[SG60:  “Intellectual Property and Technology in the 21st Century” conference at NUS Law.]

I had the privilege of speaking at the plenary session of Intellectual Property and Technology in the 21st Century, an outstanding conference co-hosted with Columbia Law School, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, and Tsinghua University School of Law. Kudos to Professor David Tan and his team for bringing together such a stellar group of scholars and practitioners.

My talk explored why the U.S.’s patchwork of privacy, publicity, and copyright laws is not a bug, but a feature in governing generative AI, and why a narrowly tailored federal “data right” could fill critical protection gaps while keeping innovation alive.

A standout moment was the keynote by World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO Director General Daren Tang, who reminded us that innovation must remain human-centred in the age of generative AI. Read more: https://news.nus.edu.sg/innovation-must-remain-human-centred-in-age-of-generative-ai-wipo-chief-at-nus-law-conference/.

It was a delight to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones, and reflect together on how far Singapore has come, from a young nation to a global innovation hub.

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