Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Events

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Seminar | 03/27/2019 | 12:00 PM

Brown Bag Seminar: Knowledge Diffusion Through the Patent System: Evidence from the Invention Secrecy Act

12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Emilio Ratieri (Eindhoven University of Technology)

Conference | 04/03/2019 — 04/05/2019

Smart IP for Latin America

Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (on invitation)

Seminar | 04/03/2019 | 12:00 PM

Preview: Brown Bag Seminar with Charles Eesley (Stanford School of Engineering)

12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Room 313

Artificial Intelligence – Perspectives for Germany

On the occasion of the opening of the German Research Summit 2019, Dietmar Harhoff points out in his keynote, that the German AI Strategy needs more agility in politics.

Miscellaneous | 03/12/2019

EU and Switzerland: Neighbouring Right for Press Publisher under Criticism

Despite the controversy surrounding the European Parliament’s proposal to introduce a press publishers' neighbouring right, Switzerland has now tabled the same proposition. A group of Swiss legal scholars including Reto M. Hilty show why such a right does more harm than good.

Opinion | 10/16/2018

Stellungnahme zum Referentenentwurf (RefE) eines Gesetzes zur Stärkung des fairen Wettbewerbs vom 11. September 2018

An analysis of the proposals to amend provisions in the Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG) and to introduce a repairs clause in the Design Act

Current Research Projects

Externally funded project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research

The Use of Copyright-Protected Creative Online Content by German Consumers

Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Reto M. Hilty, Dr. Roland A. Stürz, Dr. Alexander Suyer

Further research project
Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Data-driven Economy: The Need for Regulation Due to Digitalisation?

Prof. Dr. Josef Drexl, Prof. Dr. Reto M. Hilty, Francisco Beneke, Luc Desaunettes, Michèle Finck, Jure Globocnik, Jörg Hoffmann, Leonard Hollander, Daria Kim‎, Heiko Richter, Stefan Scheuerer, Peter Slowinski, Jannick Thonemann, Klaus Wiedemann, Franziska Greiner (formerly), Gintarė Surblytė (formerly), Axel Walz‎ (formerly)

Further research project
Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Modernisation of European Copyright Rules

Prof. Dr. Reto M. Hilty, Dr. Valentina Moscon (Project coordinator), Andrea Bauer, Dr. Silke von Lewinski, Ricarda Lotte, Heiko Richter, Moritz Sutterer, Tao Li

Institute News

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Miscellaneous | 03/12/2019

German Federal Government Installs Commission for the Establishment of a German Agency for Disruptive Innovation

German Federal Minister of Education and Research Anja Karliczek and German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier appoint Dietmar Harhoff chair of the commission for the establishment of the new agency.

Miscellaneous | 03/02/2019

”The current compromise does not provide clarity and consistency”

Neighbouring rights and platform liability: The European copyright reform entails far-reaching changes. In the view of the managing director, Prof. Dr. Reto M. Hilty, the key concerns of the reform have not been implemented even with the compromise proposal. He explains the reasons in an interview.

Miscellaneous | 02/27/2019

Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) presents Annual Report 2019 on Research, Innovation and Technological Performance in Germany to German Chancellor Merkel

On 27 February 2019, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation chaired by Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Director at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation, has presented the twelfth report on research, innovation and technological performance in Germany to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.