Jens Schovsbo

Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)

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University of Copenhagen

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Copenhagen, 2300

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Recommendation on Measures to Safeguard Freedom of Expression and Undistorted Competition in EU Trade Mark Law

European Intellectual Property Review 2015, 337-344
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 17 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2016
Martin Senftleben, Lionel A. F. Bently, Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Christophe Geiger, Jonathan Griffiths, Annette Kur, Ansgar Ohly, Alexander Peukert, Marco Ricolfi, Jens Schovsbo, Katja Weckstrom (Lindroos) and Lukasz Zelechowski
Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Luiss Guido Carli UniversityUniversité de Strasbourg - CEIPI, Queen Mary University of London, School of Law, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Goethe University Frankfurt - Faculty of Law, University of Turin - Faculty of Law, Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR), University of Eastern Finland and University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Intellectual Property Law
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EU trade mark law, freedom of expression, freedom of competition, limitations of exclusive rights, need to keep free, referential use, Lisbon Treaty, Charter of Fundamental Rights, criticism, comment, parody, exhaustion, comparative advertising, functionality, due cause defence, honest practices

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Extended Collective Licenses and the Nordic Experience - It’s a Hybrid but is It a Volvo or a Lemon?

Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts, Vol. 33, Issue IV
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2010
Thomas Riis and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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copyright, extended collective license, intellectual property right, licensing, orphan works

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Fire and Water Make Steam: Redefining the Role of Competition Law in TRIPS

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2014
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Intellectual property law, competition law, trips, Intellectual Property in Transistion

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The Unified Patent Court (UPC), Compulsory Licensing and Competition Law

Nordiskt Immaterieelt Rättskydd (NIR), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 30 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2014
Clement Salung Petersen, Thomas Riis and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen, Centre for Enterprise Liability, University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Unified Patent Court, competition Law, patents, EU

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Expropriation or Fair Game for All? The Gradual Dismantling of the IP Exclusivity Paradigm

Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-14
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Dec 2009
Annette Kur and Jens Schovsbo
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Intellectual property, liability rules, compulsory licences, levy systems, culture flat rate

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What is Left of User Rights? – Algorithmic Copyright Enforcement and Free Speech in the Light of the Article 17 Regime

in Paul Torremans (ed), Intellectual Property Law and Human Rights, 4th edition (Wolters Kluwer, 2020), pp. 569-589
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2020
Sebastian Felix Schwemer and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen, Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Copyright law, fundamental rights, limitations and exceptions, DSM Directive, Article 17 Directive (EU) 2019/790

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Legal Aspects of Biobanking as Key Issues for Personalized Medicine & Translational Exploitation

Personalized Medicine, Vol. 11, No. 5, Pages 497-508
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2014
Timo Minssen and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen - Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) - Faculty of Law and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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biobanks, law & ethics, intellectual property, informed consent, personalized medicine, open innovation, translational medicine

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The Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Action - How Will the Design of the UPC Affect Patent Law?

by Kluwer in "Transitions in European Patent Law – Influences of the Unitary Patent Package" (2015 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 Jun 2014
Clement Salung Petersen, Thomas Riis and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen, Centre for Enterprise Liability, University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Unified Patent Court, UPC, patent law, EU

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Mechanisms for Limiting Trade Mark Rights to Further Competition and Free Speech

International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Volume 44, Issue 6, pp. 671-700, 2013
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2015
Lisa P. Ramsey and Jens Schovsbo
University of San Diego School of Law and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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trade mark, trademark, free speech, free expression, fundamental rights, competition, public interest

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EU Design Law and 3d Printing: Finding the Right Balance in a New e-Ecosystem

Rosa Maria Ballardini, Marcus Norrgård, Jouni Partanen (eds) 3D Printing, Intellectual Property and Innovation – Insights from Law and Technology (Wolters Kluwer, 2017 Forthcoming), University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017-30
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2017
Ana Nordberg and Jens Schovsbo
Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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3D printing, design law, Intellectual Property Law, EU

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Copyright and Design Law: What Is Left after All and Cofemel? – Or: Design Law in a ‘Double Whammy’

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Feb 2020
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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design law, copyright law, works of applied art, cofemel, doceram

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'Mark My Words' - Trademarks and Fundamental Rights in the EU

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2017
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Trademark law, fundamental rights, EU harmonization, constitutionalization, free speech

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On Law and Policy in a European and European Union Patent Court (EEUPC) - What Will it do to Patent Law and What Will Patent Law do to it?

