Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper Series (SSRN)

Tables of Contents

Forthcoming

Hanns Ullrich
The EU Data Act’s Rules on Access to and Use of Data and the Rules of the Market
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-15
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Reto Hilty, Gonzalo Nazar
Collective Management Systems for Copyright and Related Rights in Latin America in Selected Countries
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-14
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Daria Kim, Tolulope Anthony Adekola, Ezgi Ediboglu Sakowsky, Tobias Endrich-Laimböck, Elisabeth Hofmeister
Regulating Genome-Edited Products – an International Trade Law Perspective
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-13
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Issue 3

Francisco Beneke
Competition Law in Latin America and Greenhouse Gas Emissions – The Way Forward
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-12
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Artha Dermawan
Artificial Surrealism and Authors’ Rights
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-11
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Pedro Henrique D. Batista
Proposal for a Global Regulation of Digital Sequence Information
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-10 
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Bronwyn H. Hall, Jacques Mairesse
Explorations of Cumulative Advantage Using Data on French Physicists
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-09
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Issue 2

Arul George Scaria, Vikas Kathuria, Shraddha Kulhari, Vidyalakshmi Subramanian
Data Governance in Emerging Economies to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. India Country Report Based on the Workshop Data Governance for Good Health & Well-Being: India’s Way Forward to Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Bengaluru, September 8-9, 2022)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-08
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Francisco Beneke, Juan Correa
International Technology Transfer Regimes in Latin America
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-07
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Reto Hilty, Juan Correa
Intellectual Property And Transformative Constitutionalism
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-06
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Mor Bakhoum, Begoña Gonzalez Otero, Jörg Hoffmann, Minata Sarr
Data Governance in Emerging Economies to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Senegal Country Report Based on the Workshop Shaping Data Sharing Policies in the Agricultural and the Financial Services Sector (Dakar, March 16-17, 2022)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-05
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Issue 1

Daria Kim, Man Wai Kwok
Data Usability as a Parameter of Rights and Obligations under the EU Data Act
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-04
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Josef Drexl, Dietmar Harhoff, Beatriz Conde, 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
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Daria Kim, Oleksii Soloviov
Rebuilding Ukraine - the Case of the Health Sector
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-02
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Michael E. Rose, Katarina Jurikova, Marina Pelepets, Olga Slivko, Julia Yereshko
Scientific Support Offers for Ukrainians: Determinants, Reasons and Consequences
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-01
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Issue 5

Ezgi Ediboglu Sakowsky
The Legal Personality of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Regime Treaties
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper 23-24
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Paulo Bastos, Lisandra Flach, Klaus Keller
Robotizing to Compete? Firm-level Evidence
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-23
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Nathalie Jorzik, Paljana Kirchhof, Frank Mueller-Langer
Industrial Data Sharing and Data Readiness: A Law and Economics Perspective
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-22
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José Azar, Marina Chugunova, Klaus Keller, Sampsa Samila
Monopsony and Automation
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-21
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Pedro Henrique D. Batista
The WIPO IGC Chair's Draft on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources – Reasons for Concern
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-20
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Issue 4

Pedro Henrique D. Batista
The Protection of Genetic Resources – Potential for Regional Cooperation
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-19
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Lucy Xiaolu Wang
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Medicines Patent Pool
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-18
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Lea Heursen, Svenja Friess, Marina Chugunova
Reputational Concerns and Advice-Seeking at Work
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-17
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Daria Kim, Michael A. Kock, Matthias Lamping, Pedro Henrique D.Batista, Reto Hilty, Peter R. Slowinski, Miriam Steinhart
New Genomic Techniques and Intellectual Property Law: Challenges and Solutions for the Plant Breeding Sector
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper 23-16
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Issue 3

Klaus Wiedemann
Can Data Protection Friendly Conduct Constitute an Abuse of Dominance under Art. 102 TFEU?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-15
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Valentina Moscon
Data Access Rules, Copyright and Protection of Technological Protection Measures in the EU. A Wave of Propertisation of Information
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-14
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Jörg Hoffmann
Setting the Right Innovation Incentives for Europe’s Green Transition
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-13
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Stefan Scheuerer
The Fairness Principle in Competition-Related Economic Law
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-12
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Josef Drexl, Beatriz Conde, Begoña Gonzalez Otero, Liza Herrmann, Jörg Hoffmann, Germán Oscar Johannsen, Lukas Kestler, Giulio Matarazzi
Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 2 May 2023 on the Implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-11
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Issue 2

Reto Hilty, Pedro Henrique D. Batista
Potential and Limits of Patent Law to Address Climate Change
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-10
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Roberto Romandini
Study on the Options for a Unified Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) System in Europe
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-09
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Christian Fons-Rosen, Xhaoxin Pu
The Transmission of Sectoral Shocks Across the Innovation Network
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-08
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Matthias Lamping, Pedro Henrique D. Batista, Juan I. Correa, Reto Hilty, Daria Kim, Peter R. Slowinski, Miriam Steinhart
Revisiting the Framework for Compulsory Licensing of Patents in the European Union
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-07
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Timm Opitz, Christoph Schwaiger
Reciprocal Preferences in Matching Markets
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-06
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Issue 1

Annette Kur, Tobias Endrich-Laimböck, Marc Huckschlag
Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 23 January 2023 on the ‘Design Package’ (Amendment of the Design Regulation and Recast of the Design Directive)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-05
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Hanns Ullrich
Patent Dependency Under European and European Union Patent Law – a Regulatory Gap
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-04
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Anastasiia Lutsenko, Nataliia Harashchenko, Lidiia Hladchenko, Nadezhda Korytnikova, Ruslana Moskotina, Oleksandra Pravdyva
The Results of The Survey on The Needs of Ukrainian Scientists (First Wave Report)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-03
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Christian Fons-Rosen, Pau Roldan-Blanco, Tom Schmitz
The Effects of Startup Acquisitions on Innovation and Economic Growth
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-02
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Jörg Hoffmann, Liza Herrmann, Lukas Kestler
Gatekeeper's Potential Privilege – the Need to Limit DMA Centralisation
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-01
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Issue 4

