Former Fellows

Gabriele Accardo

(2009-2018)

Research project: Personal Data and Competition Law Enforcement in the Online Environment: EU and US Perspectives

Publication: Vertical Antitrust Enforcement: Transatlantic Perspectives on Restrictions of Online Distribution under EU and US Competition Laws, TTLF Working Papers, No. 12 (2012, 138 pages)

Anna Maria Baumgartner

(2011-2016)

Research project: Technology Transfer Agreements in EU and U.S. Antitrust Law

Research project: Patent Settlements: A Comparative EU-U.S. Antitrust Analysis

Publication: A Comparative Antitrust Analysis of Exclusivity Clauses in Patent Licenses Under Article 101 TFEU and Section 1 Sherman Antitrust Act, TTLF Working Papers, No. 11 (2012, 34 pages)

Publication: Antitrust Issues in Technology Transfer: A Comparative Legal Analysis of Patent Licenses in the EU and the U.S., TTLF Working Papers, No. 18 (2013, 345 pages)

Anthony Bochon

(2013-2016)

Research Project: Shaping the EU Legal Protection for Trade Secrets: A Comparison with Trade Secrets Law in the United States

Anna Butenko

(2018-2019)

Research Project: Legal Aspekts of Transactive Energy Revolution: Transatlantic Perspectives on Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Platforms

Jonathan Cardenas

(2017-2020)

Research Project: Cross Border Acquisitions of Intellectual Property: A Comparative Analysis of Joint Ownership Under U.S. and European Law

Research Project: Cryptocurrency Investment Fund Regulation in the European Union and United States: A Comparative Analysis Research Project

Publication: Cross-Border Financing of FinTech: A Comparison of Venture and Growth Fintech Financing Trends in Europe and the United States (book chapter, 2019, 7 pages)

Publication: Corporate Venture Capital Investment in Fintech: A Transatlantic Perspective, TTLF Working Papers, No. 56 (2020, 17 pages)

Publication: Corporate Venture Capital Investment in Fintech: A Transatlantic Perspective (book chapter, 2020, 7 pages)

Nicole Daniel

(2012-2018)

Research Project: The Treatment of Regulated Networks in European and U.S. Antitrust Law, having special regard to the energy sector

Research Project: The Treatment of Pay-For-Delay Cases in the EU and the US

Publication: The Treatment of Regulated Networks in European and U.S. Antitrust Law, TTLF Working Papers, No. 21 (2015, 361 pages)

Anton Dinev

(2017-2018)

Research Project: Systems Theory and Antitrust Federalism: towards an Integrated Approach to Antitrust Enforcement in the EU and the US

Katharina Erler

(2017-2019)

Research Project: Implied Warranties for Digital Products? The Interplay of Intellectual Property and Sales Law and of Federal/Union Law and State Law in the EU and US

Publication: Implied Warranties for Digital Products? The Interplay of Intellectual Property and Sales Law in the EU and US, TTLF Working Papers, No. 42 (2019, 80 pages)

Luca Escoffier

(2007-2015)

Research Project: Patents, Valuation and Securitization of Intellectual Property in the Field of Medical Nanoscience in the U.S. and Europe

Research Project: Brief Review of Nanotechnology Related Activities in Italy

Research Project: Nanotechnology Commercialization for Managers and Scientists: Transatlantic Perspectives

Publication: Nanotechnology under the Magnifying Lens from a European and U.S. Perspective: General Patent Statistics, Non-Obviousness Versus Inventive Step, and Two Case Studies in CNT Commercialization, TTLF Working Papers, No. 3 (2009, 42 pages)

Publication: Reinterpreting Patent Valuation and Evaluation: The Tricky World of Nanotechnology, TTLF Working Papers, No. 8 (2011, 26 pages)

Publication: 3D-Printing in Outer Space and Intellectual Property Issues, TTLF Working Papers, No. 16 (2013, 16 pages)

Lukas Feiler

(2009-2021)

Research Project: Regulating Information Security in the EU and the U.S. by Mandating Targeted Transparency

Research Project: Birth of the First-Download Doctrine – The Application of the First-Sale Doctrine to Internet Downloads under EU and U.S. Copyright Law

