed Come! Perspective on the Patent Protection of Biotechnology Inventions in China. American Journal of Comparative Law 2005, 53(1), 207-259.