Daniela Sele, Marina Chugunova
Putting a Human in the Loop: Increasing Uptake, but Decreasing Accuracy of Automated Decision-Making
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 22-20
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Begoña González Ortero, Helmut Esteban
Promoting Sustainable Innovation-Led Growth? The Potential and Risks of EV Policies
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-19
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Rainer Widmann, Michael E. Rose, Marina Chugunova
Allegations of Sexual Misconduct, Accused Scientists, and Their Research
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-18
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Felix Poege, Fabian Gaessler, Karin Hoisl, Dietmar Harhoff, Matthias Dorner
Filling the Gap: The Consequences of Collaborator Loss in Corporate R&D
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-17
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Issue 3

Lucy Xiaolu Wang
Global Drug Diffusion and Innovation with the Medicines Patent Pool
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-16
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Roxana Carmen Blasetti, Suelen Carls, Pedro Henrique D. Batista
Distinctive Signs for Collective Use in Latin America: Development Promotion by Valuing Origin and Quality
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-15
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Reto M. Hilty, Daria Kim, Juan I. Correa, Pedro Henrique D. Batista, Matthias Lamping
Position Statement of 5 July 2022 on the Decision of the WTO Ministerial Conference on the TRIPS Agreement adopted on 17 June 2022
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-14
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Michael E. Rose, Sanita Reinsone
#ScienceForUkraine: an Initiative to Support the Ukrainian Academic Community. “3 months since Russia’s invasion in Ukraine”, February 26 – May 31, 2022
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-13
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Issue 2

Peter Georg Picht
Caught in the Acts: Framing Mandatory Data Access Transactions Under the Data Act, Further EU Digital Regulation Acts, and Competition Law
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-12
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Irma Klünker, Heiko Richter
Digital Sequence Information between Benefit-Sharing and Open Data – How to Advance the Legal Framework
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-11
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Ann-Christin Kreyer, Lucy Xiaolu Wang
Collaborating Neuroscience Online: The Case of the Human Brain Project Forum
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-10
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Lucy Xiaolu Wang, Nicholas J. Wilson
U.S. State Approaches to Cannabis Licensing
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-09
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Peter Georg Picht, Valerie Brunner, Rena Schmid
Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Law: From Diagnosis to Action
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-08
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Natacha Estèves, Alina Wernick, Suelen Carls
The Potential of Follow-On Innovation Financing Instruments to Support a Sustainable Transition
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-07
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Daria Kim, Reto Hilty, Elisabeth Hofmeister, Peter R. Slowinski, Miriam Steinhart
CRISPR/Cas Technology and Innovation: Mapping Patent Law Issues
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-06
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Josef Drexl, Carolina Banda, Begoña González Otero, Jörg Hoffmann, Daria Kim, Shraddha Kulhari, Valentina Moscon, Heiko Richter, Klaus Wiedemann
Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 25 May 2022 on the Commission's Proposal of 23 February 2022 for a Regulation on Harmonised Rules on Fair Access to and Use of Data (Data Act)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-05
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Issue 1

Marina Chugunova, Wolfgang J. Luhan
Ruled by Robots: Preference for Algorithmic Decision Makers and Perceptions of Their Choices
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-04
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Hanns Ullrich
Harmonization of Employee Invention Laws: The Black Hole of the EU's Innovation Policy
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-03
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Marina Chugunova, Anastasia Danilov
Use of Digital Technologies for HR Management in Germany: Survey Evidence
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-02
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Néstor Duch-Brown, Estrella Gomez-Herrera, Frank Mueller-Langer, Songül Tolan
Market Power and Artificial Intelligence Work on Online Labour Markets
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 22-01
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Issue 5

Marco Bellia, Valentina Moscon
Academic Authors, Copyright and Dissemination of Knowledge: A Comparative Overview
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-27
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Frank Mueller-Langer, Estrella Gomez-Herrera
Mobility Restrictions and the Substitution between On-Site and Remote Work: Empirical Evidence from a European Online Labour Market
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-26
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Heiko Richter, Marlene Straub, Erik Tuchtfeld
To Break Up or Regulate Big Tech? Avenues to Constrain Private Power in the DSA/DMA Package
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-25
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Pedro Henrique D. Batista
Cultural Heritage and Patent Law – Alternatives for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-24
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Reto M. Hilty, Pedro Henrique D. Batista, Suelen Carls
Traditional Knowledge, Databases and Prior Art – Options for an Effective Defensive Use of TK Against Undue Patent Granting
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-23
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Issue 4

Marina Chugunova, Arnau Juanmarti, Klaus Keller, Sampsa Samilal
Robots, China and Polls: Structural Shocks and Political Participation in the US
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-22
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Heiko Richter, Peter Georg Picht
The Proposed EU Digital Services Regulation 2020: Data Desiderata
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-21
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Daria Kim, Josef Drexl, Reto M. Hilty, Peter R. Slowinski
Artificial Intelligence Systems as Inventors? A Position Statement of 7 September 2021 in view of the evolving case-law worldwide
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-20
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Stefano Baruffaldi, Fabian Gaessler
The Returns to Physical Capital in Knowledge Production: Evidence from Lab Disasters
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-19
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Daria Kim, Maximilian Alber, Man Wai Kwok, Jelena Mitrovic, Cristian Ramirez-Atencia, Jesus Rodriguez Perez, Heiner Zille
Ten Assumptions About Artificial Intelligence That Can Mislead Patent Law Analysis
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-18
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Rainer Widmann
Immigrant Inventors and Local Income Taxes: Evidence from Swiss Municipalities
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-17
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Issue 3<

