https://www.scmp.com/rss/321924/feed Dr Danny Friedmann is assistant professor at the Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen. He researches intellectual property law and co-edited the book "Wine Law and Policy, From Territory to National Terroirs to Global Market”, published by Brill in 2020, and wrote the trademark, trade name, geographical indications and domain name chapter for the book “Intellectual Property Law in China”, 2nd edition, published by Kluwer Law International in 2021. He obtained his PhD in Laws... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On November 16, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the way for approving the sale of cell-cultured meat by a company called Upside Foods in the world’s biggest consumer market. In 2020, Singapore was the first country in the world to approve cell-cultured chicken breast from the US company Eat Just. Failure to recognise the significance of these developments will come at the cost of Hong Kong’s competitiveness and innovativeness, not to mention its track record in sustainability... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3200434/hong-kongs-love-meat-risks-leaving-city-wrong-side-progress?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3200434/hong-kongs-love-meat-risks-leaving-city-wrong-side-progress?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:15:09 +0000 One of the most important court cases of the year recently transpired at the State of New York Court of Appeals but hardly drew attention from the general public. This happened after a historic hearing on May 18, where the Nonhuman Rights Project advocated for the release of an Asian elephant being held in the Bronx Zoo to an elephant sanctuary. The elephant, named Happy, was taken from the wild in Thailand when she was a year old and held in captivity for over 40 years in a two-acre (0.8... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3182598/would-googles-lamda-say-happy-elephant-person?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3182598/would-googles-lamda-say-happy-elephant-person?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:00:26 +0000 What is the similarity between diseases such as Spanish flu, Ebola and severe acute respiratory syndrome? There is a high likelihood that all three diseases were caused by the spread of viruses from animals to humans. However, humanity seems to have problems learning from historical facts. Those who have warned against the risks of a pandemic during the last 10 years have been ignored as modern-day Cassandras. Certainly, the incursions of humans into nature and eating exotic animals are a... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3141239/factory-farming-greater-pandemic-risk-consumption-exotic-animals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3141239/factory-farming-greater-pandemic-risk-consumption-exotic-animals?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:15:12 +0000 As a researcher of intellectual property law, it makes my heart rejoice that the general public passionately takes notice of a copyright amendment bill. However, what surprises me is the demonisation of the existing copyright ordinance in favour of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014. At the same time, I do not understand the framing of the bill as the Article 23 of the internet. READ MORE: Fair use or fair dealing? Here’s a fair case for postponing Hong Kong’s new copyright law I do think that... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1891291/copyright-bill-no-article-23-internet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1891291/copyright-bill-no-article-23-internet?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Dec 2015 05:13:27 +0000 During a UN Security Council session in January about "war, its lessons and the search for a permanent peace", China, South Korea and North Korea made it painfully clear that Japan's non-recognition of the "comfort women" issue, its politicians' Yasukuni shrine visits and revisionist history books form the roadblocks to reconciliation between their countries and Japan. Resolving these issues could therefore contribute to creating a less volatile atmosphere in the event of conflicts. A stream of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1448446/evidence-japans-wartime-role-sex-slavery-incontrovertible?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1448446/evidence-japans-wartime-role-sex-slavery-incontrovertible?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:45:45 +0000