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Episode 110: How Diffusing New Technologies Defines Great Powers with Jeffrey Ding
In this episode of ECIPE's Global Economy podcast, Fredrik Erixon speaks with Jeffrey Ding, assistant professor at George Washington University, about his book Technology and the Rise of Great...
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Episode 109: The Rise of Mass Litigation in Europe – Why Should We Be Worried? with Oscar Guinea
This episode of the Global Economy Podcast features Fredrik Erixon and Oscar Guinea discussing our new study on the rise of mass litigation in Europe. They explore how collective actions, often...
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Let Others Invent, Let Others Defend Us!
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 16th of March 2025. The original article can be found here. In an era of uncertainty, international tension, and eroding trust,...
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Sweden vs Switzerland: A Heavyweight Champions Fight on Innovation
Much like with other headline-making international rankings, the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently drawn media attention with the release of the 2024 edition of its...
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Europe vs United States – Boosting Competition in Space and the Skies
We reach for historical images to make sense of our current times. Now that there is increasing competition between firms in the aerospace industry, we think about a time when the US and the USSR...
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What Do We Know and What Don’t We Know About the Consequences of the Revised Product Liability Directive?
The 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 final agreement between the EU institutions may be...
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Competitive and innovative: the winning Europe that we need
This piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto, a journalist and communicator in financing for development. The competitiveness of a region is manifested in the commercial success or...
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Episode 86: IP in the EU FTA’s Series: The Role of IP in Fostering Innovation and Global Competitiveness of European Industries with Jörgen Warborn
In this online conversation Jacki Davis talks to Jörgen Warborn, a Member of the European Parliament and its Committee on International Trade. They discuss the importance of...
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The Relevance of Intellectual Property for Pharmaceutical Innovation
By Mr Maarten Meulenbelt, Sidley Austin LLP* In the pharmaceutical industry, the role of Intellectual Property (IP) as an incentive for product development is particularly important: each investor...
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Episode 80: IP in the EU FTA’s Series: Intellectual Property in Services Sectors with Pascal Kerneis
In this online conversation, Jacki Davis talks to Pascal Kerneis, a Managing director of the European Services Forum - ESF, who wrote an insert for the recent ECIPE study: "The Benefits of...