Dennis Byrski, Fabian Gaessler, Matthew John Higgins
Market Size and Research: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-16
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Marco Kleine
No eureka! Incentives Hurt Creative Breakthrough Irrespective of the Incentives' Frame
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-15
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Lucy Xiaolu Wang
The Complementarity of Drug Monitoring Programs and Health IT for Reducing Opioid-Related Mortality and Morbidity
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-14
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Reto Hilty, Pedro Batista, Suelen Carls, Daria Kim, Matthias Lamping, Peter R. Slowinski
COVID-19 and the Role of Intellectual Property: Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 7 May 2021
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-13
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Francisco Beneke
Competition Law and Political Influence of Large Corporations – Antitrust Analysis and the Link between Political and Economic Institutions
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-12
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Michèle Finck
The Limits of the GDPR in the Personalisation Context
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-11
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Issue 2

Josef Drexl, Reto Hilty, Luc Desaunettes-Barbero, Jure Globocnik, Begoña Gonzalez Otero, Jörg Hoffmann, Daria Kim, Shraddha Kulhari, Heiko Richter, Stefan Scheuerer, Peter R. Slowinski, Klaus Wiedemann
Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Law - Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 9 April 2021 on the Current Debate
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-10
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Hanns Ullrich
Private Enforcement of the EU Rules on Competition – Nullity Neglected
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-09
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Kirsten Hillebrand, Lars Hornuf
The Social Dilemma of Big Data: Donating Personal Data to Promote Social Welfare
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-08
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Beatriz Conde
SEP Licensing in the IoT: Is There a Case for a Duty to License Upstream Implementers?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-07
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Issue 1

Reto Hilty, Kaya Köklü, Valentina Moscon, Carlos M. Correa, Severine Dusollier, Christophe Geiger, Jonathan Griffiths, Henning Grosse Ruse-Khanand, Annette Kur, Xiuqin Lin, Ryszard Markiewicz, Sylvie Nérisson, Alexander Peukert, Martin Senftleben, Raquel Xalabarder
International Instrument on Permitted Uses in Copyright Law and Explanatory Notes
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-06
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Jordan Epstein, Sean Nicholson, Lucy Xiaolu Wang, Katherine Hempstead, Sam Asin
The Secret Menu in Health Care: A Market for Imaging in California
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-05
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Michèle Finck, Asia Biega
Reviving Purpose Limitation and Data Minimisation in Personalisation, Profiling and Decision-Making Systems
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-04
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Ansgar Kaiser, Stefan Scheuerer
The Impact of Fundamental Rights on European Copyright Law – Opinion on the CJEU Decisions C-516/17 'Spiegel Online' and C-469/17 'Funke Medien'
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-03
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Begoña González Otero
Machine Learning Models Under the Copyright Microscope: Is EU Copyright Fit for Purpose?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-02
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Michael E. Rose
Small World: Narrow, Wide and Long Replication of Goyal, Van Der Leij and Moraga-González (JPE 2006) and a Comparison of Econlit and Scopus
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 21-01
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Issue 4

Josef Drexl
Connected Devices - an Unfair Competition Law Approach to Data Access Rights of Users
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-22
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Stefan Scheuerer
Artificial Intelligence and Unfair Competition - Unveiling an Underestimated Building Block of the AI Regulation Landscape
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-21
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Michael E. Rose, Stefano Baruffaldi
Finding Doppelgängers in Scopus: How to Build Scientists Control Groups Using Sosia
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-20
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Michael E. Rose, Daniel C. Opolot, Co-Pierre Georg
Discussants
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-19
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Kathrin Wernsdorf, Markus Nagler, Martin Watzinger
ICT, Collaboration, and Science-Based Innovation: Evidence from Bitnet
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-18
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Peter R. Slowinski
Rethinking Software Protection
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-17
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Jörg Hoffmann, Begoña González Otero
Demystifying the Role of Data Interoperability in the Access and Sharing Debate
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-16
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Issue 3

Marina Chugunova, Daniela Sele
We and It: An Interdisciplinary Review of the Experimental Evidence on How Humans Interact with Machines
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-15
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Hanna Hottenrott, Michael Rose, Cornelia Lawson
The Rise of Multiple Institutional Affiliations in Academia
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-14
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Vikas Kathuria, Jessica C. Lai
The Case of Google ‘Snippets’: An IP Wrong that Competition Law Cannot Fix
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-13
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Heiko Richter
Copyright Protection of Government-Related Material Before the Courts of the United States and Canada: Considerations for Future Reforms
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-12
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Issue 2

Marco Kleine, Jonas Heite, Laura Rosendahl Huber
Subsidized R&D Collaboration: The Causal Effect of Innovation Vouchers on Innovation Performance
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-11
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Stefano Baruffaldi, Felix Poege
A Firm Scientific Community: Industry Participation and Knowledge Diffusion
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-10
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Alexander Danzer, Carsten Feuerbaum, Fabian Gaessler
Labor Supply and Automation Innovation
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-09
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Jörg Hoffmann
Sector-Specific (Data-)Access Regimes of Competitions
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-08
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Bronwyn H. Hall
Patents, Innovation, and Development
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-07
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Heiko Richter
The Law and Policy of Government Access to Private Sector Data ('B2G Data Sharing')
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-06
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Issue 1

