Insights
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Patent Enforcement Spiralling Out of Control: What Happens When Injunctions Are Taken Away?
By: Dyuti PandyaIn a recent Insight, we argued that weakening injunctive relief through a reform of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) is...
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Steering into Price Control: Why the CMA’s App-Store Proposals Go beyond What is Necessary
There is a conceptual problem right at the heart of the consultations on proposed steering conduct requirements (CRs) for Apple and Google by the...
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The Commission’s DMA Specification Decisions on Google: A Case of Regulatory Privilege Escalation
It is understood and accepted by most experts and observers that platform companies like Apple, Google, and Meta are large, systemic, and should be...
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Beijing Is Not Coercing Spain: Madrid Is Providing the Influence for Free
In 2025, Spain became one of the primary targets of Chinese investments in Europe, with EV-related commitments up 147 per cent – third in Europe...
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Summer Reading List 2026
By: Dyuti PandyaThe rising temperatures may have told us that summer arrived some time ago, but the holiday season is now just around the corner – bringing with it...
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What a New Prime Minister Means for UK Trade Policy
By: David HenigAndy Burnham will be the UK’s seventh Prime Minister since June 2016, an embarrassment for a country that thought its electoral system brought...
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Reassessing the Case for IPRED Injunction Reform: Proportionality, Evidence and European Patent Enforcement
The European Union seems to be revisiting an old debate about injunctions and injunctive relief in patent disputes. Although the debate focuses on...
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The AI Risk Nobody Is Regulating: Market Gatekeeping
Tags: AIBy: Guest AuthorBy Heidi Lund, a Senior Adviser at the National Board of Trade Sweden and author of the study Collective Societal Risks: A Blind Spot in AI...
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Before the Gatekeeper: AI and the Limits of Ex Ante Competition Regulation
Eight weeks ago, the European Commission concluded its review of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) – its landmark regulation of technology platforms....
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Taxing Silicon Valley – or Taxing France?
By: Matthias BauerFew policies better illustrate the gap between political rhetoric and economic reality than France's digital services tax. Marketed as an exercise in...
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Lame Duck Status Poses Risks for Ukraine
By: Frank LavinIt is not simply that Trump enters his ninth decade on his June 14 birthday, bringing the inevitable questions about health and stamina. Beyond the...
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Another Attack on Europe’s Single Market
By: Matthias BauerGermany's Uber Ruling Shows Why Regulatory Protectionism Endures Europe's leaders cannot stop talking about competitiveness. Every European Council...