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
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging TechnologiesThere 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
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyIt 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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Summer Reading List 2026
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: 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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Reassessing the Case for IPRED Injunction Reform: Proportionality, Evidence and European Patent Enforcement
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceThe 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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Before the Gatekeeper: AI and the Limits of Ex Ante Competition Regulation
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyEight weeks ago, the European Commission concluded its review of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) – its landmark regulation of technology platforms....
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The India–EU FTA: A New Framework for Strategic Trade Cooperation
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance South Asia and Oceania Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIndia’s premier, Narendra Modi, has just finished a tour in Europe, visiting several capitals to build stronger commercial relations. In late...
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Opening Android, Closing Competition? The DMA’s AI Interoperability Paradox
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyLast month, we argued in an ECIPE Insight that the Digital Markets Act (DMA) is not so much promoting competition anymore but rather actively trying...
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To Protect Data or Not to Protect: The Dilemma in the Commission’s Article 6(11) DMA Proceedings against Google
In a series of Insights and Studies, scholars at ECIPE have drawn attention to the increasingly conflictual relationship between new enforcement...
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Restoring Europe’s Industrial Competitiveness Starts with Tax Reform
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyEurope will not restore its industrial competitiveness through additional funds, strategies, or policy frameworks. It will do so when firms –...
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The DMA Is Not Fixing Competition, It’s Redesigning It
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) may be a young regulation but, curiously, is already showing signs of being misaligned with actual market realities. As...
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Europe’s Tax Bureaucracies Chase Digital Taxes While EUR 1 Trillion in VAT Revenue Lies Untapped
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyFor nearly a decade, policymakers across Europe have pursued a new frontier in taxation: digital services taxes (DSTs). The political narrative has...