SMU has launched the region’s first intellectual property (IP) research centre with a focus on cross-disciplinary research and specialisation in Asia. SMU students are expected to benefit from the set-up as the centre will also offer courses related to IP with a cross-disciplinary perspective. The centre is headed by SMU Lee Kong Chian Professor of Law Liu Kung-Chung, who said that Asia needs to be more active in the topic of IP, which will form a large part of business and trade in the coming decade.