Zizhuo Zhou

Areas of Interest:

Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Data Law, Deepfake Regulations, Personality Rights

Since 06/2025
 Doctoral Student at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Department of Intellectual Property and Competition Law
(Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ansgar Ohly, LL.M. (Cambridge))

09/2023 – 10/2024
LL.M. (Intellectual Property and Competition Law), Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC)
Master’s thesis: Unlocking Value-added IoT Data—Advancing Compulsory Licensing for Database Right in the Data Act Era

10/2022
National Uniform Legal Profession Qualification Examination

10/2021 – 01/2024
Juris Master (International Economic Law), Renmin University of China
Master’s thesis: The Implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty in China: Interpretations of the Interim Regulations

09/2017 – 06/2021
Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics, Shanghai Jiaotong University (with honors)

2024
Oehm Prize — Awarded by the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) to the top-performing graduate of the LL.M. cohort.

Outstanding Graduate Award – Awarded by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University