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Behrang Kianzad

Lund University School of Economics and Management

Lund

University of Copenhagen - Centre for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law (CeBIL)

PhD-Fellow

Karen Blixens Plads 16

Copenhagen S, 2300

Denmark

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

15

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2,162

TOTAL CITATIONS

3

Ideas:
“   I´m conducting research on EU Competition Law, EU Intellectual Property Law, Law and Economics and Legal Philosophy. My PhD covered the topic of "Excessive Pharmaceutical Pricing in European Competition Law”, creating a screening and assessment test to uncover what makes a price unfair in itself. My current research concerns the issue of fairness / unfairness in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Markets, applying law, economics and philosophy.  ”

Scholarly Papers (15)

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'No-One Is Safe until Everyone Is Safe' – Patent Waiver, Compulsory Licensing and COVID-19

Kianzad, B. , & Wested, J. ‘No-one is Safe Until Everyone is Safe’ – Patent Waiver, Compulsory Licensing and COVID-19 European Pharmaceutical Law Review Volume 5, Issue 2 (2021) pp. 71 - 91 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21552/eplr/2021/2/4
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2021
Behrang Kianzad and Jakob Wested
Lund University School of Economics and Management and Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL)
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COVID-19, compulsory licensing, patent waiver, TRIPS, WTO, vaccines, right-to-health, intellectual property rights, patents on medicine, competition law

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Fairness, Data and Competition Law: Reconciling Fairness Norms in DMA, Data Act and AI Act With EU Competition Law

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Jan 2025
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
Downloads 343 (218,475)

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digital markets act, artificial intelligence, data competition, data abuse, abuse of data, EU Data Act, EU AI Act, EU Competition Law, law and economics, unfair pricing, excessive pricing, intellectual property law, competition law, antitrust, Meta, Facebook, Microsoft

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The Giant Awakens - Law and Economics of Excessive Pricing & COVID-19 Crisis

Forthcoming in "Law and Economics of the Coronavirus Crisis", edited by Klaus Mathis and Avishalom Tor, Springer, 2022.
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2024
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
Downloads 335 (224,234)
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excessive pricing, unfair pricing, COVID-19, European Competition Law, Law and Economics

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How Much Is Too Much?: Defining the Metes and Bounds of Excessive Pricing in the Pharmaceutical Sector

European Pharmaceutical Law Review Volume 2 (2018), Issue 3, Pages 133 - 148
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2021
Behrang Kianzad and Timo Minssen
Lund University School of Economics and Management and University of Copenhagen - Centre for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law (CeBIL)
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Excessive Prices, Excessive Pricing, Pharmaceutical Pricing, Competition Law, Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, European Patent Law, Article 102, TRIPS

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Beyond Justice versus Efficiency –  Reconciling Law and Economics Approaches to Fairness

In “Law and Economics of Justice: Efficiency, Reciprocity, Meritocracy ”, Klaus Mathis and Avishalom Tor (eds), “New Developments in Competition Law and Economics Series, Springer, 2024.(forthcoming), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56822-0_6
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Nov 2024
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
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law and economics, neoclassical economics, justice, fairness, efficiency, pareto, Posner, Bork, Immanuel Kant, competition law, antitrust law, behavioural economics

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From Fairness to Resilience: Rethinking Unfair Pricing and Digital Market Abuses in a Crisis-Driven Competition Paradigm

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Jul 2025
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
Downloads 117 (608,822)

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digital markets, artificial intelligence, law and economics, competition law, european competition law, excessive pricing, unfair pricing, Digital Markets Act, EU AI Act, COVID-19, Article 102 TFEU, Competition policy, Digital Markets, Algorithmic collusion, Gatekeepers

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Excessive Pharmaceutical Prices as an Anticompetitive Practice – Reviving Compulsory Licensing in Competition Law & Antitrust

Published in "New Developments in Competition Law and Economics" Series, edited by Klaus Mathis and Avishalom Tor, Springer Verlag 2019
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2024
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
Downloads 113 (630,858)

