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Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Technological and societal developments are undoubtedly changing the way in which innovation processes and market competition occur. This, in turn, has an impact on the innovation-promoting role of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and the use market actors make of them. As in previous years, a significant part of the research of the Institute has concentrated on issues concerning the interplay between IPRs and competition law. In this context, the complex questions surrounding the licensing and enforcement of standard-essential patents (SEPs) and the integration of innovation as a key competitive parameter into the analytical framework of the competition rules have very much been in the focus of the Institute’s research.

Beyond the solution of specific problems, the Institute research offers new perspectives to approach the relationship between intellectual property and competition law against the background of technological and societal developments.


Publication

Drexl, Josef; Dietmar Harhoff; Beatriz Conde Gallego; Peter R. Slowinski, Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 6 February 2024 on the Commission‘s Proposal for a Regulation on Standard Essential Patents (Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 24-03), 2024, 41 pages. External Link (DOI)

Forschungsschwerpunkte

I.3 Funktionswandel

II.1 Technologiegetriebene Märkte

III.1 Verwirklichung und Perspektiven des europäischen Binnenmarktes