In this paper we introduce and motivate a conceptualization framework for agent-based social simulation, MAIA: Modelling Agent systems based on Institutional Analysis. The MAIA framework is based on Ostrom's Institutional Analysis and Development framework, and provides an extensive set of...

Using ethnography to build agent-based models may result in more empirically grounded simulations. Our study on innovation practice and culture in the Westland horticulture sector served to explore what information and data from ethnographic analysis could be used in models and how. MAIA, a...

Die bisherige Debatte über die deutsche Energiewende ist elektrizitätszentriert und widmet sich vorrangig der Herausforderung der volatilen Stromproduktion aus Windkraft und Photovoltaik. Die Einhaltung der Klimaschutzziele erfordert jedoch eine Transformation aller energieverbrauchenden...

This paper investigates whether EU or national law provide legal authority to impose a direct or indirect obligation on Standard Essential Patent (“SEP”) holders to license at all levels of the value chain, including at component level (“license to all”, hereafter LTA). Extensive...

European policymakers are seeking to improve the legal certainty, reliability and transparency of the standard-essential patent (“SEP”) licensing framework, as evidenced by several reports and communications over the recent years. In 2017, the European Commission committed to setting up an...

Die bisherige Debatte über die deutsche Energiewende ist elektrizitätszentriert und widmet sich vorrangig der Herausforderung der volatilen Stromproduktion aus Windkraft und Photovoltaik. Die Einhaltung der Klimaschutzziele erfordert jedoch eine Transformation aller energieverbrauchenden...

The possibility to seek and obtain injunctions for the infringement of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) is limited in both the US and the EU. The reasons for restricting the use of injunctions is due to concern of patent holdup, i.e. the possibility of SEP holder to force standard-implementers...

Dominant digital platforms are under increased scrutiny by regulators around the world, notably competition authorities. Much of the discussion focuses on market access and contestability. However, many doubt whether traditional competition law enforcement can, by itself, be an adequate solution...