Award  |  11/29/2024

Niccolò Galli Receives the Jacques Lassier Prize 2024

On 9 November, Niccolò Galli was awarded the prestigious Jacques Lassier Prize 2024 for his dissertation Patent Aggregation, Innovation and EU Competition Law at the annual conference of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC) in London.

Niccolò Galli during his acceptance speech on 9 November 2024 at the annual conference of the LIDC in London.
Niccolò Galli during his acceptance speech on 9 November 2024 at the annual conference of the LIDC in London.
Niccolò Galli during his acceptance speech on 9 November 2024 at the annual conference of the LIDC in London.
Niccolò Galli during his acceptance speech on 9 November 2024 at the annual conference of the LIDC in London.

Niccolò Galli worked on his doctoral thesis at the Institute between 2017 and 2020 as part of the EIPIN Joint Doctorate Program , under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Josef Drexl and Dr. Beatriz Conde Gallego. Seine Dissertation wurde im April 2023 gemeinsam an den Universitäten Augsburg und Maastricht verteidigt. A detailed description of the doctoral thesis can be found in the Activity Report 2018–2020. Currently, Niccolò Galli is a postdoctoral researcher at the European University Institute and a lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Florence.


Jacques Lassier Prize


Established in 1982, the Jacques Lassier Prize is dedicated to the legacy of the former chairman of the LIDC and honors outstanding dissertations in the field of competition law. The 2024 jury was composed of distinguished scholars and practitioners, including Jules Stuyck, Florian Bien, Muriel Chagny, Pinar Akman, and Pranvera Këllezi.
 

Founded in 1930, the LIDC is a worldwide association with 18 national sections and over 800 members working in academia and the legal profession. It is dedicated to promoting research in the areas of competition law, intellectual property law and unfair competition law.

For more information about the Jacques Lassier Prize and the LIDC's activities, please visit the official website: LIDC Jacques-Lassier-Preis.



Go directly to the doctoral thesis:

Galli, N. (2023). Patent aggregation, innovation and eu competition law. [Doctoral Thesis, Maastricht University, University of Augsburg]. Maastricht University / University of Ausburg.
 https://doi.org/10.26481/dis.20230420ng