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Markets, Innovations and Competition

The Research Group for Market, Innovation and Competition (MIC) will focus on legal aspects concerning markets, innovation and competition.

About the group

The group's research area is centred on the legal framework for an open, modern and technological market economy, i.e. the central regulatory framework for economic actors' market conditions, including rules intended to stimulate (sustainable) innovation.  

The group's research research topics include intellectual property rights (IPRs) (patent law, copyright, trademark law), the rules on trade secrets and other rights related to knowledge, data and information, marketing law and competition law

The innovation perspective entails that particular emphasis is placed on legal barriers for and incentives to promote innovation in a market economy. The relationship and interaction between IPRs, competition law and the legal framework for public sector participation (public procurement, rules on free movement and the state aid rules) is central to the research group´s areas of interest.

The rules on market behaviour of actors are largely driven by EU legislation, and the rules on the EU's internal market (the four freedoms) are a common denominator for the group's research activity.  In addition, market law plays an important role in international trade, so that the interaction between national law, EU/EEA law and international law is central.

Duration

The research group was first established after a decision at the dean's meeting 23 November 2011. The group was established for 5 years from 2012 - 2016, was continued for 5 more years from 2017 - 30 June 2022, and is now continued from 1 August 2022 for another 5 years.

Study programs and courses

A proposal has been prepared for programme specialisation in the subject profile Market, innovation, competition.

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Contact

Research Group ledership

Professor Inger Berg Ørstavik (head of the group)

Professor Eirik Østerud (deputy head)

Administration and web editor

Kristin Koren Viksjø

Hosting department

Department of Private Law

Participants

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