Criminal Intellectual Property Enforcement in Asia: Sources, Significance, and Side-Effects

This volume identifies and analyses the overlooked issues of criminal punishment for IP infringement in Asia, comparing Western models and ten major Asian jurisdictions. It examines the reasons, practices, and consequences of criminalizing IP infringement and offers concrete reform recommendations for policymakers and the global IP community.

Kung-Chung Liu, Professor of Law, Jinan University,Tianxiang He, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong, School of Law

Kung-Chung Liu teaches at Jinan University, China, and he is also adjunct chair professor at Shandong University. Professor Liu's fields of specialty include intellectual property law, antitrust and unfair competition law, communications law and the interface between those disciplines, with a geographic focus on greater China and Asia. Professor Liu has authored two monographs: IP Laws and Regimes in Major Asian Economies: Combing Through Thousand Threads of IP To Peace in Asia (Routledge, 2022); Deciphering IP Law and Its Conflict and Complementarity with Competition Law: Global Norms Against Asian Context (Routledge, 2025). He has also edited a further sixteen volumes in English.


Tianxiang He currently holds the position of Associate Professor at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. Professor He is the accomplished author of the book Copyright and Fan Productivity in China: A Cross-jurisdictional Perspective (Springer, 2017), alongside numerous articles published in notable journals such as the American Journal of Comparative Law, Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., Computer Law & Security Review, The University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy, Hong Kong Law Journal, and Asia Pacific Law Review.