Publication: Website Blocking Injunctions under EU and U.S. Copyright Law – Slow Death of the Global Internet or Emergence of the Rule of National Copyright Law?, TTLF Working Papers, No. 13 (2012, 76 pages)

Publication: Information Security Law in the EU and the U.S. – A Risk-Based Assessment of Regulatory Policies, TTLF Working Papers, No. 9 (2011, 695 pages)

Publication: The Legality of the European Data Retention Directive in Light of the Fundamental Rights to Privacy and Data Protection, TTLF Working Papers, No. 7 (2010, 46 pages)

Publication: Separation of Ownership and the Authorization to Use Personal Computers: Unintended Effects of EU and U.S. Law on IT Security, TTLF Working Papers, No. 5 (2010, 48 pages)

Carmelo Fontana

(2010-2014)

Research Project: Personal Data and Competition Law Enforcement in the Online Environment: EU and U.S. Perspectives

Research Project: EU Privacy Regulation Compliance in the Consumer-Internet Industry

Stefania Fusco

(2010-2013)

Research Project: Patent Trolls: A Comparative Investigation of Non-practicing Entities in the US and EU

Publication: Markets and Patent Enforcement: A Comparative Investigation of Non-Practicing Entities in the United States and Europe, 20 Mich. Telecomm. & Tech. L. Rev. 439 (2014) (28 pages)

Brian Haney

(2020)

Research Project: Reinforcement Learning Patents: A Transatlantic Review

Publication: Reinforcement Learning Patents: A Transatlantic Review, TTLF Working Papers, No. 63 (2020, 60 pages)

Shavana Haythornthwaite

(2020-2022)

Research Project: Technology Companies and their Bid to Find Balance in the Application of Human Rights and Privacy Standards against Security Priorities: A Comparative Consideration of International, EU and US Law and Practice

Petra Heindl

(2007-2014)

Research Project: A Status Report from the Software Decompilation Battle

Research Project: Unbundling of Software Volume Licenses as a New Business Model: A Question of Exhaustion under EU and U.S. Copyright Laws?

Publication: A Status Report from the Software Decompilation Battle: A Source of Sores for Software Copyright Owners in the European Union and the United States? (2008, 208 pages)

Publication: A Comparative Analysis of Online Distribution of Software in the United States and Europe: Piracy or Freedom of “First Use”? (2010, 76 pages)

Yoan Hermstrüwer

(2018-2020)

Research Project: Blockchain Democracy: Digital Governance in the EU and the US

Publication: The Limits of Blockchain Democracy: A Transatlantic Perspective on Blockchain Voting Systems, TTLF Working Papers, No. 49 (2020, 65 pages)

Pablo Ibàñez Colomo

(2008-2009)

Research project: The Impact of Technological Convergence in the Television Sector: Towards a Single “Technology-Neutral” Regulatory Framework. A Comparative Legal Analysis of Institutional and Substantive Issues in Europe and the U.S.

Natascha Just

(2006-2010)

Research project: New Directions in the Governance of Communication: Competition Policy and Market Power Control in Convergent Communication Sectors

Publication: Measuring Media Concentration and Diversity: New Approaches and Instruments in Europe and the United States (2008, 26 pages)

Axel Knabe

(2011-2013)

Research Project: Revisiting Net Neutrality – A Comparative Legal Analysis of Potential Regulatory Solutions in the European Union and the United States

Marc Lendermann

(2019-2020)

Research Project: The Digital Economy as a Challenge for Antitrust Law: European and U.S. Law as Sources for Mutual Inspiration?

