EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance
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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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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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Beijing Is Not Coercing Spain: Madrid Is Providing the Influence for Free
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityIn 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
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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Taxing Silicon Valley – or Taxing France?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy UncategorisedBy: 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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Another Attack on Europe’s Single Market
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Matthias BauerGermany's Uber Ruling Shows Why Regulatory Protectionism Endures Europe's leaders cannot stop talking about competitiveness. Every European Council...
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Affordability and CSA2
The Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues has spent four months debating whether the Commission’s revised Cybersecurity Act will damage...
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Who Shall Inherit the Cookie Banner?
The Digital Omnibus is sold as a simplification. But it also builds in a kill switch on European ad-funded media and small businesses. The final...
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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...