The Institute has published a position statement on the revision of the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER) and the accompanying guidelines. The revision is necessary because the current regulation expires on 30 April 2026.
A new meta-study published in Nature Communications has revealed that emission reductions from climate mitigation projects are significantly lower than claimed. Benedict Probst, Head of the Net Zero Lab at the Institute, and coauthors systematically reviewed more than 60 empirical studies, uncovering substantial quality issues with carbon credits.
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has adopted a Model Law that is intended to standardize and facilitate the formation and performance of automated contracts online. As a member of the E-Commerce Working Group, Jörg Hoffmann, a researcher at the Institute, participated in several discussion rounds on the drafting of the Model Law.
On 24 April 2025, shortly before his 88th birthday, our long-standing colleague and friend Dr. Paul Katzenberger passed away. He was one of the Institute's first employees: Paul Katzenberger joined the Institute for Industrial Property at the University of Munich in 1956 and was involved in every stage of the Institute's history.
The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition has moved to its new location in the center of Munich. From 1 May 2025, you will find us at Herzog-Max-Straße 4, 80333 Munich – directly at Karlstor/Stachus in the heart of Munich.
Moritz Sutterer receives the Heinrich Hubmann Prize 2024 of VG WORT for his dissertation Das Kollisionsrecht der kollektiven Rechtewahrnehmung (The Conflict of Laws of Collective Rights Management), supervised by Josef Drexl. The work was primarily written at the Institute, where Moritz Sutter worked as a Research Fellow in Josef Drexl's department from 2016 to 2022.
Drexl, JosefPosition Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 25 April 2025 in the framework of the revision of the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation and the accompanying Guidelines (Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 25-10), 2025, 33 S. (gemeinsam mit Beatriz Conde Gallego, Daria Kim).
Research Papers
Correa, Juan I.Trade Secrets and Data Protection in Latin America: A Comparative Study (Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 25-08), 2025, 145 S. (gemeinsam mit Guillermo Cabanellas et al.).
Journal articles
Ban, EceBridging the Innovation Gender Gap: Analysis Under EU Merger Control Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2025, forthcoming, 19.03.2025 (gemeinsam mit Carolina Banda).
Friess, Svenja; Rosendahl Huber, Laura (2025). Breaking the Ice: Can Early Peer Activity Enhance Platform Engagement and Persistence?Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 25-09.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Rose, Michael; Baruffaldi, Stefano Horst (2025). Finding Doppelgängers in Scopus: How to Build Scientists Control Groups Using Sosia Scientometrics 2025, forthcoming.
Discussion Papers
Rose, Michael; Hoffmann, Jörg; Harhoff, Dietmar (2025). Digitalization and Signatures: Evidence from a Survey among German ConsumersMax Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 25-05.
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