Prof. Taorui Guan 關韜睿教授

Prof. Taorui Guan 關韜睿教授

Assistant Professor

Biography

Dr. Taorui Guan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Law, University of Hong Kong. His research primarily focuses on the development of technology markets, legal reforms in response to emerging technologies, the interplay between intellectual property and finance, and the innovation system in China. He is currently exploring the legal framework necessary to ensure the responsible development of artificial intelligence. Dr. Guan publishes his findings in both Chinese and English. From 2019 to 2020, he was a Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellow at the Center for Intellectual Property & Innovation Policy of George Mason University, and in 2021, he was awarded the John M. Olin Prize in Law and Economics.

In the classroom, Dr. Guan teaches intellectual property and information technology law, copyright law, and Chinese intellectual property law. He also instructs on the management and commercialization strategies of intellectual property in advanced courses. Additionally, Dr. Guan serves as a tutor in a course that provides an introduction to Chinese law and has been invited by the Hong Kong Education Bureau to deliver public lectures on intellectual property for primary and secondary school teachers in Hong Kong.

Dr. Guan holds an S.J.D. and an LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he received the LL.M International Scholarship and the Chinese Government Doctoral Scholarship. He also earned an MPhil in Intellectual Property Law from Renmin University of China, where he was named a Distinguished Graduate and was awarded a National Scholarship for Graduate Students. His initial degrees, a BA in Business English and an LL.B., were obtained from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, where he was a recipient of the National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students and the First Class Scholarship for two consecutive years.

Dr. Guan is a qualified member of the New York State Bar and has passed the Chinese Judicial Examination. His professional affiliations include membership in the Chinese Law Society.