July 2007 - The
international conference on virtual worlds - STATE OF PLAY
will be held in Singapore this year. Organised jointly with New
York Law School, Havard's Berkman Centre, Yale Law School,
Trinity University and CAPTEL and SIRC (Singapore Internet
Research Centre) at NTU. It will be the fifth conference and
this year's theme is Building the Global Metaverse
held at Marina Mandarin Singapore. To learn more about the
event, download this conference flyer
or visit
http://www.nyls.edu/stateofplay for more details.
January 2007 - CAPTEL is pleased to
announce the completion and launch of the online database of the IP Laws of Asia
Pacific region - IPJURIS.net This online
database is a free access cross searchable database to rare and previously
inaccessible IP Laws. It includes several non-official translated versions of
non English speaking jurisdictions.
July 7-9th 2004 - UNESCAP's Regional
Expert Conference on Harmonized Development of Legal and
Regulatory Systems for Electronic Commerce in Asia and the
Pacific: Current Challenges and Capacity Building Needs has
invited 6 CAPTEL associates namely, Profs Harry Tan, Toh See Kiat,
Hong Xue, Pavan Duggal, Rajesh Sreenavisan and Goh Seow Hiong. To read more about the
conference CLICK
HERE. Also, here are archive photos of the event and links to
the various presentations - CLICK
HERE
May 2004 - The
Intellectual Property Academy of Singapore signs a Memorandum of
Understanding with CAPTEL to fund its ASEAN IP Law Database
project.
Click here to read more about the premier project. To view the
photos of the signing ceremony, CLICK
HERE.
VIDEO - Watch streaming video
of an interview of Prof Harry SK Tan on Channel News Asia's IncIT
programme - "Managing Online Legal Risks" (aired
in Singapore on 31st May 2003). Here he speaks about the
challenges when a business develops a presence online. To view the
video, click on this icon: 