Luc Desaunettes-Barbero, Reto Hilty, Daria Kim, Matthias Lamping, Peter R. Slowinski, Hanns Ullrich
Position Paper on the Envisaged Reform of the German Patent Act
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-05
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Vikas Kathuria
Vertical Restraints under Indian Competition Law: Whither Law and Economics
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-04
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Heiko Richter
Exposing the Public Interest Dimension of the Digital Single Market: Public Undertakings as a Model for Regulating Data Sharing
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-03
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Reto M. Hilty, Jörg Hoffmann, Stefan Scheuerer
Intellectual Property Justification for Artificial Intelligence
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-02
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Valentina Moscon, Reto M. Hilty
Digital Markets, Rules of Conduct and Liability of Online Intermediaries — Analysis of Two Case Studies: Unfair Commercial Practices and Trade Secrets Infringement
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 20-01
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Issue 4

Maren Mickeler, Pooyan Khashabi, Marco Kleine, Tobias Kretschmer
The Perks of Being Unknown: Implied Costs of Knowledge Seeking on Organizational Platforms
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-17
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Annette Kur
Unité de l’art is here to stay - Cofemel and its consequences
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-16
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Lars Hornuf, Tobias Schilling, Armin Schwienbacher
Are Equity Crowdfunding Investors Active Investors?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-15
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Michèle Finck, Frank Pallas
They who must not be identified – Distinguishing personal from non-personal data under the GDPR
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-14
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Issue 3

Josef Drexl, Reto Hilty, Francisco Beneke, Luc Desaunettes, Michèle Finck, Jure Globocnik, Begoña Gonzalez Otero, Jörg Hoffmann, Leonard Hollander, Daria Kim, Heiko Richter, Stefan Scheuerer, Peter R. Slowinski, Jannick Thonemann
Technical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence: An Understanding from an Intellectual Property Perspective
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-13
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Hanns Ullrich
Technology protection and competition policy for the information economy
From property rights for competition to competition without proper rights?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-12
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Fabian Gaessler, Dietmar Harhoff, Stefan Sorg
Bargaining Failure and Freedom to Operate: Re-evaluating the Effect of Patents on Cumulative Innovation
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-11
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Michèle Finck
Automated Decision-Making and Administrative Law
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-10
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Issue 2

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
Protecting Intellectual Property through Trade and Investment Agreements: Concepts, Norm-setting, and Dispute Settlement
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-09
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Peter Georg Picht
Confidentiality in SEP/FRAND Cases – A Critical Overview of the Recent Legal Developments
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-08
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Estrella Gomez Herrera, Frank Mueller-Langer
Is There a Gender Wage Gap in Online Labor Markets? Evidence from Over 250,000 Projects and 2.5 Million Wage Bill Proposals
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-07
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Annette Kur
Trademark Functions in European Union Law - Also Containing a Comment on CJEU case C-129/17, Mitsubishi v. Duma
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-06
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Jörg Hoffmann, Germán Oscar Johannsen
EU-Merger Control in Big Data-Related Mergers
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-05
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Issue 1

Vikas Kathuria, Jure Globocnik
Exclusionary Conduct in Data-Driven Markets: Limitations of Data Sharing Remedy
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-04
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Michael E. Rose, John R. Kitchin
scopus: Scriptable bibliometrics using a Python interface to Scopus
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-03
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Jorge L. Contreras, Bronwyn H. Hall, Christian Helmers
Green Technology Diffusion: A Post-Mortem Analysis of the Eco-Patent Commons
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-02
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Michèle Finck
Smart Contracts as a Form of Solely Automated Processing Under the GDPR
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 19-01
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Issue 5

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
Intellectual Property and International Law
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-21
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Roberto Romandini
Art. 3(a) SPC Legislation: An Analysis of the CJEU’s Ruling in Teva (C-121/2017) and a Proposal for Its Implementation
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-22
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Josef Drexl
Legal Challenges of the Changing Role of Personal and Non-Personal Data in the Data Economy
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-23
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Peter Georg Picht and Gaspare Loderer
Framing Algorithms – Competition Law and (Other) Regulatory Tools
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-24
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Michael Maximilian Mödl
Two’s a Company, Three’s a Crowd: Contractual Deal Breakers in Securities-based Crowdfunding for Later-stage Venture Capital
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-25
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Issue 4

Lars Hornuf and Sabrina Jeworrek
Crowdsourced Innovation:
How Community Managers Affect Crowd Activities
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-16
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Valentina Moscon
Neighbouring rights: in search of a dogmatic foundation.
The press publishers’ case
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-17
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Fabian Gaessler, Bronwyn H. Hall, Dietmar Harhoff
Should There Be Lower Taxes on Patent Income?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-18
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Axel Walz, Claudia Feller, Matthias Zigann, Peter Picht, Raffael Probst
Frand ADR Case Management Guidelines
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-19
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Matthias Lamping, Hanns Ullrich
The Impact of Brexit on Unitary Patent Protection and its Court
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-20
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Issue 3

Peter Georg Picht and Benedikt Freund
Competition (law) in the era of algorithms
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-10
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Gregor Dorfleitner, Lars Hornuf, Martina Weber
Paralyzed by shock: The portfolio formation behavior of peer-to-business lending investors
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-11
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Michael E. Rose and Suraj Shekhar
Informal Contacts in Hiring: The Economics Job Market
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-12
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Jörg Hoffmann, Mor Bakhoum, Francisco Beneke
Digital markets, mobile payments systems and development – Competition policy implications in developing countries in light of the EU experience
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-13
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Reto M. Hilty and Valentina Moscon
Permitted Uses in Copyright Law
Is There Need for an International Instrument?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-14
SSRN

Michael Mödl
Is Wisdom of the Crowd a Positive Signal?
Effects of Crowdfinancing on Subsequent Venture Capital Selection
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-15
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Issue 2

Fabian Gaessler and Zhaoxin Pu
Openness as platform strategy – Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Crowdfunding
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-05
SSRN

