Mary Wong

Professor of Law
LL.M., Cambridge University, UK
LL.B., National University of Singapore, Singapore
Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

Updated: Sept. 13, 2007

Book Chapters

Terrorism & Technology: Policy Challenges & Current Responses, in Global Anti-Terrorism Law & Policy (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005).
Basic Principles of Singapore Business Law (Thomson Learning 2003) (with Andrew Phang).
Getting the Deal Through: E-Commerce 2001 (Law Bus. Res. Ltd., 2000) and E-Commerce 2002 (Law Bus. Res. Ltd. 2001) (with John B. Kennedy, Esq.).
Kluwer International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Intellectual Property Law (Sing. Ed., Kluwer Law Int'l 1999) (with Ng-Loy Wee Loon).

Articles

When User-Generated Content is "Transformative": Authorship, Derivative Works and Fair Use Rights" (first presented as a work-in-progress, IP Scholars' Conference at DePaul Univ. College of Law, Aug. 2007), in progress.
Technical Protection Mechanisms and Copyright Obligations in Recent US Free Trade Agreements: Flexibilities and Best Practices for Policymakers (preliminary findings to be presented at the 2nd Internet Governance Forum in Nov., 2007), in progress.
Toward a Flexible Normative Framework for Copyright: From the Restraints of Private Property to the Promise of Human Rights" (first presented as a work-in-progress, IP Scholars' Conf. at Univ. of Cal. Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, Aug. 2006), in progress.
Cyber-Trespass and ‘Unauthorized Access’ as Legal Mechanisms for Access Control: Lessons from the US Experience, 14 Int'l J.L. & Info. Tech., Issue 3 (Aug. 21, 2006).
Electronic Surveillance and Privacy in the United States after September 11, 2001, Sing. J. of Legal Stud. 214 (2002).
Rocking and Ripping on the World Wide Web: The Collision Between Digital Music and Copyright Law, 13 Sing. Acad. of L.J. 323 (2001).

Other

When User-Generated Content is Transformative: Some Thoughts on Authorship, Derivative Works and Fair Use, IP Scholars’ Conf., DePaul Univ. College of Law, Chicago, Ill. (Aug. 2007).
Copyright Protection for Owners & Intermediaries in the Networked Era, WIPO-NCAC Int'l Copyright Conf. 2007, Beijing, China (July 2007).
Digital Content & Copyright, Univ. of Tex. Law & Technology Conf., Austin, Tex. (May 2007).
The Three-Step Test: Is It Out of Step?, Fordham Int'l IP Law & Policy Conf., N.Y., N.Y. (April 2007).
Developments in the Copyright Office & Congress, Fordham Int'l IP Law & Policy Conf., N.Y., N.Y. (April 2007).
Copyright Protection for Owners & Intermediaries in the Networked Era, 2007 Int'l Copyright Forum, Beijing, China (18 July 2007).
The Best Things in Life are Free: User-Generated Content & the Free & Open Source Software Movement, Asian IP Law & Policy Day, Fordham Law School Conf. on Int'l IP Law & Policy, N.Y., N.Y. (April 11, 2007).
The Next Ten Years in Copyright Law, Fordham Univ. School of Law & Intellectual Property Acad. of Sing., and Queen Mary Trilogue, London, Eng. (Feb. 16, 2007).
Copyright & Access to Knowledge: Rights/Rhetoric, Opacity/Openness, Future/Fears, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. (Feb. 2007).
The Next Ten Years in Copyright Law, for the Fordham Law School (USA) -Intellectual Property Academy (Singapore) – Queen Mary (UK) Trilogue, London, England (Feb. 2007).
The Impact of Digital Rights Management Laws on Access to Knowledge, U. N. Internet Governance Forum, Athens, Greece (Oct./ Nov. 2006).
Copyright, Design and Digital Commerce, and Intellectual Property and Information Communications Technology, Global Forum on Intellectual Property: Tilting the Global Balance in the Intellectual Property Landscape, Sing. (Aug. 2006).
Toward an International Framework for Copyright and Access to Knowledge, IP Scholars’ Conference, Univ. of Cal. Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law (Aug. 2006).
Digitization: New (Unauthorized) Uses for Copyrighted Works and the Google Book Search Project, and Web 2.0: Online Syndication and Aggregation, Fordham Conference on International Intellectual Property Law & Policy, N.Y., N.Y. (Apr. 2006).
Asian IP at the Crossroads: Open Content & Access to Knowledge, Fordham Univ. School of Law & Intellectual Property Acad. of Sing. Conf. on Recent Developments in and Enforcement of IP Laws in Asia, N.Y., N.Y. (Apr. 2006).
Internet Service Providers as Intermediaries, Whither the Middleman: The Role & Future of Intermediaries in the Information Age, Michigan State Univ. Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program, E. Lansing, Mich. (Apr. 2005).
Copyright and Fair Use and Parallel Importation, Fordham Conference on Int'l Intellectual Property Law & Policy, N.Y., N.Y. (Apr. 2005).
Parallel Imports and Trademarks, Fordham Univ. School of Law & Intellectual Property Acad. of Sing. Conf. on Recent Developments in and Enforcement of IP Laws in Asia, N.Y., N.Y. (Mar. 2005).
Free Trade and Intellectual Property Rights and Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer, WIPO-ASEAN Forum on Policy Issues in the Int'l Intellectual Property Agenda, Jakarta, Indon. (Mar. 2005).
Terrorism & Technology, Comparative Anti-Terrorism Law & Policy Symposium, Sing. (June 2004).
WIPO and the EU, Fordham Int'l Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conf. (plenary session), N.Y., N.Y. (Apr. 2004).
Enforcement of IP in Asia, Fordham Univ. School of Law & Intellectual Property Acad. of Sing. Conf. on Recent Developments in and Enforcement of IP Laws in Asia, N.Y., N.Y. (Apr. 2004).
Data Protection & Privacy Implications for Genetic Information, Bioethics Advisory Council of Sing., Sing. Acad. of Law Life Sciences & The Law Seminar Series (Sep. 2003).
Legal Issues In Electronic Privacy & Information Security, 2003 Information Security Conf. Summit, Sing. (Feb. 2003).
The Impact of Technology on Privacy Law, 2002 Internet Law & Policy Forum Annual Conf.: Security v. Privacy, Seattle (Sep. 2002).
Harmonizing International Trade Laws & UNCITRAL, Sing. Acad. of Law and the Nat'l Univ. of Sing., Sing. (July 2002).
Content Liability Laws in Singapore and Australia, Internet Law & Policy Forum Expert Session for the Working Group for Content Liability, Tokyo, Japan (Apr. 2002).
Legal Issues in Intermediate Liability, Internet Law & Policy Forum Working Group for Content Liability, Brussels, Belg. (Nov. 2001).
Legal Developments in Electronic Commerce, Sing. Acad. of Law Immersion Training Program in Info. Tech. Law, Sing. (Apr. 2001).
Electronic Commerce Laws in Asia, E-Commerce Asia Conf., N.Y., N.Y. (May 2000).