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Staff Profile

Dr Jiarong Zhang

Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law

Background

Jiarong joined Newcastle Law School in the autumn of 2024. Her recent research interests include Intellectual Property Law, IP Law and Emerging/Digital Technologies, IP Law and Cultural Production, Critical IP Theory, and IP Legal History.

From 2022 to 2024, Jiarong was an Assistant Professor in Intellectual Property Law at the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin (The University of Dublin), Ireland. At Trinity Law School, she taught several LLB and LLM modules, designed and developed a new module, supervised LLB and LLM degree dissertations, and co-supervised PhD projects. She also served the school as the Deputy Director of the LLM Program, the Erasmus Coordinator (incoming), and the contact point with the European Intellectual Property Office and European Patent Office.

In 2023, Dr Amy Thomas (CREATe, University of Glasgow) and Jiarong were awarded £13,361 by the Carnegie Trust for the project 'A Case Study of Robert Burns: Presenting a Distinct Theoretical Foundation for Scottish Copyright Law.' In 2023, Jiarong was awarded € 3000 by Trinity College Dublin for the project 'Data Monopoly and the Construction of the ‘Metaverse.’

From 2018 to 2022, Jiarong pursued her PhD in Law at the School of Law and the CREATe Centre, University of Glasgow, Scotland. She was issued the Reviewer Certificate by the Journal of World Intellectual Property, the Certificate of Advanced Course on Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge, and Traditional Cultural Expressions and the Certificate of General Course on Intellectual Property by the World Intellectual Property Organisation Academy.

Earlier than this, she obtained an LLM by Research degree at the School of Intellectual Property, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an LLB degree at the School of Law, Nankai University, China. At the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, she worked as a research assistant and participated in several research projects funded by China National Intellectual Property Administration, the Supreme People’s Court of China, and the China Ministry of Science and Technology. She also worked as a Tutor at the World Intellectual Property Organisation Academy and as a Trainee Lawyer at Beijing Dentons Law Firm after succeeding in the Chinese National Judicial Examination in 2015.

Research

Recent Research Interests:

• Intellectual Property Law

• Intellectual Property Law and Emerging/Digital Technologies

• Intellectual Property Law and Cultural Production/Cultural Heritage/Traditional Knowledge/Traditional Cultural Expressions

• Critical Intellectual Property Theory

• Intellectual Property Legal History

Jiarong welcomes PhD applications related to her research interests and will support funding applications. She also welcomes PhD projects that are interdisciplinary (e.g., law and other subjects) or take critical, socio-legal or otherwise approaches. 



Recent Research Projects and Fundings:

• A Case Study of Robert Burns: Presenting a Distinct Theoretical Foundation for Scottish Copyright Law

Funder: Carnegie Trust

Amount: £ 13,361

Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Dr Amy Thomas, CREATe, University of Glasgow)



• Data Monopoly and the Construction of the ‘Metaverse’

Funder: Trinity College Dublin

Amount: € 3000

Role: Primary Investigator

Teaching

Current:

• Global Intellectual Property Law and Policy - LAW3055 (LLB)

• Legal Institutions and Method - LAW1210 (LLB)

• Intellectual Property Rights and Emerging Technologies - LAW8545 (LLM)

At Trinity College Dublin:

• Intellectual Property Law - LAU44071 (LLB)

• Industrial Property Law - LAU44271 (LLB)

• New Trends in Intellectual Property Law - LAU44016 (LLB)

• International and European Copyright Law and Policy - LA7092 (LLM)

• Intellectual Property Rights and Emerging Technologies - LA7143 (LLM)

• Dissertation - LA7047 (LLM)

At the University of Glasgow (Guest Lecturer):

• Intellectual Property, Technology, and Communities - LA5207 (LLM)

At the World Intellectual Property Organisation Academy (Tutor):

• Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and Geographical Indications

Publications

  • Articles

    • Zhang JZ. Free Movement of Virtual Goods in the Metaverse: Is the Construction of the Metaverse Legally Possible under EU Copyright Law?. European Intellectual Property Review 2023, 45(10), 605-615.
    • Li LL, Zhang JZ. Research on the Legal Issues of the Protection of Official Marks in China. Journal of Northeast Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) 2022, (9).
    • Zhang JZ. 2020 Amendment, the “Full Growth” of the Chinese Copyright Regime?. European Intellectual Property Review 2022, 44(8), 445-447.
    • Zhang JZ. The Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions in Africa (Book Review). European Intellectual Property Review 2019, 41(5).
    • Zhang JZ. Works of Folklore from the Perspective of Intellectual Property Law. Legal System and Society 2016, (3).
    • Zhang JZ, Yin FL. Analysis of the New Law of the PRC on Promoting the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements and Application of Intellectual Property. Electronics Intellectual Property 2015, (11).
    • Yin FL, Zhang JZ. Intellectual Property Protection in Shanghai Free Trade Zone: Challenges and Countermeasures. Electronics Intellectual Property 2014, (2).

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Zhang JZ. The History and Future of Disruptive Technology under the ‘Undisrupted’ Intellectual Property Law. In: Framing IP Rights in Legal, Economic, and Cultural Settings. 2024, Swansea University, Sawnsea, Wales, UK.
    • Zhang JZ. Collecting the Last Leaves Under Urbanisation? Copyright’s Paradoxical Role in Oral Tradition in Georgian Britain. In: Intellectual Property and the Anthropocene (The 15th Annual Workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property). 2024, Boston University, Boston, US.
    • Zhang, JZ. Free Movement of Virtual Goods in the Metaverse: Will Intellectual Property Enable or Hinder the Construction of the Metaverse?. In: Intellectual Property Researchers Europe (IPRE) Conference. 2023, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
    • Thomas AT, Zhang JZ. Copyright and Robert Burns. In: Information Law in Scotland (SCOTLIN). 2022, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
    • Zhang, JZ. Mass Digitisation and Technological Transformation Use. In: The 14th Annual Conference of the European China Law Studies Association. 2019, Durham University, Durham, UK.