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)

Craig Atkinson

(2020-2022)

Research project: Towards Algorithmic Trade Policy: A Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in the Era of Computational Law?

Mikołaj Barczentewicz

(2021-2023)

Research project: Privacy and Security Implications of Regulation of Digital Services in the EU and US

Research project: The Future of EU-US Data Flows Under the GDPR

Publication: Privacy and Security Implications of Regulation of Digital Services in the EU and in the US, TTLF Working Papers, No. 84 (2022, 25 pages)

Publication: Key Legal Issues of the EU’s New U.S. Data Protection Adequacy Decision, TTLF Working Papers, No. 99 (2023, 21 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)

Yitzchak Besser

(2022-2023)

Research Project: Curing the Ills of the “Infodemic”: A Transatlantic Comparative Analysis of Efforts to Combat Digital Disinformation in a Time of COVID

Publication: Curing the Ills of the Infodemic: An Overview of Transatlantic Legal Measures and Capacities for Countering COVID-19 Falsehoods and Digital Disinformation, TTLF Working Papers, No. 111 (2023, 20 pages)

Elisabetta Biasin

(2022-2023)

Research Project: Transatlantic Perspectives on AI-Based Medical Device Cybersecurity

Publication: Transatlantic Perspectives on AI-Based Medical Device Cybersecurity: White Paper, TTLF Working Papers, No. 108 (2023, 34 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

Irene Calboli

(2013-2022)

Research Project: National Intellectual Property Rights As Barriers to Market Integration in Free Trade Areas: Is International or Regional Exhaustion the Answer?

Research Project: A Comparative Analysis of Geographical Indications in the European Union and the United States: How to Move from Controversy to Compromise?

Research Project: Exhaustion of IP Rights and Parallel Trade of Pharmaceuticals

Research Project: Cambridge Handbook on International and Comparative Trademark Law

Publication: Intellectual Property Exhaustion and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals: A Comparative and Critical Review, TTLF Working Papers, No. 75 (2021, 36 pages)

Publication: The Cambridge Handbook of International and Comparative Trademark Law (book, 2020)

Publication: Exhausting Intellectual Property Rights: A Comparative Law and Policy Analysis (book, 2018)

Publication: National Intellectual Property Rights As Barriers to Market Integration in Free Trade Areas: Is International or Regional Exhaustion the Answer?, TTLF Working Papers, No. 33 (2018, 34 pages)

Publication: Geographical Indications between Trade, Development, Culture, and Marketing: Framing a Fair(er) System of Protection in the Global Economy? (book chapter, 2017)

Publication: Trademark Exhaustion and Free Movement of Goods: A Comparative Analysis of the EU/EEA, NAFTA and ASEAN, TTLF Working Papers, No. 25 (2016, 37 pages)

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)

Christine Carter

(2022-2023)

Research Project: ‘Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes’: Regulating AI-Powered Workplace Surveillance in Europe and the United States

Research Project: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work: A Transatlantic Comparison on the Regulation of Algorithmic and Automated Decision-Making in the Workplace

Publication: ‘Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes’: Regulating AI-Powered Workplace Surveillance in Europe and the United States, TTLF Working Papers, No. 102 (2023, 32 pages)

Publication: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work: A Transatlantic Comparison on the Regulation of Algorithmic and Automated Decision-Making in the Workplace, TTLF Working Papers, No. 91 (2022, 53 pages)

Pedro Colombini

(2022-2023)

Research Project: The Need for a Common Transatlantic View on Open Government: A Comparative Analysis on the Open Government Data Act (US) and the Data Governance Act (EU)

Jan Czarnocki

(2022-2023)

Research Project: Sensitive Data Processing in the EU and the US – What to Expect and What is Legitimate

Publication: Between Rights, Interests, and Risk – The Role of the Proportionality Balancing in the EU Digital Law, EU Law Working Papers, No. 83 (2024, 42 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

Ayana Dootalieva

(2022-2023)

Research Project: Cultured: The Regulation of Cultivated Meat in the EU and US. What Does the Future Hold for Cellular Agriculture?

