Professor Hong Xue’s new Book is an overhaul of the academic research on international intellectual property law in China. Since China joined the international treaty system of intellectual property rights, the relevant research has primarily been orienting introduction, interpretation and incorporation of the contents of international legal documents, and assessment and examination of the compliance and/or consistence of the Chinese laws with the international laws that China has adhered to. Although the research no doubt provided valuable resources for China to respond to the acute trade pressure from the West and gradually fit in the international intellectual property law system, its backward-looking and responsive methodology can no longer keep pace with the changing situation, internationally and domestically, and its contents need completely updated so as to be continuously valuable for domestic and diplomatic policy-making and implementation.

Since the dawn of 21^st Century, international intellectual property law has been changing dramatically, along with the changing situation of international politics, economy, culture and technology. The phenomena of North-South issues, conflicts of IP (intellectual property rights) v. PI (public interests), prolific international regimes and their shifting, more inter-governmental international organizations (IGOs) emerging as new actors and/or fora for intellectual property issues, and multilateral as well as plurilateral and bilateral agreements taking shaping, are redefining the development of international intellectual property law. Internationally, intellectual property issues have been scrutinized under the macro topics such as free trade, market competition, consumer protection, communication rights and free speech, rather than being merely restricted to the private rights and their protection per se.

In the best of the times or the worst of the times, the Book attempts to capture all the key issues of the current international intellectual property law and reassess the fundamental theoretical framework and critical public policy issues involved. The Book is therefore a timely and forceful upbeat in the rhythm of new era of international intellectual property law in China.

The Book depicts the two driving forces behind the new international intellectual property law, i.e. maximalism and reformism, and their primary outcomes, interactions and intertwinement. The maximalist approach, featuring with cookie-cut model and ever-growing and expansive protection for intellectual property rights, has been pushed strongly by developing countries and intellectual property industry. Although Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA), Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and a variety of bilateral agreements are gaining ground, the negative effect on competition, development and human rights shall not be overlooked. Unlike any other Chinese books that look upon to or lean to learn from the international intellectual property law, this Book reviews both the theoretical basis and legal presentations of maximalism critically.

On the other than, the open communication environment facilitated by the Internet, emerging powers from Global South and, particularly, the global access to knowledge movement, form the strong resistance against maximalism and a vigorous reformative force for new international intellectual property law that is pro-development and public interest oriented. The Book is very first academic addition in China to address the new landscape of international intellectual property law through searching down to the two driving forces and their outside presentations. Such the theoretical framework, critical thinking and new methodology signalizes the new direction on research of international intellectual property law.

In addition to the legal study quality, the Book is multi-disciplinary research that absorbs the latest academic achievements on international political economy, international relation, sociology, Internet technology and Internet governance. The Book contains the most refreshed information and original analysis updated to 2011, when the Book was completed. The chapters on enforcement measures on ACTA, TPP, and ICANN new gTLD program have never been researched in China and most parts of the world. It is believed that the Book bring the Chinese study on international intellectual property law to a new stage that is comparable with the most advanced and acknowledged research in the world.

研讨会由薛虹教授主持。薛虹教授注重讲解了互联网治理的三大关键问题，即Global public interest, management of CIRs and multi-stakeholder model, 并结合国际法原则和规范加以分析。

Jean-Jacques Subrenat 围绕互联网治理政策发表了精彩演讲。演讲首先简要介绍了互联网的起源；之后提到了网络发展的现状以及规则的变化，这一部分从使用者、互联网利益、规则制定者等三个方面进行了分析；接下来讲了全球化的动机和现有模式面临的挑战，这一部分教授从利润、互联网控制、人类发展进行了分析，引入了MSM等治理模式；最后提到了如何构建合理的模式来推进网络发展。

演讲结束后，与会嘉宾对Jean-Jacques Subrenat 的演讲做了评议并提出了问题。Jean-Jacques Subrenat教授对问题都做出了解答与回应，讨论热烈。在交流互动环节，我院诸多青年学子们也积极参与其中，纷纷提问和发言，和与会专家探讨了许多有关互联网综合治理的问题。薛虹教授和Jean-Jacques Subrenat教授都对这些问题做了耐心解答。最后，薛虹教授对本次研讨会做了总结性发言，她针对进一步推进互联网治理提出了自己的观点，也对青年学子表达了自己的期许，会议在活跃而融洽的气氛中圆满结束。

In addition to the pending Regulations, the Ministry of Commerce is drafting a set of administrative measures to regulate the transactional rules of the 3rd-party transactional platforms, such as Tmall, 360buy, Dangdang. Transactional rules are a series of public rules that are unilaterally prepared by a 3rd-party transactional platform, applicable to any one doing transactions on the given platform, and affect public interest. The expert panel, along with the official from the Ministry of Commerce, had a meeting devoting to these administrative measures in Baoting, a town close to Sanya, Hainan Province on February 17-20, 2012. The 5th draft of the administrative measures has been completed and is now ready for ministerial review.

薛虹教授首先致欢迎辞，对出席本次学术沙龙的到场嘉宾和同学表示热烈欢迎。在学术沙龙主题环节之前，薛虹教授简要介绍了举办本次学术活动的相关背景，并谈及美国专利法的最新修改以及与此相关的专利复审、无效制度相关问题，并希望大家通过本次学术沙龙能够对“专利复审、无效制度”有一个更加全面和深入的认识。

沙龙的第一个环节是专利复审委员会无效宣告请求案件的模拟口头审理，这一环节由刘磊审查员主持。模拟口头审理的合议组成员（3人）及书记员（1人）、无效宣告请求人及其代理人（4人）、专利权人及其代理人（4人）均由参加本次沙龙的同学担任。为了保证模拟口审的效果，本次活动之前已向同学们分发了相关案例材料以便预习。模拟口审中同学们准备充分，对案情理解透彻，法律程序操作规范，法律语言运用恰当，并对案件中所涉及的相关内容展开了激烈的辩论。通过模拟口审，不仅深化了同学们对专利无效宣告程序以及无效宣告请求法律条文的认识，而且提高了同学的辩论水平和表达能力。

沙龙的第二个环节是由郭禾教授所作的专题讲座。郭禾教授曾经多次赴欧洲研修欧盟法以及欧洲知识产权法，对于欧美专利复审、无效制度有着深入的研究。他首先深入浅出地介绍了复审程序的历史发展过程，随后又从法理学角度对复审程序的启动、复审审查过程以及复审的法律后果作了分析和讲解，最后针对美国专利法的最新修改内容，分别谈及“多方评审（review）程序”、“授权后评审（review）程序”及其对我国专利制度构建的意义。主题发言结束后，在场同学积极与各位老师交流，期间更有精彩讨论，各位老师深厚的理论知识和独到的见解让在场同学获益良多，全场掌声不断。

通过本次学术沙龙，使得同学们在三个方面获得提高：一是在理论学习层面上，使同学们有机会更全面、更深刻的了解专利法中关于专利复审、无效的相关知识；二是在实务学习层面上，生动再现了专利复审、无效案件中的审查内容和准司法审查程序；三是在能力提升方面，为同学们提供了一次思辩能力的良好锻炼机会，为培养法学思辩能力奠定基础。