Soterios Loizou

(2019-2021)

Research Project: International Trade Unchained: How Blockchain Could Revolutionize the Regulatory Framework of Cross-Border Transactions

Sandra Marco Colino

(2009-2011)

Research project: Margin Squeezes in the Telecommunications Industry under Antitrust Rules: A Comparative Analysis of the EC and US Approaches

Béatrice Martinet Farano

(2011-2016)

Research Project: Liability of Internet Intermediaries in Relation to Trademark and Copyright Infringements

Publication: Internet Intermediaries’ Liability for Copyright and Trademark Infringement: Reconciling the EU and U.S. Approaches, TTLF Working Papers, No. 14 (2012, 254 pages)

Felix Mormann

(2011-2013)

Research Project: Regulating the Race to Renewables – a Transatlantic Policy Comparison

Miloš Novović

(2015-2016)

Research Project: Mass-Scale Licensing of User-Generated Content: A Transatlantic Perspective

Paul Opitz

(2017-2019)

Research Project: The Civil Liability of the User of Autonomous Robotic Machines – A Comparative Perspective of Solutions in the EU and US

Publication: Civil Liability and Autonomous Robotic Machines: Approaches in the EU and US, TTLF Working Papers, No. 43 (2019, 25 pages)

Jonathan Pock

(2021-2022)

Research project: Crypto-Asset Market Manipulation and Insider Trading: Trans-Atlantic Status Quo and European Commission MiCA Proposal

Cristina Poncibò

(2021-2022)

Research project: The Laboratories of Competition Law: EU-US Perspectives on Regulatory Sandboxes

Publication: The Methodology of Regulatory Sandboxes in the EU: A Preliminary Assessment from a Competition Law Perspective, European Union Law Working Papers, No. 61 (2022, 32 pages)

Christoph Rademacher

(2009-2011)

Research project: The Enforcement of Patent Rights in Germany, Japan and the U.S.

Research project: Patent Enforcement: Preliminary and Permanent Injunctive Relief in Germany, Japan and the U.S.

Christine Reiter

(2008-2013)

Research Project: The Patent Application: A Comparison between Europe and the U.S.

Publication: Biotechnological Inventions – A Comparison between the Patent Systems of Europe and the United States (2010, 48 pages)

Odysseas Repousis

(2019-2020)

Research Project: A Comparative Analysis of Antitrust Collective Redress Mechanisms in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States

Michail Risvas

(2020-2021)

Research Project: The Legal Classification of Cryptocurrencies in US, EU, UK, and WTO Law: Fragmentation or Towards a Common, Transnational Lex Cryptographica?

Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell

(2015-2020)

Research Project: A Comparative Analysis of Crowdfunding Rules in the EU and U.S.

Research Project: Intermediary Liability Paradigm Under Consideration: Regulatory Proposals, Trends, and Practices in the United States’ and Europe’s Response to the Platform Economy

Publication: A Comparative Analysis of Crowdfunding Rules in the EU and U.S., TTLF Working Papers, No. 28 (2017, 103 pages)

Valerio Cosimo Romano

(2016-2018)

Research Project: The Law and Economics of Planned Obsolescence: A Transatlantic Antitrust Investigation

Marko Schauwecker

(2007-2011)

Research project: Extraterritoriality in Patent Law: A Comparative Analysis of Extraterritorial Application of Patent Law

Publication: Extraterritorial Patent Jurisdiction: Can One Sue in Europe for Infringement of a U.S. Patent? (2011, 46 pages)

Publication: Nanotechnology Inventions in U.S. Patent Law (2011, 37 pages)

Gabor Szecsi

(2021-2022)

Research Project: How to Find the Balance Between National Security Interest and Economic Competitiveness: A Comparative Analysis Between the Export-Control Laws of the United States and the European Union

Xiaoyan Wang

(2017-2020)

Research Project: A Comparative Analysis of the Transatlantic Controversy over Geographical Indications

Publication: A Comparative Analysis of the Transatlantic Controversy over Geographical Indications, TTLF Working Papers, No. 53 (2020, 45 pages)

Richard Weiner

(2013-2014)

Research Project: Best Practices for Implementing a Transatlantic Renewable Energy Policy

Yueh-Hsuan Weng

(2018-2021)

Research Project: Healthcare Robots: A Comparative EU-US Data Protection Analysis

Publication: A Comparative Data Protection Analysis of Healthcare Robots (Part 1): Embodiment and Algorithms for HRI, TTLF Working Papers, No. 48 (2019, 43 pages)

Jacques de Werra

(2007-2009)

Research project: The Law of Software Contracts – A Transatlantic Perspective