Bronwyn H. Hall
Is there a role for patents in the financing of new innovative firms?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-06
SSRN

Peter Georg Picht
FRAND determination in TCL v. Ericsson and Unwired Planet v. Huawei: Same same but different?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-07
SSRN

Marco Botta and Klaus Wiedemann
EU Competition Law Enforcement Vis-À-Vis Exploitative Conducts in the Data Economy Exploring the Terra Incognita
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-08
SSRN

Reto Hilty and Roberto Romandini
Developing a Common Patent System – Lessons to Be Learnt from the European Experience
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-09
SSRN

Issue 1

Michèle Finck
Blockchains and Data Protection in the European Union
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-01
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
From TRIPS to FTAs and Back: Re-Conceptualising the Role of a Multilateral IP Framework in a TRIPS-Plus World
Forthcoming, Netherlands Yearbook of International Law
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-02
SSRN

Bronwyn H. Hall and Christian Helmers
The impact of international patent systems: Evidence from accession to the European Patent Convention
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-03
SSRN

Klaus Wiedemann
Automated Processing of Personal Data for the Evaluation of Personality Traits: Legal and Ethical Issues
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 18-04
SSRN

Issue 4

Michèle Finck
Blockchain Regulation
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-13
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
The Private International Law of Access and Benefit-Sharing Contracts
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-14
SSRN

Heiko Richter
Reconsidering the Exemption for Educational and Research Establishments Under the Directive on Re-Use of Public Sector Information (2003/98/EC; 2013/37/EU) – Possible Ways and Legal Consequences
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-15
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Issue 3

Lars Hornuf, Matthias Schmitt
Equity Crowdfunding in Germany and the UK: Follow-Up Funding and Firm Survival
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-09
SSRN

Matthias Dorner, Dietmar Harhoff
A Novel Technology-Industry Concordance Table Based on Linked Inventor-Establishment Data
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-10
SSRN

Jorge L. Contreras, Peter Georg Picht
Patent Assertion Entities and Legal Exceptionalism in Europe and the United States, a Comparative View
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-11
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Valentina Moscon
Modernisation of the EU Copyright Rules Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-12
SSRN

Issue 2

Hanns Ullrich
FRAND Access to Open Standards and the Patent Exclusivity: Restating the Principles
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-04
SSRN

Sven Fischer, Marco Kleine, Daniel John Zizzo
The Effect of Compliance Time in Patent Examination: An Experimental Study
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-05
SSRN

Gregor Dorfleitner, Lars Hornuf, Martina Weber
Dynamics of Investor Communication in Equity Crowdfunding
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-06
SSRN

Peter Georg Picht
Unwired Planet/Huawei: A Seminal SEP/FRAND Decision From the UK
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-07
SSRN

Josef Drexl, Reto Hilty, Jure Globocnik, Franziska Greiner, Daria Kim, Heiko Richter, Peter R. Slowinski, Gintare Surblyte, Axel Walz, Klaus Wiedemann
Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 26 April 2017 on the European Commission’s 'Public consultation on Building the European Data Economy'
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-08
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Issue 1

Hanns Ullrich
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): Extending Trade Policy to Domestic Markets
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-01
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Heiko Richter
Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition on the Proposed Modernisation of European Copyright Rules Part B Exceptions and Limitations (Art. 3 – Text and Data Mining)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-02
SSRN

Frank Mueller-Langer, Benedikt Fecher, Dietmar Harhoff, Gert G. Wagner
The Economics of Replication
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 17-03
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Issue 4

Gintare Surblyte
Data as a Digital Resource
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-12
SSRN

Josef Drexl
Designing Competitive Markets for Industrial Data - Between Propertisation and Access
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-13
SSRN

Frank Mueller-Langer, Marc Scheufen, Patrick Waelbroeck
Does Online Access Promote Research in Developing Countries? Empirical Evidence from Article-Level Data
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-14
SSRN

Reto Hilty
IP and Private Ordering
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-15
SSRN

Josef Drexl
Economic Efficiency versus Democracy: On the Potential Role of Competition Policy in Regulating Digital Markets in Times of Post-Truth Politics
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-16
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 Issue 3

Douglas J. Cumming, Lars Hornuf, Moein Karami, Denis Schweizer
Disentangling Crowdfunding from Fraudfunding
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-09
SSRN

Josef Drexl, Reto Hilty, Luc Desaunettes, Franziska Greiner, Daria Kim, Heiko Richter, Gintare Surblyte, Klaus Wiedemann
Data Ownership and Access to Data - Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 16 August 2016 on the Current European Debate
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-10
SSRN

Josef Drexl
The Transplantability of the EU's Competition Law Framework into the ASEAN Region
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-11
SSRN

 Issue 2

Gintare Surblyte
Data-Driven Economy and Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Competition Law Issues
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-08
SSRN

Lars Hornuf, Matthias Schmitt
Does a Local Bias Exist in Equity Crowdfunding?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-07
SSRN

Haris Tsilikas
Collaborative Standardization and Disruptive Innovation: The Case of Wireless Telecommunication Standards
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-06
SSRN

Issue 1

Seth Ericsson
The Commodification of Internet Intermediary Safe Harbors: Avoiding Premature Harmonization Around a Suboptimal Standard
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-05
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Tao Li
Control Mechanisms for CRM Systems and Competition Law
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-04
SSRN

Gintare Surblyte
Data Mobility at the Intersection of Data, Trade Secret Protection and the Mobility of Employees in the Digital Economy
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-03
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Roberto Romandini
Patentability of Pharmaceutical Inventions Under TRIPS: Domestic Court Practice as a Test for International Policy Space
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-02
SSRN

Annette Kur
Brand Symbols, the Consumer, and the Internet
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-01
SSRN