Tim W. Dornis

(2021-2022)

Research Project: The Rise of Algorithm Hyperpowers: A Transatlantic Comparison of Legal Structures and Regulatory Policies

Matteo Dragoni

(2016-2023)

Research Project: EU Customs Regulation, US International Trade Commission Powers, and a New Wave of Abusive Practices in Europe and the United States

Research Project: Software patent-eligibility and patentability between United States, Europe, and Japan

Publication: Software Patent Eligibility and Patentability: An Overview of the Developments in Japan, Europe and the United States and an Analysis of Their Impact on Patenting Trends, TTLF Working Papers, No. 72 (2021, 80 pages)

Publication: Software Patents in the Japanese, European and United States’ Legal Systems (in Annuario Di Diritto Comparato E Di Studi Legislativi, Katia Fiorenza, ed., Naples: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2019)

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)

Catalina Goanta

(2017-2023)

Research Project: Comparative Platform Governance: Mapping Consumer Protection in Platform Self-Regulation in the United States and the European Union

Research Project: The Impact of Technology Disruptions on Private Law in Europe and the US: An Exploratory Study

Research Project: Influencers and Social Media Recommender Systems: Unfair Commercial Practices in US and EU Law

Research Project: Content Moderation and the Interests of Vulnerable Groups: A Comparison between Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (US) and the Audio-Video Media Services Directive (EU)

Publication: Content Monetization on Twitter: A Study of Platform Documentation and Transatlantic Legal Implications, TTLF Working Papers, No. 103 (2023, 21 pages)

Publication: Ransomware: Notes on the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the CoE International Convention on Cybercrime, TTLF Working Papers, No. 82 (2021, 21 pages)

Publication: Children on Social Media: A Comparison of COPPA [Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule] and the Revised AVMSD [Audiovisual Media Services Directive], TTLF Working Papers, No. 64 (2020, 18 pages)

Publication: Influencers and Social Media Recommender Systems: Unfair Commercial Practices in EU and US Law, TTLF Working Papers, No. 54 (2020, 23 pages)

Publication: How Technology Disrupts Private Law: An Exploratory Study of California and Switzerland as Innovative Jurisdictions, TTLF Working Papers, No. 38 (2018, 53 pages)

Erik Habich

(2021-2022)

Research Project: Transatlantic Convergence or Divergence of Approaches to the FRAND Licensing of Standard Essential Patents? Comparing Approaches of the Case Law and Regulatory Initiatives in the EU and US

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: Read the Status Report on Software Decompilation

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)

Irene Kamara

(2022-2023)

Research Project: Combatting sextortion of minors on online social media and gaming platforms: An EU-US legal comparative analysis on detection and reporting obligations of online service providers

Erik Kamenjašević

(2022-2023)

Research Project: Transatlantic Perspectives on AI-Based Medical Device Cybersecurity

Publication: Transatlantic Perspectives on AI-Based Medical Device Cybersecurity: White Paper, TTLF Working Papers, No. 108 (2023, 34 pages)

Olia Kanevskaia

(2022-2024)

Research Project: Transatlantic Cooperation Through Regulation of Wireless Technologies: Institutional Aspects, Global Power, and Geopolitical Challenges

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

Salome Kohler

(2022-2023)

Research Project: Online Data Privacy in the U.S. and the EU

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)

Martin Miernicki

(2015-2022)

Research Project: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Digitization of Money

Research Project: Regulation of Initial Coin Offerings in the United States and the European Union

Research Project: Copyright Reform Considerations in the United States and the European Union

Publication: Cash, Accounts, and Central Bank Digital Currencies – A Transatlantic View on the Digitization of Retail Central Bank Money, TTLF Working Papers, No. 95 (2022, 47 pages)

Publication: Initial Coin Offerings in the United States and the European Union: Development, Status Quo and the Path Forward, TTLF Working Papers, No. 69 (2020, 44 pages)

