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Dr Jiarong Zhang

Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law

Background

Dr Jiarong Zhang’s recent research interests include Intellectual Property Law; IP and Emerging Technologies; IP and Cultural Studies; Cultural Production, Traditional Knowledge; Critical IP Theory; History of IP.

Jiarong is a Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at Â鶹´«Ã½ Law School for now and serves as the Academic Lead of the North East Law Review (NELR) and as the Deputy Director of International Partnerships and Programmes. Earlier, 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 new modules, and supervised PhD, LLM, and LLB dissertations. 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.

Before joining Trinity Law School, Jiarong pursued her PhD in Law at the School of Law and the CREATe Centre, University of Glasgow, Scotland. She was awarded 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 the 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

• IP and Emerging Technologies, History of Technology, Theory of Technology Regulation

• IP and Cultural Studies, Cultural Heritage, Traditional Knowledge

• Critical IP

• Legal History of IP



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-Lead (Lead: Dr Amy Thomas, CREATe, University of Glasgow)



• Data Monopoly and the Construction of the ‘Metaverse’

Funder: Trinity College Dublin

Amount: € 2000

Role: Lead

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 (Assistant Professor):

• 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 J. . GRUR International–Journal of European and International IP Law 2026, 75(4), 317-328.
    • Zhang J. . European Intellectual Property Review 2025, 47(10), 614-623.
    • Zhang J. . European Intellectual Property Review 2023, 45(10), 605-615.
    • Li L, Zhang J. . Journal of Northeast Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) 2022, (9), 87-94.
    • Zhang J. . European Intellectual Property Review 2022, 44(8), 445-447.
    • Zhang J. . European Intellectual Property Review 2019, 41(5), 331-333.
    • Zhang J. . Legal System and Society 2016, (3), 58-61.
    • Zhang J. . China High Technology Enterprises 2016, 2016(13), 240-242.
    • Zhang J, Yin F. . Electronics Intellectual Property 2015, (11), 66-69.
    • Yin F, Zhang J. . Electronics Intellectual Property 2014, (2).

  • Authored Book

    • Zhang J. Music Copyright and Cultural Hierarchy: How the Law Shapes the Perception of Music. Hart Publishing, 2026. In Preparation.

  • Book Chapters

    • Zhang J. . In: Ogulcan Ekiz, Lowri Davies, ed. Intellectual Property Law, Human Rights and Welfare. UK: Routledge, 2026. In Press.
    • Zhang J. . In: Paul Torremans, Irini Stamatoudi, Peter K. Yu, Bernd Justin Jütte, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Law. UK: Edward Elgar, 2026. In Press.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Zhang J. . In: Framing IP Rights in Legal, Economic, and Cultural Settings. 2024, Swansea: Swansea Law School.
    • Zhang J. . In: Intellectual Property and the Anthropocene (The 15th Annual Workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property). 2024, Boston, Mass: Boston University School of Law.
    • Zhang J. . In: Intellectual Property Researchers Europe (IPRE) Conference. 2023, Geneva, Switzerland: World Intellectual Property Organization.
    • Thomas A, Zhang J. . In: Information Law in Scotland (SCOTLIN). 2022, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
    • Zhang J. . In: 14th Annual Conference of the European China Law Studies Association. 2019, Durham University, Durham, UK.

  • Online Publications

    • Zhang J. . UK: IPAN, 2024. Available at: .
    • Zhang J. . CREATe, 2022. Available at: .
    • Zhang J. . CREATe, 2019. Available at: .
    • Zhang J. . CREATe, 2019. Available at: .