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Patent aggregation, innovation, and competition law: setting the stage
Electronics companies increasingly engage in patent aggregation, that is to accrue patents without using them for manufacturing purposes. So far, it is unclear whether such behaviour has negative effects on innovation. If it did, could EU competition law remedy it?
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“I miss the smell of street food”
As a toddler, Pieter du Plessis couldn’t stay away from the kitchen. He later entertained the idea of becoming a chef—until his dream faltered under the harsh light of reality. Now a PhD candidate at Maastricht University, he uses national dishes as a lens to examine South Africa’s past and identity. A...Featured andHuman interest
Why there’s a mini-Victoria living in Tanzania
During her medical internship in Shirati, Tanzania, Victoria von Salmuth found out that a lot of patients, suffered from malnutrition. That's when she started the Shirati Food ProgrammeFeatured andHuman interest
A night in Tehran: rose water, saffron and pistachio
Niloofar Tahmasebi Birgani, assistant professor at the MERLN research institute, was born in southern Iran. It was only when she moved to the Netherlands in 2010 for her PhD research that she began cooking for herself. Instead of recipes, she uses intuition and memory to bring her mother’s and...
Greenpeace Nordic: the ECtHR’s Dilemma Between Legal Certainty and Setting a Precedent
ECtHR, Greenpeace Nordic and others v Norway (Licencing petroleum exploration: breach of art 8 ECHR?) 28 October 2025, application no.34068/21
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Quality of life in nursing homes and home settings equally high
The quality of life among people with dementia in a nursing home is just as high as for those still living at home.UM news andUM in the press
Towards a comprehensive dispute settlement system in a China-EU bilateral investment treaty
PhD thesis written by Chunlei Zhao. Since 2013, China and the EU have launched the negotiations on a China-EU Bilateral Investment Treaty.
The write stuff: if you want to get more out of that training session, review it
How can companies motivate their sales employees to take work-related training aimed at developing their skill sets? “Make them write reviews about their learning experience,” advises Dominik Mahr of Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics in a research paper published in the March...
Further step towards unhindered cross-border pension provision
On 18 September Dutch Minister Koolmees answered parliamentary questions about the possibility for pensioners abroad to pass on their proof of life via an app. This concerns a case in which ITEM, together with Advisor on Frontier Work for the MEP Jeroen Lenaers, has worked on in favour of persons...