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excessive prices, excessive pricing, pharmaceutical prices, pharmaceutical excessive prices, competition law, antitrust law, law and economics, legal economics, EU Competition Law, EU Intellectual Property Law, Article 102 TFEU, Article 102, TRIPS, Compulsory Licensing

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The Limits of Control – Competition law versus Sector Regulation in the wake of the European Commission Excessive Pricing Decision in Aspen 

European Competition and Regulatory Law Review, volume 6, issue 3, 2022[10.21552/core/2022/3/5]
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Nov 2024
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
Downloads 111 (640,165)

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United Brands, excessive pricing, unfair pricing, european competition law, competition law, antitrust, Aspen, european commission

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Towards Fair Pricing of Medicines? Lessons from the European Commission's Aspen Decision 

European Health & Pharmaceutical Law Review, Vol. 6, Issue 1 (March 2022), pp. 3 – 23.
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Oct 2024
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
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United Brands, excessive pricing, unfair pricing, price of medicines, European Commission, Aspen, law and economics, competition law, antitrust law, intellectual property law, Article 102 TFEU

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Let's Dance! Excessive Royalties and the Economic Value of Music - Case note C-372/19 (SABAM), Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 25 November 2020

European Competition and Regulatory Law Review, Volume 5 (2021), Issue 2, Pages 172 - 176, https://doi.org/10.21552/core/2021/2/15
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Jul 2021
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
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excessive pricing, unfair pricing, Article 102 TFEU, abuse of dominant position, European competition law

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The Gin-Mcmaster Guideline Development Checklist (GDC) Extension for Engagement

RAND Working Paper Series Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Jan 2025
University of Ottawa - Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa - Bruyère Research Institute, RAND Corporation, American University of Beirut - Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut - Clinical Research Institute, McMaster University, Élisabeth Bruyere Research Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, The George Institute for Global Health (India), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Split School of Medicine, McMaster University, University of Adelaide - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Tufts University - Tufts Medical Center, University of Adelaide, affiliation not provided to SSRN, American University of Beirut, Cornell University - Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Ottawa, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Lund University School of Economics and Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Dalhousie University, University of Milan, Cochrane, South African Medical Research Council, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Glasgow Caledonian University, American College of Physicians, University of the Philippines, Manila, Harvard University - Harvard Medical School, University of Glasgow - Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Monash University, Cochrane Consumer, McMaster University - Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) and University of Ottawa
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Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), Stakeholder engagement, Research Partnership, Guideline Development, GRADE, GIN-McMaster Checklist, Checklist, Health decision-making

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Did the Danish Supreme Court Give the Fashion Industry the Kantian Boot?  “Did the Danish Supreme Court just give the Fashion Industry the Kantian boot?” - Case translation and Analysis of the Danish Supreme Court case Ilse Jacobsen

GRUR International, ikaa181, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikaa181
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 06 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2024
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
Downloads 29 (1,332,057)
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EU Copyright Law, Ilse Jacobsen, EU Design Rights, Immanuel Kant, Legal Philosophy, Danish Supreme Court

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Case Commentary to Würtz V Coop Denmark - De Minimis Exception when Using Applied Art in Marketing Materials

GRUR International, Volume 69, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 91–105
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 19 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2024
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
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Deminimis, Copyright, Fair Use, Applied Art, Würtz v Coop Denmark, European Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Law

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Excessive Pricing during COVID-19 Crisis in EU - An Empirical Inquiry - Nominated to Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards 2021

Concurrences No 1-2021
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 27 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2024
Behrang Kianzad
Lund University School of Economics and Management
Downloads 19 (1,459,862)
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excessive pricing, unfair pricing, COVID-19, European Competition Law, Law and Economics

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excessive pricing, antitrust, competition law, CJEU, European Jurisprudence, Court of Justice of the European Union, Unfair Pricing, Article 102 TFEU, United Brands