Prof. Herbert Hovenkamp's keynote speech opened the conference and set the scene by offering valuable insights into the latest intellectual property and antitrust issues. Distributed in several parallel sessions, the papers covered both horizontal, crosscutting issues as well as specific aspects related to standard essential patents, AI, patenting strategies in the pharmaceutical sector or press publishers’ rights, among others. A roundtable with industry representatives and legal practitioners helped to link the academic perspective to market realities, while the final debate with Hanna Anttilainen from the DG Competition at the European Commission offered an excellent opportunity to learn about and discuss current and future developments on innovation-related competition policy.
Event Report
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10/07/2024
Florence Conference on IP, Competition and Innovation
On 3 and 4 October, the Conference on Intellectual Property, Competition and Innovation was held in Florence. The conference, jointly organized by the European University Institute and the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, presented a selection of previously unpublished papers by lawyers and economists on a wide range of topics at the intersection of intellectual property and competition law.
