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In his current discussion paper, Heiko Richter, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute, examines two goals of the coalition agreement of the German
federal government: to further develop the freedom of information laws into a federal transparency law and to introduce a legal entitlement to Open Data. He
asks what exactly these goals mean and to what extent they can be meaningfully combined. Richter goes on to elaborate on specific reform options that would
carefully bring about a paradigm shift. Finally, he advocates that the law should grant individual rights to the publication of information and the provision
of data, because such rights assume fundamental functions in a free and digital society. More
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Valentina Moscon,
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute, in her recent article identifies a trend in the European data rules. This is moving toward the creation
of data exclusivity based on copyright and technical protection measures and contradicts the claim of free access to data. Moscon uses case studies
– specifically, the text and data mining (TDM) regime in the 2019 EU Copyright Directive and the upcoming EU Data Act laying down rules on access to
IoT data – to analyze the ways in which the identified trend is already gaining traction and where it conflicts with both established principles of
European and international copyright law and the balanced consideration of stakeholders’ interests.
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In a new podcast episode, Timm Opitz explains how time pressure and regret can influence our search behavior in the world of online shopping. He
sheds light on his research project titled “Time Pressure and Regret in Sequential Search”, which investigates the impact of urgency and regret on optimal
search behavior by conducting experiments in a controlled environment. He also shares some strategies we can use to overcome the influence of urgency and
regret in our shopping behavior. More
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In the spirit of the NBER Pin Factory Visits – company visits conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research since the mid-1990s to promote
field research in economics and make site visits an important part of empirical research – the team of the Institute’s Economics Department visited several
sites of the TQ Group on 23 June 2023. TQ is highly innovative in the field of electronic products and services. The idea of pin factory visits goes back
to Adam Smith, who at the end of the 18th century used the production of pins to illustrate the increase in productivity through the division of labor.
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In Brief
Award + + + The Law Department of the Institute has been awarded the prize of the Spanish Association for the Development of Intellectual
Property (adepi). More
Handover of Office MPG + + + At this year’s Annual Meeting, Patrick Cramer succeeded Martin Stratmann as President of the Max Planck
Society. More
New MPG Management Team + + + The Max Planck Society is becoming more female. Three female vice presidents and one male vice president
form the new top team around the president of the MPG, Patrick Cramer. This means that women are also in the majority on the Board of Directors. More
Last Call for Papers + + + Research papers for the RISE6 workshop can still be submitted up to and including today, 28 July
2023. More
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Event Report
On 5 May 2023, the Institute hosted the 9th Max.P Salon. Robert Schlögl, President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, spoke to members of
the Max Planck Foundation about the chances and challenges of regenerative energies, making an impassioned plea for rapid, large-scale action to reduce
CO2 emissions.
More on the event here and photo impressions in a video.
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Event Report
Since its beginning back in 2016, the Munich Summer Institute (MSI) has aimed to facilitate networking within an international and interdisciplinary
research community. The MSI 2023, attended by around 100 participants, took place in the beautiful premises of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences from 24
to 26 May 2023. It was preceded by the 2nd MSI Ph.D. Workshop on 23 May 2023.
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Event Report
The 41st ATRIP Conference was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 9 to 12 July. Under the title “The Interface of Intellectual Property Law With Other Legal
Disciplines - What Can IP Learn From Its Interactions With Different Fields of Law and Vice Versa”, scholars from five continents met and exchanged views
on a wide range of current, primarily intradisciplinary topics. The Institute was represented by five researchers at the main conference and the PhD workshop.
In addition, the participants included numerous former staff members, fellows, and guests of the Institute. More
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More than a decade after its approval, a new patent system came into effect last month, which some European Union countries already have signed
on to. Inventors in these countries can use either the new unitary patent system or the previously existing route of European patents. A balance between
the two paths is hoped to spur a more robust pan-European patent landscape. However, the new system must be widely adopted first. Many observers
have been critical, often for good reason. Now, all stakeholders need to work with it constructively.
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The authors study social networks in the academic job market. They find that graduates of well-connected advisers secure offers at better-ranked
academic institutions. This confirms theoretical predictions that social networks can mitigate information frictions that plague many job markets, especially
on applicant quality.
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Which regulatory measures set the right incentives for the development of climate protection technologies that are needed for the EU’s green transition of the economy? In this article, Jörg Hoffmann argues for an economic policy that is not guided
by a short-sighted tendency for over-regulation and state paternalism, but instead, that creates the necessary freedom to spur innovation in the long-term.
The reasons that inhibit the potential of patent and competition laws to accelerate green innovation do not require a complete redesign of the two legal
regimes. Yet, fixing the well-known issues in our existing patent and competition laws will unlock their potential to foster innovation for a successful
green transition. This requires action.
Jörg Hoffmann
Setting the Right Innovation Incentives for Europe’s Green Transition
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-13
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Heiko Richter comments on the regulations of the “German Act governing the use of public sector data” on more than 500 pages. The second edition
now also covers the use of data from untertakings providing services of general interest and publicly funded research data. In doing so, the commentary
takes a detailed look at the intersections with other sets of regulations (in particular the GDPR, the German Copyright Act, the EU Data Governance Act,
and the eGovernment Act).
Heiko Richter
Datennutzungsgesetz: DNG (Kommentar)
C.H.BECK
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With a DAAD Scholarship Towards an LL.M.
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is now accepting scholarship applications. It offers some (full) scholarships under the EPOS program
for MIPLC applicants from developing countries. The new application period for the academic year 2024/2025 is now open until 15 October 2023. For more
information about the DAAD and the and criteria for eligibility, please visit the DAAD website.
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