Issue 4

Gintare Surblyte
Competition Law at the Crossroads in the Digital Economy: Is it All About Google?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-13
SSRN

Christophe Geiger
Statutory Licenses as Enabler of Creative Uses
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-14
SSRN

Mor Bakhoum
Abuse Without Dominance in Competition Law: Abuse of Economic Dependence and its Interface with Abuse of Dominance
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-15
SSRN

Roland Stuerz
Imprinting and Inertia – Density Delay Revisited
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-16
SSRN

Issue 3

Roberto Romandini
Flexibilities Under TRIPS: An Analysis of the Proposal for Reforming Brazilian Patent Law
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-08
SSRN

Reto Hilty
'Exhaustion' in the Digital Age
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-09
SSRN

Josef Drexl
Consumer Actions after the Adoption of the EU Directive on Damage Claims for Competition Law Infringements
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-10
SSRN

Peter Georg Picht
The ECJ Rules on Standard-Essential Patents: Thoughts and Issues Post-Huawei
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-11
SSRN

Florian Stellner
The Impact of Technological Distance on M&A Target Choice and Transaction Value
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-12
SSRN

Issue 2

Christophe Geiger
Copyright as an Access Right, Securing Cultural Participation Through the Protection of Creators’ Interests
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-07
SSRN

Thomas Jaeger
The Unitary Patent: New Rules for Internal Market Lawmaking?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-06
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Kaya Köklü, Annette Kur, Sylvie Nérisson, Josef Drexl, Silke von Lewinski
Position Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Concerning the Implementation of the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-05
SSRN

Issue 1

Josef Drexl
The European Unitary Patent System: On the ‘Unconstitutional’ Misuse of Conflict-of-Law Rules
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-01
SSRN

Dietmar Harhoff, Sebastian Stoll
Exploring the Opaqueness of the Patent System - Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-02
SSRN

Reto Hilty
The Role of Enforcement in Delineating the Scope of IP Rights
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-03
SSRN

Dietmar Harhoff, Karin Hoisl, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Charlotte Vandeput
Languages, Fees and the International Scope of Patenting
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 15-04
SSRN

Issue 4

Annette Kur
Too Common, Too Splendid, or ‘Just Right’? Trade Mark Protection for Product Shapes in the Light of CJEU Case Law
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-17
SSRN

Thimo Pascal Stoll
Are You Still in? – The Impact of Licensing Requirements on the Composition of Standards Setting Organizations
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-18
SSRN

Matthias Lamping, Reto Hilty, Dan L. Burk, Carlos M. Correa, Peter Drahos, N.S. Gopalakrishnan, Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Annette Kur, Geertrui Van Overwalle, Jerome H. Reichman, Hanns Ullrich
Declaration on Patent Protection - Regulatory Sovereignty under TRIPS
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-19
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 Issue 3

Fabian Kuehnhausen
Audit Quality in Regulatory Regimes
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-12
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
Litigating Intellectual Property Rights in Investor-State Arbitration: From Plain Packaging to Patent Revocation
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-13
SSRN

Katrin Cremers, Fabian Gaessler, Dietmar Harhoff, Christian Helmers
Invalid But Infringed? An Analysis of Germany's Bifurcated Patent Litigation System
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-14
SSRN

Martin Husovec
The End of (Meta) Search Engines in Europe?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-15
SSRN

Josef Drexl
Competition Law in Media Markets and its Contribution to Democracy – A Global Perspective
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-16
SSRN

Issue 2

Reto Hilty, Kaya Köklü
Access and Use: Open vs. Proprietary Worlds
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-07
SSRN

Thomas Jaeger
What's in the Unitary Patent Package?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-08
SSRN

Frank Mueller-Langer, Patrick Andreoli Versbach
Open Access to Research Data: Strategic Delay and the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Mandatory Data Disclosure
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-09
SSRN

Christophe Geiger
Implementing Intellectual Property Provisions in Human Rights Instruments: Towards a New Social Contract for the Protection of Intangibles
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-10
SSRN

Roland Knaak, Annette Kur, Reto Hilty
Comments of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 3 June 2014 on the Proposal of the European Commission for a Directive on the Protection of Undisclosed Know-How and Business Information (Trade Secrets) against their Unlawful Acquisition, Use and Disclosure of 28 November 2013, Com(2013) 813 Final
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-11
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Issue 1

Christophe Geiger
Challenges for the Enforcement of Copyright in the Online World: Time for a New Approach
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-01
SSRN

Frank Mueller-Langer, Richard Watt
The Hybrid Open Access Citation Advantage: How Many More Cites is a $3,000 Fee Buying You?
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-02
SSRN

Josef Drexl
The Competition Dimension of the European Regulation of Public Sector Information and the Concept of an Undertaking
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-03
SSRN

Roland Stuerz
Evolution and Firm Survival in Vertically Related Populations: The Case of the German Piano Industry
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-04
SSRN

Annette Kur
Trademarks Function, Don't They? CJEU Jurisprudence and Unfair Competition Principles
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-05
SSRN

Josef Drexl
Collective Management of Copyrights and the EU Principle of Free Movement of Services after the OSA Judgment – In Favour of a More Balanced Approach
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-06
SSRN

Issue 4

Martin Husovec
Injunctions Against Innocent Third Parties: Case of Website Blocking
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-14
SSRN

Annette Kur
What Kind of Use is this? Open Questions after ONEL/OMEL
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-15
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Thomas Jaeger, Matthias Lamping, Roberto Romandini, Hanns Ullrich
Comments on the Preliminary Set of Provisions for the Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-16
SSRN

Hanns Ullrich
The Property Aspects of the European Patent with Unitary Effect: A National Perspective for a European Prospect?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-17
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
Overlaps and Conflict Norms in Human Rights Law: Approaches of European Courts to Address Intersections with Intellectual Property Rights
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-18
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Issue 3