Publication: Rate-setting under EU and US Copyright Law, TTLF Working Papers, No. 44 (2019, 47 pages)

Publication: Collective Management of Copyrights between Competition, Regulation, and Monopolism: A Comparison of European and U.S. Approaches to Collective Management Organizations (Facultas, 2017, 327 pages)

Maria Lillà Montagnani

(2020-2023)

Research Project: Liability and Emerging Digital Technologies: An EU and US Perspective

Publication: The EU Regulatory Approach(es) to AI Liability, EU Law Working Papers, No. 76 (2023, 35 pages)

Publication: Artificial Intelligence for Post-Covid Companies: An Empirical Analysis of Tech Committees in the EU and US, TTLF Working Papers, No. 70 (2020, 86 pages)

Fernando Morera

(2020-2022)

Research Project: Central Bank Digital Currencies – A Transatlantic Perspective

Research Project: Governing Open Innovation – A Transatlantic Perspective

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)

Sebastian Pech

(2021-2023)

Research project: Unchain My Art – Copyright Implications of Tokenized Artworks Under US and EU Law

Publication: Unchain My Art – Copyright Implications of Tokenized Artworks Under US and EU Law, TTLF Working Papers, No. 106 (2023, 64 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?

Amedeo Rizzo

(2022-2023)

Research Project: Intellectual Property and Tax Incentives: A comparative analysis of the EU and the US legal frameworks

Publication: Intellectual Property and Tax Incentives: A comparative analysis of the EU and the US legal frameworks, TTLF Working Papers, No. 101 (2023, 41 pages)

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

Chris Thomale

(2022-2023)

Research Project: Regulatory Competition for Tech Corporations – A comparative US/EU perspective

Pratyush Nath Upreti

(2018-2023)

Research Project: Safeguarding Intellectual Property Objectives in International Investment Agreements: A Transatlantic Perspective

Publication: Data, Copyright, and Investor-State-Arbitration: Insights from Einarsson v. Canada, TTLF Working Papers, No. 97 (2023, 22 pages)

Publication: Intellectual Property Objectives in International Investment Agreements (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, 292 pages)

Publication: The Legality of a TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines under International Investment Law, TTLF Working Papers, No. 88 (2022, 55 pages)

Publication: Intellectual Property Rights in Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Critical Examination of the Philip Morris & Eli Lilly Awards, TTLF Working Papers, No. 67 (2020, 61 pages)

Publication: Intellectual Property, Investment and the World Trade Organization (WTO): A Historical Account, TTLF Working Papers, No. 57 (2020, 47 pages)

Roxana Vatanparast

(2022-2023)

Research Project: The Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council: Between Sovereignty Standardization on Digital Trade, Green Technologies, and Infrastructural Security

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

Marie-Andrée Weiss

(2014-2023)

Research Project: A Face Worth a Thousand Dollars or Euros: How New Marketing Technologies Will Challenge Privacy Laws on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Research Project: Regulating Freedom of Speech on Social Media: Comparing the EU and the U.S. Approach

Research Project: Comparing the powers given to users by the EU Digital Service Act and by the Facebook Oversight Board: at the service of users of overseeing them?

Publication: Regulating Freedom of Speech on Social Media: Comparing the EU and the US Approach, TTLF Working Papers, No. 73 (2021, 453 pages)

Publication: A Face Worth a Thousand Dollars or Euros: How New Marketing Technologies Will Challenge Privacy Laws on Both Sides of the Atlantic, TTLF Working Papers, No. 40 (2018, 123 pages)

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

Leon Xiao

(2023)

Research Project: An Empirical Comparison of Video Game Companies’ Compliance with Industry Self-Regulation of Gambling-Like Loot Boxes in the US and EU/UK

Publication: Loot Box State of Play 2023: Law, Regulation, Policy, and Enforcement Around the World, TTLF Working Papers, No. 110 (2023, 86 pages)

Publication: Loot Box Presence Warnings in Europe and North America: A Comparative Transatlantic Perspective on Compliance, TTLF Working Papers, No. 100 (2023, 83 pages)