Competition & IP in the Digital Markets: A comparative & inter-disciplinary perspective
Following digitalization of even the most traditional brick and mortar sectors of the economy - such as books, retail and even education - a well-functioning internal market can only be guaranteed by ensuring competitiveness of the digital markets. The benefits of a digital single market cannot be under-estimated. Relentless innovation has facilitated this trend of digitalization and digitization. What role do intellectual property law and competition law play in this digital world? How can a more economic analysis strengthen our innovation policies to achieve a truly competitive digital single market?
In this conference, we explore this digital dynamic of competition and intellectual property law from an inter-disciplinary perspective. A well-balanced debate and meaningful discussion on innovation in the digital economy, calls for a discussion on the legal and economic perspective on digital markets, such as by an examination of the potential effects of (allegedly) exclusionary and exploitative conduct carried out by the multi-sided platforms.
Call for Abstracts: VIDEO available HERE
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Programme on 23 June
11.00h | PhD workshop by John Hagedoorn and Kalpana Tyagi (reserved only for invited PhD candidates) |
13.00h | Registration & Welcome Coffee |
13.30h | Welcome Note by Anselm Kamperman Sanders |
13.45h | Session 1: Contribution of the ECN+ Directive digital enforcement in the EU |
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15.00h | Break |
15.30h | Session 2: Exploitative & Exclusionary conduct in the digital world: An economic perspective |
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16.45h | Break |
17.15h | Session 3: Competition and IP law in the digital world |
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Programme on 24 June
09.00h | Session Platform conduct in the digital world: An economic perspective |
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10.15h | Break |
10.45h | Session Competition, IP and the innovation debate in the digital markets |
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12.00h | Lunch |
13.30h | Session Competition and IP law in the digital world |
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14.45h | Break |
15.15h | Session Exploitative & Exclusionary conduct in the digital world: An economic perspective |
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16.30h | Note of thanks & the Road Ahead for #COMIPinDigiMarkts by Kalpana Tyagi |
PhD workshop & Poster Presentations
Presentations in the Inter-disciplinary PhD workshop and Poster Presentations (in alphabetical order):
- Liesbet Van Acker*: The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation: An adequate answer to supply chain digitalization?
- Maciej Janik*: The Autorité de la Concurrence’s interim decision against Google’s circumvention of the related right of press publishers: a step in the right direction for competition law or a step too far?
- Margherita Corrado+: What is the Role of Intellectual Property Law in Fostering the Circular Economy?
- Oscar Borgagno+: App Stores as Public Utilities?
- Pratiksha Ashok+*: Algorithmic Transparency – A Comparative Analysis of Disclosures Concerning Rankings in the EU and India
- Qian Li*: AI-enabled Price Discrimination as an Exploitative or Exclusionaly Abuse: A Comparative Law and Economics Perspective
- Shreekanth Mahendiran*: Fight or Surrender to Pirates: Non-Market Strategy & Incumbent Response to Trademark Infringement
- Xi Lin+: The Copyrigh Protection of Fictional Characters: Mainland China Compared with the United States and Germany Brought into an Economic Perspective
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*Posters will be available throughout the conference in the conference hall. Please take a moment to stop by and share your valuable inputs with the presentors.
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