Annette Kur
Not Prior in Time, But Superior in Right: How Trademark Registrations Can be Affected by Third Party Interests in a Sign
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-10
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Frauke Henning-Bodewig, Rupprecht Podszun
Comments of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Munich of 29 April 2013 on the Green Paper of the European Commission on Unfair Trading Practices in the Business-to-Business Food and Non-Food Supply Chain in Europe Dated 31 January 2013, Com(2013) 37 Final
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-11
SSRN

Annette Kur
What to Protect, and How? Unfair Competition, Intellectual Property, or Protection Sui Generis
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-12
SSRN

Jason J. Du Mont, Mark D. Janis
Virtual Designs
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-13
SSRN

Issue 2

Christophe Geiger
The Social Function of Intellectual Property Rights, or How Ethics can Influence the Shape and Use of IP Law
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-06
SSRN

Patrick Andreoli Versbach, Frank Mueller-Langer
Open Access to Data: An Ideal Professed but Not Practised
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-07
SSRN

Silke von Lewinski
The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-08
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Sylvie Nérisson
Collective Copyright Management and Digitization: The European Experience
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-09
SSRN

Issue 1

Hanns Ullrich
Intellectual Property: Exclusive Rights for a Purpose – The Case of Technology Protection by Patents and Copyright
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-01
SSRN

Mor Bakhoum
Interfacing the 'Local' with the 'Global': A Developing Country Perspective on 'Global Competition'
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-02
SSRN

Frank Mueller-Langer, Marc Scheufen
Academic Publishing and Open Access
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-03
SSRN

Josef Drexl, Sylvie Nérisson, Felix Trumpke, Reto Hilty
Comments of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights and Multi-Territorial Licensing of Rights in Musical Works for Online Uses in the Internal Market COM (2012)372
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-04
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
A Conflict-of-Laws Approach to Competing Rationalities in International Law: The Case of Plain Packaging between IP, Trade, Investment and Health
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-05
SSRN

Issue 3

Roland Knaak, Annette Kur, Alexander von Mühlendahl
The Study on the Functioning of the European Trade Mark System
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-13
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Thomas Jaeger, Matthias Lamping, Hanns Ullrich
The Unitary Patent Package: Twelve Reasons for Concern
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-12
SSRN

Hanns Ullrich
Select from Within the System: The European Patent with Unitary Effect
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-11
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
The International Legal Framework for the Protection of Utility Models
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-10
SSRN

Issue 2

Nicole van der Laan
The Use of Trade Marks in Keyword Advertising. Developments in ECJ and National Jurisprudence
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-06
SSRN

Jürgen Eichberger, Frank Mueller-Langer
On the Welfare Effects of Exclusive Distribution Arrangements
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-07
SSRN

Josef Drexl
Anti-Competitive Stumbling Stones on the Way to a Cleaner World: Protecting Competition in Innovation without a Market
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-08
SSRN

Josef Drexl
Intellectual Property and Implementation of Recent Bilateral Trade Agreements in the EU
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-09
SSRN

Issue 1

Thomas Jaeger
All Back to Square One? - An Assessment of the Latest Proposals for a Patent and Court for the Internal Market and Possible Alternatives
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-01
SSRN

Josef Drexl
AstraZeneca and the EU Sector Inquiry: When Do Patent Filings Violate Competition Law?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-02
SSRN

Hanns Ullrich
Harmonizing Patent Law: The Untamable Union Patent
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-03
SSRN

Christophe Geiger
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property: What Consequences for the European Union?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-04
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Sylvie Nérisson
Overview of National Reports About 'Balancing Copyright'
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-05
SSRN

Issue 4

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
The (Non) Use of Treaty Object and Purpose in Intellectual Property Disputes in the WTO
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-15
SSRN

Annette Kur
Too Pretty to Protect ? Trade Mark Law and the Enigma of Aesthetic Functionality
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-16
SSRN

Mor Bakhoum, Julia Molestina
Institutional Coherence and Effectivity of a Regional Competition Policy: The Case of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-17
SSRN

Jason J. Du Mont, Mark D. Janis
The Origins of American Design Protection
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-18
SSRN

Seth Ericsson
Ambush Marketing: Examining the Development of an Event Organizer Right of Association
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-19
SSRN

Issue 3

Frank Mueller-Langer
Neglected Infectious Diseases: Are Push and Pull Incentive Mechanisms Suitable for Promoting Research?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-10
SSRN

Reto Hilty
The Role of Patent Quality in Europe
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-11
SSRN

Roland Knaak
Trade Mark Protection and Undistorted Competition
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-12
SSRN

Josef Drexl
Healing with Bananas – How Should Community Competition Law Deal with Restraints on Parallel Trade in Pharmaceuticals?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-13
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Kaya Köklü, Sylvie Nérisson, Felix Trumpke
Comments of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law on the Commission Proposal for a Directive on Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-14
SSRN

Issue 2

Reto Hilty
Individual, Multiple and Collective Ownership - What Impact on Competition?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-04
SSRN

Andrea Wechsler
Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Law – An Economic Approach
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-05
SSRN

Nicola Lucchi
Regulation and Control of Communication: The French Online Copyright Infringement Law (HADOPI)
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-07
SSRN

Frank Mueller-Langer, Patrick Andreoli Versbach
The Absence of 'Order Effects' in Dynamic Tournaments: Evidence from a Real-Life Randomized Experiment
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-08
SSRN

Seth Ericsson
The Recorded Music Industry and the Emergence of Online Music Distribution: Innovation in the Absence of Copyright (Reform)
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-09
SSRN

