The Law of Innovation

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Innovation is central to the world’s most pressing challenges and features prominently in UK and EU policy.

The concept of innovation, however, has been understood (and treated) differently across various fields of law, including competition law and intellectual property. The Law of Innovation theme aims to grapple with the multifaceted, complex nature of this concept. We are interested in the meaning and influence of innovation, to what extent and the discrete ways it has shaped legal doctrine and policy in the fields of study, as well as its potential effect on standards of behaviour and market regulation more generally.

This theme is co-led by Magali Eben and Luis H Porangaba. Please read our earlier introductory blog post or watch a short video for further details.

PROJECTS

Project: The Law of InnovationProject: The Political Economy of Digital RegulationAI Licence Tracker
24 June 2026

AI Licence Tracker

The AI Licence Tracker monitors the emergence and development of commercial agreements made between creative content providers and AI developers.…
Project: Competition & MarketsProject: The Law of InnovationCloud Gaming and the Changing Landscape of the Video Game Industry
18 June 2023

Cloud Gaming and the Changing Landscape of the Video Game Industry

The video games sector is currently the largest entertainment sector, both in the UK and globally. This exceeds both music…
Project: Automation, Decentralisation & PlatformsProject: Competition & MarketsProject: The Law of InnovationProject: The Political Economy of Digital RegulationPlatform regulation II (competition, contestability and innovation)
22 March 2023

Platform regulation II (competition, contestability and innovation)

Giants of the tech sector have been at the heart of competition law enforcement in recent years.  A considerable part…
Project: Competition & MarketsProject: The Law of InnovationAn Empirical Approach to Trade Dress Protection and Competition (AHRC PEC)
11 July 2022

An Empirical Approach to Trade Dress Protection and Competition (AHRC PEC)

In the UK, EU, and the US, firms can claim an exclusive trademark right in relation to features of the…
pieces of puzzleProject: Competition & MarketsProject: The Law of InnovationTrade marks as functioning brands
22 April 2021

Trade marks as functioning brands

Trade marks are expected to function as source identifiers enabling consumers to differentiate between goods and services in the marketplace…