Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Events

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Seminar | 05/19/2021 | 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar: Welfare Effects of R&D Policies

Otto Toivanen (Aalto University)

Seminars currently take place in online format (see seminar page).

Seminar | 05/26/2021 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar: Burying the Hatchet? How Competition Affects the Performance Benefits of Diversity

Giada Di Stefano (Bocconi University)

Seminars currently take place in online format (see seminar page).

Conference | 06/07/2021, 9:00 a.m. – 06/09/2021, 6:00 p.m.

Munich Summer Institute 2021

The Munich Summer Institute 2021 will take place from 7 to 9 June 2021. The program will be available in the spring of 2021. More information on the MSI website.

Covid-19 and Intellectual Property: 10 Arguments Against a Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights

Are patents hindering the global availability of vaccines against Covid-19? In a ten-point Position Statement a Research Group of the Institute shows why a suspension of intellectual property rights would neither foster vaccine production nor lead to a more equitable distribution of vaccines.

Forschungsgruppe „Regulierung der digitalen Wirtschaft“, Position Statement „Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Law“ Max Planck Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, Reto M. Hilty, Josef Drexl, Daria Kim

Study | 04/21/2021

Research Group Develops Analysis on Artificial Intelligence and IP Rights

The increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to alter the parameters of the existing IP system. In an in-depth study, a Research Group of the Institute’s legal departments presents a broad overview of issues arising at the intersection of AI and IP law.

Study | 02/26/2021

Find Your Academic Doppelgänger! How to Build Scientists Control Groups With Sosia

Econometric analysis in Economics of Science and Innovation often requires control groups. The identification of such a population often constitutes a daunting data effort. The python package sosia simplifies and automates the search in the Scopus database.

Institute News

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Gerhard Schricker, max Planck Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb

Miscellaneous | 04/15/2021

In memoriam Gerhard Schricker (1935-2021)

On 6 April 2021 Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Gerhard Schricker, Director of the Institute from 1971 to 2003, passed away at the age of 85.

Mark-Oliver Mackenrodt, Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, Professur für Recht der Digitalgüter, Wirtschafts- und Wettbewerbsrecht Law of Digital Goods, Commerce and Competition, TUM School of Management

People | 04/09/2021

Mark-Oliver Mackenrodt Appointed to Professorship of Law of Digital Goods, Commerce and Competition at TU Munich

Mark-Oliver Mackenrodt has been appointed as a university professor (W3, tenured) at Technical University Munich (TUM). He holds the professorship of Law of Digital Goods, Commerce and Competition at TUM School of Management.

Event Report | 01/15/2021

RISE3 Workshop 2020 – Two Days of Intense Scientific Exchange for Young Scholars

On 17 and 18 December 2020, 40 international young researchers from over 25 universities across Europe, the US and Canada attended the 3rd Research in Innovation, Science and Entrepreneurship Workshop (RISE3).

Current Research Projects

Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research

Tracing the Path from Science to Technology

Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Dr. Stefano H. Baruffaldi (MPI and University of Bath), Dr. Fabian Gaessler, Felix Pöge

Further research project
Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Regulation of the Digital Economy

Prof. Dr. Josef Drexl, Prof. Dr. Reto M. Hilty, Carolina Banda, Francisco Beneke, Luc Desaunettes-Barbero, Dr. Michèle Finck, LL.M., Jure Globocnik, Dr. Begoña Gonzalez Otero, Jörg Hoffmann, Daria Kim‎, Shraddha Kulhari, Michael Mertel, Heiko Richter, Stefan Scheuerer, Peter R. Slowinski, Jannick Thonemann, Klaus Wiedemann

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