In this paper, I empirically study the effect of IEEE’s IPR policy change in 2015 on standard related innovation. I construct a novel dataset of companies that have declared at least one patent as essential for an IEEE standard (the treatment group), and I then collect a sample of firms active...

The regulatory landscape is changing towards more flexible spectrum management schemes. Such schemes are expected to make additional spectrum resources available and lower the spectrum access barriers. Emerging spectrum authorization schemes such as secondary access (TV White Space) and Licensed...

This policy brief examines the currently discussed proposals at the WTO that aim to resolve the problem of the production shortages of COVID-19 vaccines. This includes the two key submissions, i.e. the proposal by South Africa and India on the IP waiver, partially supported by the US, and the EU...

Commons are holistic social institutions to govern the (re)production of resources, articulated through interrelated legal, socio-cultural, economic and institutional dimensions. They represent a comprehensive and radical approach to organise collective action, placing it "beyond market and...

Die Arbeit behandelt unter Einbeziehung wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse die immer relevanter werdende kartellrechtliche Behandlung innovativer Märkte nach Art. 82 EG (Art. 102 AEUV). Dazu werden Grundsätze entwickelt, die für die einzelnen Tatbestandsmerkmale des Art. 82 EG (Art....

The current development of fifth generation of mobile communications technology, known as 5G, has triggered intense discussions about proper spectrum assignment procedures to accommodate 5G spectrum needs (LStelcom et al., 2017). In particular, spectrum scarcity and lengthy processes to remove...