Björn Lundqvist
Profile
Björn Lundqvist is associate professor of competition law at Copenhagen Business School. His research
interests are mainly in the fields of (comparative and European) competition law, Intellectual Property law
and EU law.
Primary research areas
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Competition Law
Intellectual Property Law
EU Law
Selected recent publications in English
Main Publications
2013
To be published by Edward Elgar monograph: “Standards in EU Competition Law & US Antitrust Law: Limits
of Self-Regulation” (2013)
International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC) Volume 44, Number 1, 2013
(published online 26 January 2013): “Turning government data into gold” The Interface between EU
Competition Law and the Public Sector Information Directive – with some comments on the Compass-case.
To be published Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, vol. 126, 1–2/2013, ”Det Svenska och Danska genomförandet
av PSI direktivet - – och hur de bör uppdateras i ljuset av det nya PSI-direktivet”.
Before 2013
Article published in IBA (International Bar Association) May, 2012: “The regulation of public sector
information and content markets in Sweden and the EU”
Main author of “Business Activity and Exclusive Right in the Swedish PSI Act”, Published by the Swedish
Competition Authority (September 2011)(I wrote chapters 2 and 3).
"Joint Research and Development and Patent Pools under the Antitrust Laws of the USA and the
Competition Rules of the European Union" (LL.D dissertation) 2010.
“How research and development cooperation is dealt with under EC Competition law and its implication on
the restructuring of firms” published in Marie-Ange Moreau (ed) Building Restructuration in Europe, Peter
Lang (June 2009).
Teaching
Courses:
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EU Competition Law/ Industrial Economics
International Intellectual Property, Competition and Innovation
Immaterialret
Advanced EU Law
Other teaching activities:
I supervise master theses.
Education:
Degree
Year
Institution
Country
LL.D
2010
European University Institute, Florence
Italy
LL.M
2008
University of Michigan Law School, Ann
Arbor
USA
MRes
2005
European University Institute, Florence
Italy
LL.B;
LL.M
2000
Uppsala University
Sweden
Language qualifications:
English
Academic positions - previous:
Position
Institution
Country
2011-
Guest Teacher, Law Faculty, Uppsala University
Sweden
2009-
Guest Lecturer, Law Faculty, Stockholm University
Sweden
2006-2008
Visiting scholar, University of Michigan Law School,
Ann Arbor
USA
2000-2004; 20102012
Private practice, attorney-at-law
Sweden
Memberships etc.
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Academic Society for Competition Law (Ascola)
Föreningen för Marknads och Konkurrensrätt
Nätverket för Stadsstödsfrågor
Nätverket för Europarättsforskning
Nätverket för Upphandlingsrätt
Europarättsliga föreningen