Innovation, IP, and Human Capital
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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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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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Getting Back to the Core “Draghi” Problem: Improving Europe’s Innovation and Technology Performance
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalWhen Mario Draghi published his report on the Future of European Competitiveness in September 2024, one observation stood out above all others:...
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Copyright, AI, and the CJEU – A Binary Choice That Will Shape Europe’s Role in Global AI
By: Matthias BauerA case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is set to clarify one of the most consequential legal questions raised by artificial...
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Why It’s Time to Mind Europe’s Services Gap
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalSpeaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, President Trump told Europe it was “not heading in the right direction”. The line was...
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Europe’s Innovation Gap: Five Charts and Five Takeaways for an Evidence-Based Debate
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalBy: Andrea DugoRivers of ink have been spilled in recent years on Europe’s stagnating innovation performance and declining competitiveness. The Draghi report is...
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Spain, at Your Service
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalBy: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 5th of October 2025. The original article can be found here. In her latest State...
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Webinar Summary: National Security, Innovation and Telecoms – A New Era
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Innovation, IP, and Human Capital North America Trade and IP Project Trade, Globalisation and SecurityOur webinar, hosted on December 4, titled "National Security, Innovation and Telecoms – A New Era," brought together experts to discuss the...
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Sweden vs Switzerland: A Heavyweight Champions Fight on Innovation
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalBy: Andrea DugoMuch like with other headline-making international rankings, the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently drawn media...
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Don’t Panic! It’s Just FRAND Licensing Practices
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade and IP ProjectBy: Dyuti PandyaA breakthrough in calculating a 'fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory' (FRAND) royalty rate for wireless patents came in the year 2198. After...
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What Do We Know and What Don’t We Know About the Consequences of the Revised Product Liability Directive?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human CapitalBy: Fredrik ErixonThe new Product Liability Directive, proposed by the European Commission in 2022, is now on its final stretch: it’s now in the trialogue and a...
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Reforming Standard Essential Patents: What do the Expert Bodies Say?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade and IP ProjectBy: Fredrik ErixonThe European Commission’s proposal to reform Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), which have been covered in several blogs by ECIPE scholars, has...