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Mar 2010
Jens Schovsbo and Clement Salung Petersen
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) and University of Copenhagen, Centre for Enterprise Liability
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European and European Union Patent Court, EEUPC, Enhanced Patent System In Europe, Patent Court

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The Necessity to Collectivize Copyright - And Dangers Thereof

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Jul 2010
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Public Policy Limitations of Trade Mark Subject Matter – An EU Perspective

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Jun 2018
Jens Schovsbo and Thomas Riis
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) and University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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The Borderless Online User – Carving Up the Market for Online and Streaming Services

P. Torremans (ed), Copyright Law: A handbook of contemporary research, Edward Elgar Publishing (2nd ed, 2017).
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Thomas Riis and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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copyright, online user, portability, competiion law, EU

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Collective Agreements for the Clearance of Copyrights – The Case of Collective Management and Extended Collective Licenses

To appear in Thomas Riis (ed.) User Generated Law. Reconstructing Intellectual Property Law in a Knowledge Society, Edward Elgar, 2016, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2016-16
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 11 May 2016
Thomas Riis, Ole Andreas Rognstad and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Design Protection for Products that are 'Dictated by Function'

Kur, M. Levin and J. Schovsbo (eds), The EU Design Approach – A Global Appraisal (Edward Elgar (Forthcoming))
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 May 2018
Jens Schovsbo and Graeme B. Dinwoodie
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) and Chicago-Kent College of Law
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Design law, EU Design Approach, shapes dictated by function, spare parts, Doceram, repair clause

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To Be and Not to Be an IPR – The Protection of Trade Secrets in the EU

Forthcoming, EIPR, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-71
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 29 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2019
Jens Schovsbo and Thomas Riis
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) and University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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trade secrets, intellectual property rights, EU, Enforcement, TRIPR

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Increasing Access to Patented Inventions

Science and Public Policy, October 2009
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Apr 2009
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Intellectual property law, competition law, patent law, licences of right, compulsory licences

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Constitutional Foundations and Constitutionalization of IP Law - A Tale of Different Stories?

ZGE/IPJ 7 (2015) 1-12
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2015
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Intellectual property law, fundamental rights, constiututionalization

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The Private Legal Governance of Domain Names

”User Generated Law. Reconstructing Intellectual Property Law in a Knowledge Society” edited by Thomas Riis (on Edward Elgar), Forthcoming , University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2015-2
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 21 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 31 May 2018
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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User Generated Law, domain names, UDRP, ICANN, trade marks,

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Constructing an Efficient and Balanced European Patent System: 'Muddling Through'

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 24 Sep 2011
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Patent law, EU patent refrom, STOA Report

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The Copyright/Design Interface In Denmark (and Scandinavia)

The Copyright/Design Interface: Past, Present and Future, Cambridge University Press (Forthcoming), University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2016-21
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
Jens Schovsbo and Morten Rosenmeier
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) and University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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copyright, design law, scandinavia, interface

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Policy Options for the Improvement of the European Patent System

Scientific Technology Options Assessment (STOA) of the European Parliament, 2007
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 05 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Robin Cowin, Wim van de Eijck, Francesco Lissoni, Francesco Lissoni, Peter Lotz, Geertrui Van Overwalle and Jens Schovsbo
Maastricht University, European Patent Office, CRIOS - Bocconi UniversityUniversity of Bordeaux - GREThA, Copenhagen Business School, KU Leuven - Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP) and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Patent law, Patent policy, Competition law, Justification, Objectives, EU patent, Community patent, Knowledge society, Knowledge diffusion, Patent thicket, Patent quality, University patents, Mission statement, Governance, European Patent Office, Access

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Cutting Into Diamonds: Competition Law, IPR, Trade Secrets and the Case of ‘Big Data’

Forthcoming in Liber Discipulorum for Hanns Ullrich (Springer 2020), University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-94
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2020
Jens Schovsbo and Olga Kokoulina
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) and University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Big Data, Competition Law, Data Base Protection, Trade Secrets

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Decision-Making in the Unified Patent Court: Ensuring a Balanced Approach

Christophe Geiger, Craig Nard and Xavier Seuba (eds.), Intellectual Property and the Judiciary, EIPIN Series, Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar, 2016 (Forthcoming).
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 Jun 2016
Clement Salung Petersen and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen, Centre for Enterprise Liability and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Unified Patent Court, patent law, EU, procedural law, amicus briefs

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We Wanted More Arne Jacobsen Chairs But All We Got Was Boxes - Experiences from the Protection of Designs in Scandinavia from 1970 Till the Directive

International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, autumn 2016
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Apr 2016
Jens Schovsbo and Stina Teilmann-Lock
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) and University of Southern Denmark - Department of Design and Communication
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Design Law, Intellectual Property Law, Scandinavian design, EU

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The Implementation of the Trade Secrets Directive in the Nordic Countries