Issue 1

Reto Hilty, Christophe Geiger
Towards a New Instrument of Protection for Software in the EU? Learning the Lessons from the Harmonization Failure of Software Patentability
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-01
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
Protecting Intellectual Property under BITs, FTAs, and TRIPS: Conflicting Regimes or Mutual Coherence?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-02
SSRN

Andrea Wechsler
China’s WTO Accession Revisited: Achievements and Challenges in Chinese Intellectual Property Law Reform
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-03
SSRN

Frank Mueller-Langer, Marc Scheufen
The Google Book Search Settlement: A Law and Economics Analysis
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-06
SSRN

Issue 4

Frank Mueller-Langer, Richard Watt
Copyright and Open Access for Academic Works
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-09
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
A Trade Agreement Creating Barriers to International Trade? ACTA Border Measures and Goods in Transit
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-10
SSRN

Hanns Ullrich
The Development of a System of Industrial Property Protection in the European Union: The Role of the Court of Justice (Die Entwicklung eines Systems des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes in der Europäischen Union: Die Rolle des Gerichtshofs)
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-11
SSRN

Josef Drexl, Alfred Frueh, Mark-Oliver Mackenrodt, Hanns Ullrich, Peter Georg Picht, Boris Pulyer
Comments of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law on the Draft Commission Block Exemption Regulation on Research and Development Agreements and the Draft Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-12
SSRN

Issue 3

Wolf-Georg Ringe, Alexander Hellgardt
The International Dimension of Issuer Liability - Liability and Choice of Law from a Transatlantic Perspective
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-05
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
From TRIPS to ACTA: Towards a New 'Gold Standard' in Criminal IP Enforcement?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-06
SSRN

Mor Bakhoum
TRIPS, Patent Rights and Right to Health: 'Price' or 'Prize' for Better Access to Medicine?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-07
SSRN

Thomas Jaeger, Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Josef Drexl, Reto Hilty
Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law on the Review of EU Legislation on Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-08
SSRN

Issue 2

Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss, Annette Kur
The Law Applicable to Secondary Liability in Intellectual Property Cases
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-16
SSRN

Thomas Jaeger
The EU Approach to IP Protection in Partnership Agreements
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-01
SSRN

Reto Hilty, Thomas Jaeger
Legal Effects and Policy Considerations for Free Trade Agreements: What is Wrong with FTAs?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-02
SSRN

Frank Mueller-Langer
An Analysis of the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Parallel Trade Freedom
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-03
SSRN

Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
The Concept of Sustainable Development in International IP Law - New Approaches from EU Economic Partnership Agreements?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-04
SSRN

Issue 1

Mark-Oliver Mackenrodt
Public vs. Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in Unilateral Conduct Cases - The Interaction Between the Economic Review of the Prohibition of Abuses of Dominant Positions and Private Enforcement
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-11
SSRN

Annette Kur, Lionel A. F. Bently, Ansgar Ohly
Sweet Smells and a Sour Taste - The ECJ's L'Oréal decision
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-12
SSRN

Andrea Wechsler
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Indian Patent Information: Asia’s Rising Role in Technology Disclosure through the Patent System
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-13
SSRN

Annette Kur, Jens Schovsbo
Expropriation or Fair Game for All? The Gradual Dismantling of the IP Exclusivity Paradigm
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-14
SSRN

Josef Drexl
Real Knowledge is to Know the Extent of One's Own Ignorance: On the Consumer Harm Approach in Innovation-Related Competition Cases
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-15
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Issue 3

Thomas Jaeger, Reto Hilty, Josef Drexl, Hanns Ullrich
Comments of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law on the 2009 Commission Proposal for the Establishment of a Unified European Patent Judiciary
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-06
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Josef Drexl, Beatriz Conde, Stefan Enchelmaier, Mark-Oliver Mackenrodt, Rupprecht Podszun
European Commission - White Paper: Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-07
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Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
IP Enforcement Beyond Exclusive Rights
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-08
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Wolfgang Schoen (et al.)
Debt and Equity: What's the Difference? A Comparative View
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-09
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Reto Hilty
Rationales for the Legal Protection of Intangible Goods and Cultural Heritage
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-10
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Issue 2

Annette Kur
Strategic Branding: Does Trade Mark Law Provide for Sufficient Self-Help and Self-Healing Forces?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 08-03
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Andrea Wechsler
Intellectual Property Law in the P.R. China: A Powerful Economic Tool for Innovation and Development
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-02
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Maximilian Brosinger, Oliver Fischer, Alfred Frueh, Thomas Jaeger, Manuela Postl
IP Law Reform and the Treaty of Lisbon
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-03
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Andrea Wechsler
Spotlight on China: Piracy, Enforcement, and the Balance Dilemma in Intellectual Property Law
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-04
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Karin E.M. Kopp
Business Restructuring - Comments on Germany and Proposal for the OECD
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-05
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Issue 1

Reto Hilty, Annette Kur, Nadine Klass, Christophe Geiger, Alexander Peukert, Josef Drexl, Paul Katzenberger
Comment by the Max Planck Institute on the Commission's Proposal for a Directive to Amend Directive 2006/116 EC of the European Parliament and Council Concerning the Term of Protection for Copyright and Related Rights
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 08-01
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Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
A Comparative Analysis of Policy Space in WTO Law
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 08-02
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Annette Kur
Of Oceans, Islands, and Inland Water - How Much Room for Exceptions and Limitations Under the Three-Step Test?
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 08-04
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Reto Hilty, Sebastian Krujatz, Benjamin Bajon, Alfred Frueh, Annette Kur, Josef Drexl, Christophe Geiger, Nadine Klass
European Commission - Green Paper: Copyright in the Knowledge Economy - Comments by the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 08-05
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Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Annette Kur
Enough is Enough - The Notion of Binding Ceilings in International Intellectual Property Protection
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-01
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