LU Bingbin

Bingbin Lu (Lyu) is a professor at Fudan University Law School. He earned his LL.B. from Fudan University (Shanghai, China), an LL.M. from the Transnational Law and Business University (Seoul, South Korea), and a Ph.D. in Law from Fudan University. Following the completion of his doctorate, he joined the Law School of Nanjing University in 2011. In June 2024, he returned to Fudan University Law School as a full professor.

Professor Lu's primary research interests lie in intellectual property law and data law. He has published approximately ten articles in international journals such as Computer Law & Security Review (SSCI), Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA (SSCI), Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property (SSCI), Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (SSCI), Marine Policy (SSCI), Energy Policy (SSCI), Journal of Information Science (SSCI), European Intellectual Property Review, Global Jurist Frontiers, and Corporate Governance Law Review, among others. Additionally, he has published extensively in leading Chinese law journals, including Chinese Journal of Law, China Legal Science, Jurist, Science of Law, Law Review (Faxue Pinglun), Journal of Comparative Law, and Nanjing University Law Review.

He is the author of four Chinese-language monographs: Rethinking Copyright Law: Copyright in Orphan Works (2023); Patent Disclosure System: A Perspective of the TRIPS Agreement (2016); Transformation and Innovation of the Copyright System in the Internet Era (2012); and Intellectual Property Protection in the Context of Building an Innovation-Oriented China (2008).

Professor Lu has led two projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, including a Youth Project rated as “Excellent.” His academic work has been recognized with several national and provincial honors, such as the Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences and the An Zijie International Trade Award.

He holds numerous academic and advisory roles, including: Member of the Academic Committee of the Intellectual Property Research Center at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law; Vice President of the Intellectual Property Law Research Association of the Nanjing Law Society; Director of the China Intellectual Property Research Association and the China Science & Technology Law Society; External Expert in Information Technology for the Higher People’s Court of Jiangsu Province; Consulting Expert for the Intermediate People’s Court of Nanjing; Member of the Legal Expert Pool of the Jiangsu Provincial Cyberspace Administration; Advisory Expert for the Jiangsu Data Intellectual Property Pilot Program; Legal Advisor to the Liyang Municipal Committee and Municipal Government; and Expert with the Suzhou Internet Court Think Tank, among others.

Previously, he served as a professor at Nanjing University Law School, researcher at the Sino-German Institute of Law (a joint institute of Nanjing University and the University of Göttingen), visiting professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology, editor of the Nanjing University Law Journal, and director of both the Civil and Commercial Law Center and the Cyber and Information Law Center at Nanjing University Law School.

Education

2003:  LL.B., Fudan University, China

2005:  Master of Law, Transnational Law and Business University(TLBU), South Korea

2011:  Ph.D. of Law, Fudan University, China

Select publications

Selected Articles in English:

[1] Bingbin Lu, The unique Chinese legal approach to online ad blocking: is it in the right direction? Computer Law & Securities Review, 2017, vol. 33, no.6, 786-801. (SSCI, current JCR Q1)

[2] Bingbin Lu, A Theory of “Authorship Transfer” and Its Application to the Context of Artificial Intelligence Creations, Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property,2021, vol.11, no.1, pp. 2-24.(SSCI)

[3] Bingbin Lu, Expedited Patent Examination for Green Inventions: Developing Countries’ Policy Choices, Energy Policy, 2013, vol. 61. (SSCI, JCR Q1)

[4] Bingbin Lu, S Zhou, China’s State-Led Working Model on Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage: Practice, Challenges, and Possible Solutions, Marine Policy 2016, vol. 65. (SSCI, JCR Q1)

[5] Bingbin Lu, Reconstructing copyright from ‘copy centric’ to ‘dissemination centric’ in the digital age, Journal of Information Science, 2013(4).  (SSCI, JCR Q2)

[6] Bingbin Lu, The Orphan Works Copyright Issue: Suggestions for International Response, Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA, 2013, vol. 60, no.3. (SSCI)

[7] Bingbin Lu, Best Mode Disclosure for Patent Application: An International and Comparative Perspective, Journal of Intellectual Property Rights, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 4. (SSCI)

[8] Bingbin Lu, Disclosure Requirements for Patent Application: Article 29 of the TRIPS Agreement and a Dimensional Exploration, European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR), 2012, vol.34, issue 5.

[9] Bingbin Lu, International Harmonization of Disclosure Rules for Cross-Border Securities Offerings: A Chinese Perspective, Corporate Governance Law Review, 2005,vol.1, no.2.

Selected Articles in Chinese:

[1] Bingbin Lu, Justifying the Right to Personal Information as a Civil Right: Taking Intellectual Property as the Reference, China Legal Science, 2019, No.4. (TOP 1 Law Journal in China)

[2] Bingbin Lu, On the Status and Determination of “Trademark Use” in Trademark Infringement, Jurist, 2019, No.2. 

[3] Bingbin Lu, The Negative Effects of Trademark Propertyization and its Resolution, Law Review (faxue pinglun), 2019, No.2.

[4] Bingbin Lu, On the Right of Network Users to the “Data”— and on the Industrial Policy and Balancing of Interests in Cyber Law, Law Science (falv kexue), 2018, No. 6.

[5] Bingbin Lu, A Third Alternative to Copyright Registration Renovation: Copyright Registration for the Purpose of Exchange, Journal of Comparative Law(bijiaofa yanjiu), 2017, no.5. 

[6] Bingbin Lu, Justification for the dual protection for works of applied arts and its potential risks counteracted, Science of Law(falv kexue), 2016, no.2. 

[7] Bingbin Lu, Theoretical Logics on the Copyrightiblity of Works of Applied Art, Journal of Comparative Law(bijiaofa yanjiu), 2014, no.3.

[8] Bingbin Lu, A new theory on the substantive conditions for patent grant: the perspective of sufficient disclosure, China-Germany Law Forum(zhongde faxue luntan), 2014, vol. 11. 

[9] Bingbin Lu, The Patent Contract Theory: Two-dimensional Paradigms, Nanjing University Law Review, Oct., 2012, pp. 212-222.

Books in Chinese:

[1] Bingbin Lu, Transformation and Innovation of Copyright System in the Internet Era (Chinese Democracy and Law Press, 2012).

[2] Bingbin Lu, Intellectual Property Protection under the Background of Constructing an Innovation-oriented China (China Intellectual Property Publishing House, 2010).

[3] Bingbin Lu, Patent Disclosure System: A Perspective of the TRIPS Agreement (Law Press, China, 2016).

[4] Bingbin Lu, Rethinking Copyright Law: Copyright in Orphan Works (Peking University Press, China, 2023).

Email:lbingbin@fudan.edu.cn