Jens Schovsbo, Timo Minssen and Thomas Riis (eds), "The harmonization and protection of trade secrets in the EU – An Appraisal of the EU Directive", Edward Elgar, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Jan 2020
Jens Schovsbo and Niklas Bruun
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) and University of Helsinki - Faculty of Law
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You Told Me, Right? - Free and Informed Consent in European Patent Law

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You Told Me, Right? - Free and Informed Consent in European Patent Law

Accepted for publication in T Minssen, J Rothmar Herrmann and Jens Schovsbo (ed.), Global Genes, Local Concerns: Legal, Ethical and Scientific Challenges in International Biobanking, Edward Elgar (Forthcoming), University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017-48
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2017
Asa Hellstadius and Jens Schovsbo
Stockholm University - Faculty of Law and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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patent, free and informed consent, health law, fundamental rights

You Told Me, Right? Free and Informed Consent in European Patent Law

Faculty of Law, Stockholm University Research Paper No. 30
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2017
Asa Hellstadius and Jens Schovsbo
Stockholm University - Faculty of Law and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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patent, free and informed consent, health law, fundamental rights

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Concurrent Liability in Contract and Intellectual Property: Licensing Agreements in Light of Case C-666/18, IT Development SAS

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Jul 2020
Jens Schovsbo and Thomas Riis
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR) and University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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IPR, Competition Law and Dynamic Development - IPR's Constitutionalisation and Expansion: Can the 'Common Goals' Description Cope?

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 May 2012 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2018
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Intellectual Property Law, competition law, fundamental rights, compulsory licences

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Design Protection in the Nordic Countries: Welcome to the Smörgåsbord

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Feb 2020
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Design law, copyright law, industrial design, Scandinavian design, Cofemel

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From Smorgasbord to New Nordic Cuisine - Eu-Harmonization of Trade Secrets Protection in the Nordic Countries

Marianne Levin, Graeme Dinwoodie, Niklas Bruun and Ansgar Ohly (Eds) "Transition and Coherence in Intellectual Property Law", Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 06 May 2019
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Trade Secrets, EU Directive on Trade Secrets, Total Hamonisation, Minimum Harmonisation, Nordic Countries

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Reap What You Sow! — But What About SPC Squatting?

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Vol. 13, No. 7, 2018, p. 569-580.
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 24 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2020
Jens Schovsbo, Timo Minssen and Ulla Callesen Klinge
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR), University of Copenhagen - Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) - Faculty of Law and Inspicos P/S
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IPR's Constitutionalisation and Expansion: Can the 'Common Goals'-Description' Cope?

2013 Nordic Perspectives on Competition in Innovation Markets : Nordic Academic Competition Law Network Conference Lund 26-27 April 2012. Lidgard, H. H. (red.)., University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 20017-40
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 23 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2017
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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Competition law, Intellectual Property Law, EU, constituionalisation

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Challenges for the Sustainability of University-Run Biobanks

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Challenges for the Sustainability of University-Run Biobanks

Biopreservation and Biobanking, Vol. 16, No. 4, 08.2018, p. 312-321.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2020
Nana Cecilie Halmsted Kongsholm, Søren Tvorup Christensen, Janne Rothmar Herrmann, Lars Allan Larsen, Timo Minssen, Lotte Bang Pedersen, Rajam Neethu, Niels Tommerup, Aaro Tupasela and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen - Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) - Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)
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The Protection of Intangible Cultural Assets by Trade secrets and Unfair Competition Law

Irini Stamatoudi,INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, UPCOMMING 2021
Posted: 06 May 2021
Rajam Neethu and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)

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Intangible cultural assets, Trade secrets, unfair competition law, enforcement, traditional knowledge, Indigenous genetic resources

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Big Data in the Health and Life Sciences: What Are the Challenges for European Competition Law and Where Can They Be Found?

CEIPI / ICTSD Publication Series on Global Perspectives and Challenges for the Intellectual Property System, 2018. p. 121-130.
Posted: 26 Aug 2019
Timo Minssen and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen - Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) - Faculty of Law and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)

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Much Ado About Something: Legal, Ethical and Scientific Challenges in International Biobanking and Translational Exploitation

Global Genes, Local Concerns- Legal, Ethical and Scientific Challenges in International Biobanking.. ed. / Timo Minssen; Janne Rothmar Herrmann; Jens Schovsbo. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019. ISBN 9781788116183
Posted: 26 Apr 2019
Timo Minssen, Janne Rothmar Herrmann and Jens Schovsbo
University of Copenhagen - Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) - Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law and Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)

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Exhaustion of Rights and Common Principles of European Intellectual Property Law

COMMON PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, Ansgar Ohly, ed., Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2010
Posted: 08 Feb 2010
Jens Schovsbo
Centre for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR)

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Intellectual Property Rights, IPR, trade marks, EU law, Common Principles, Harmonization