The Volkswagen Foundation has granted funding to our pioneering project, “From Legacy to Leadership”, which strives to develop a playbook to rebuild Ukraine’s pharmaceutical industry in partnership with the EU. This ambitious initiative aims to leverage the country’s rich industrial heritage and expertise to strengthen the EU’s supply networks and boost Ukraine’s economy.
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.
We invite chapter proposals for a forthcoming book exploring the evolution and future of National Innovation Systems across Central Asia. The overall objective of this project is to develop a rich, contextualised understanding of where Central Asian states stand in terms of their vision and strategies for innovation, through a reflective sense-making and solution-oriented exercise.
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.
Drexl, JosefRecht und Ökonomie aus der Sicht der Rechtswissenschaften in: Justus Haucap, Oliver Budzinski (Hg.), Recht und Ökonomie (Wettbewerb und Regulierung von Märkten und Unternehmen, 37), Nomos, Baden-Baden 2020, 11 - 41.
Collected editions
Antons, Christoph (Hg.)Intellectual Property, Cultural Property and Intangible Cultural Heritage (Key Issues in Cultural Heritage), Routledge, London and New York 2018, XIII + 263 S. (gemeinsam mit William Logan).
Conference papers
Bakhoum, MorAbuse Without Dominance in Competition Law: Abuse of Economic Dependence and its Interface with Abuse of Dominance in: Fabiana Di Porto, Rupprecht Podszun (Hg.), Abusive Practices in Competition Law (ASCOLA Competition Law series ), Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA 2018, 157 - 186.
Mueller-Langer, Frank; Watt, Richard (2018). How Many More Cites is a $3,000 Open Access Fee Buying You? Empirical Evidence from a Natural Experiment Economic Inquiry, 56 (2), 931-954.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Mueller-Langer, Frank; Andreoli-Versbach, Patrick (2018). Open Access to Research Data: Strategic Delay and the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Mandatory Data Disclosure Information Economics and Policy, 42, 20-34.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Zwick, Thomas; Frosch, Katharina; Hoisl, Karin; Harhoff, Dietmar (2017). The Power of Individual-Level Drivers of Inventive Performance Research Policy, 46 (1), 121-137.
