Joy Xiang

Professor of Law

joyxiang@stl.pku.edu.cn

“Intellectual property laws are one of the tools available to encourage innovation. How do we build entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems that optimize the use of these tools? How do we optimize and balance the use of intellectual property rights? These are some of the questions I like to explore with my students and colleagues.”

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Professor Xiang’s interdisciplinary and evidence-based research focuses on exploring ways to enhance innovation and collaboration. Her teaching includes U.S. and International IP Systems, Patent Law, and IP Strategies. Professor Xiang was educated in the U.S. in law, public policies, technology entrepreneurship, and computer science. Prior to joining PKU-STL, Professor Xiang taught at University of Washington School of Law as an adjunct professor and Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law as an IP fellow.

Professor Xiang also worked in or for the U.S. technology industries for fifteen years, in roles such as software engineer and program manager for Motorola, IP attorney representing various organizations and inventors, and corporate counsel for Microsoft. Her technological expertise included software engineering and computer operating system optimization. Her legal expertise included global patent practice and patent portfolio management. She also worked on complex patent litigation, patent cross-licensing, and IP policy review.
- Survey of U.S. IP Laws
- Patent Law
- International IP
- IP Strategies
- IP in East Asia
Publications
- Article. Intellectual Property, Antitrust, and Access to Essential Technologies, 26 Lewis & Clark Law Review 1101 (2023).
- Book Chapter. Access to Undisclosed Know-how, in THE EXPLOITATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: IN SEARCH OF THE RIGHT BALANCE (J. Schovsbo ed., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023)
- Article. Intellectual Property, Antimonopoly Law and Sustainable Development in China, WIPO-WTO Colloquium Papers, Special Edition (2022).
- Monograph. Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Clean Tech: a Pathway for Developing Countries (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022); selected for Elgar Intellectual Property and Global Development series.
- Article. Cleantech Innovation by Developing Countries, Boston University International Law Journal 38.4 (2020).
- Article. IPR Management in International Cleantech Cooperation, Georgetown Envt’l Law Review 32.1 (2019).
- Article. Addressing Climate Change: Domestic Innovation, International Aid and Collaboration, 5 N.Y.U. J. Intell. Prop. & Ent. L 196 (2016).
- Comments. How Wide Should the Gate of Technology Be – Business Method Patentability in China, 11 Pac. & Pol’y J. 795 (2002).
Work-in-Progress
- Technological Standardization
- IP Strategies
Selected Academic Presentations
1. Presenter. Critical Emerging Technologies, Intellectual Property, and Standardization. UW-Texas A&M Asian IP Scholars Roundtable, Seattle, USA (2023).
2. Lecturer. Emerging Technologies, Intellectual Property, and Standardization. WIPO-China Summer School, China (2023).
3. Presenter. Standardization in China. IP Scholars Conference, Cardozo School of Law, U.S.A. (2023).
4. Book Talk, Intellectual Property and Clean Technology, WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland (Podcast, 2023).
5. Panelist. Recent Policy Trends – Global or Regional Standards, Winter Innovation Conference 2023, European University Institute, Florence, Italy (2023).
6. Speaker. Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Cleantech: A Pathway for the LDCs. WTO Annual Workshop to Member Countries on Technology Transfer to the LDCs, Geneva, Switzerland (online, 2022).
7. Moderator and Commentator. Technology Law.6^thAnnual IP Scholars Roundtable, Texas A&M University School of Law, U.S.A. (2022)
8. Presenter. Access to Undisclosed Know-how.
  a. Annual Academic Roundtable, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, U.S.A. (2022).
  b. IP Scholars Conference, Stanford University, U.S.A. (2022).
  c. IP and Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference (online, 2022).
9. Lecturer. Cleantech and Patents. University of Washington School of Law, U.S.A. (2022).
10. Book Talk. Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Cleantech: A Pathway for Developing Countries. University of California at Berkeley, School of Law, U.S.A. (online, 2021).
11. Moderator. IP Jurisprudence. WIPO-WTO Colloquium for IP Teachers,Geneva, Switzerland (online, 2021).
12. Presenter. Intellectual Property, Antitrust Law, Access to Essential Technologies,at
  a. International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research for Intellectual Property, Copenhagen, Denmark (online, 2021).
  b. Annual Academic Roundtable, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, U.S.A. (online, 2021).
  c. Asia IP and Innovation Researchers Conference, Malaysia(online, 2021).
13. Discussant. International Cleantech Cooperation: Climate Change, WIPO Green & the Paris Agreement,Legal Frontiers, Peking University School of Transnational Law (online, 2020).
14. Presenter. Cleantech Innovation by Developing Countries, at
  a. International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research for Intellectual Property, Vanderbilt University, U.S.A (2019).
  b. WIPO-WTO Colloquium, Geneva, Switzerland (2017).
  c. IP Scholars Conference, Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law, U.S.A. (2017).
15. Presenter. IPR Management in International Cleantech Cooperation, at
  a. Works in Progress for IP, University of Houston Law Center, U.S.A. (2019).
  b. Junior IP Scholars Roundtable, Northwestern University School of Law, U.S.A. (2018).
  c. IP Scholars Conference, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A. (August 2018).
16. Moderator. Soft Law and Standards for Legal Innovation, International Workshop on Soft Law, Peking University School of Transnational Law (2019).
17. Lecturer. International IP and China’s Belt Road Initiative, at Pearl River Delta Academy of International Trade and Investment Law, Macau, China (2019).
18. Moderator. Risk Mitigation, Licensing, and Partnerships Strategies, at Tsinghua-Berkley Transnational IP Litigation Conference, China (2018).
19. Presenter. IPR and Cleantech, at Book Launch for EU Climate Diplomacy: Politics, Law and Negotiations, Shenzhen, China (2018).
20. Lecturer. International IP and IP Development at the Greater Bay Area, at Pearl River Delta Academy of International Trade and Investment Law, Macau, China (2018).
21. Lecturer. International Intellectual Property, at Pearl River Delta Academy of International Trade and Investment Law, Macau, China (2017).
22. Presenter.The Unique Case of PKU-STL, at the Legal Education: Present and Future Global Changes Conference, Tokyo, Japan (2017).
23. Presenter. IP Implications in China’s Free Trade Agreements, at the International Corporate Practice – Tax and IP Issues Symposium, Tokyo, Japan (2017).
24. Presenter. Addressing Climate Change: Domestic Innovation, International Cooperation, and International Aid, at European Policies of IP Conference, Oxford University, United Kingdom (2016).
25. Lecturer. The TRIPS Agreement.IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, U.S.A. (2014).
26. Lecturer. International Patenting. University of Washington School of Law, U.S.A. (2014).
27. Speaker. Developing a Global Patent Portfolio. University of Washington School of Law, U.S.A. (2013).
28. Speaker. U.S. Patent Procurement.National Science and Technology Development Agency, Bangkok, Thailand (2013).
29. Moderator. Patent Exhaustion – International Views. East China University of Political Science and Law, China (2013).
30. Master of Ceremony. U.S. – China Subnational Relationship Building. The Tai Initiative and Seattle University, U.S.A. (2013).
31. Speaker. Software and Business Method Patenting. People’s University School of Law, China (2012).
Juris Doctor, Masters, Graduate Certificate, Bachelor of Science, in Law, Public Policies, Technology Entrepreneurship, and Computer Science. University of Washington