Dr Hedvig Schmidt BSc, LLM, PhD

Associate Professor in EU Law, Undergraduate Director of Programmes

Dr Hedvig Schmidt is Associate Professor in EU Law within Southampton Law School at the University of Southampton.

BSc Business Administration and Commercial Law, (Copenhagen Business School ) 2000; LLM (European Union Law) ( Essex ) 2001, PhD (Essex) 2008. Junior Research Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, 2004-2005; Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Essex 2002-2005

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Her main fields of interest are competition law and policy (with expert knowledge of EU competition law and US antitrust), intellectual property law and European Union law. She is the author of “Competition Law, Innovation and Antitrust: An Analysis of Tying and Technological Integration” Edward Elgar 2009 and her recent speaking commitments on tying and technological integration, the intellectual property/ competition law interface issues, and the modernisation of Article 82 of the EC Treaty have included Copenhagen, Glasgow, Munich, Oslo and Singapore.

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Institute for Law and the Web (ILAWS)

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Articles

Schmidt, H. (2019). Competition law and IP Rights: not so complementary - time for re-alignment of the goals? World Competition, 42(4), 451-474. http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=WOCO2019025
Schmidt, H. (2010). The influence of IP rights on product definition in competition law: the curious case of tying. International Company and Commercial Law Review, 21(6), 224-233.
Schmidt, H. (2009). Article 82: is technological integration checkmated? Journal of Business Law, (4), 354-375.
Schmidt, H. (2004). Civil actions: striking the right balance between public and private enforcement. Competition Law Insight, 25, 10-11.
Schmidt, H., & Askew Renault, E. (2004). The Schmidberger-case free movement of goods in the balance with fundamental rights. European Current Law, xi-xv.
Schmidt, H. (2002). Article 82's "exceptional circumstances" that restrict intellectual property rights. European Competition Law Review, 23(5), 210-216.
Schmidt, H. (2002). The concept “likelihood of confusion” in European trademarks. European Intellectual Property Review, 24(10), 463-465.

Books

Schmidt, H., & Anderman, S. (2011). EU competition law and intellectual property rights, the regulation of innovation, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press.
Schmidt, H. (2009). Competition law, innovation and antitrust: an analysis of tying and technological integration. (New Horizons in Competition Law and Economics). Edward Elgar.

Book Chapters

Schmidt, H. (2019). Taming the shrew: Is there a need for a new market power definition for the digital economy. In B. Lundqvist, & M. Gal (Eds.), Competition Law For the Digital Economy (pp. 29-70). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788971836.00010
Schmidt, H. (2012). Market power – the root of all evil? A comparative analysis of the concepts market power, dominance and monopolisation. In A. Ezrachi (Ed.), Research Handbook On International Competition Law (Elgar Original Reference). Edward Elgar.
Schmidt, H. (2011). Competition law and innovation: technological integration. In S. Anderman, & A. Ezrachi (Eds.), Intellectual Property and Competition Law: New Frontiers (pp. 187-208). Oxford University Press.
Schmidt, H. (2008). Private enforcement - is Article 82 EC special? In M-O. Mackenrodt, B. C. Gallego, & S. Enchelmaier (Eds.), Abuse of Dominant Position: New Interpretation, New Enforcement Mechanisms? (pp. 137-164). Springer.
Schmidt, H. (2007). EC competition policy and IPRs. In S. D. Anderman (Ed.), The interface between intellectual property rights and competition policy (pp. 37-124). Cambridge University Press.

Conferences

Schmidt, H. (2004). The IMS case. Paper presented at 4th CLaSF Workshop: Assessing the Boundaries: Intellectual Property and Competition Law, United Kingdom.
Schmidt, H. (2004). Tying. The New Competition Bill and its Implications for Intellectual Property Rights, Singapore.

Thesis

Schmidt, H. (2008). A comparative analysis of EC competition and US antitrust approaches to tying with special reference to economic thinking and intellectual property rights.

Undergraduate: EU Law, EC Competition Law, and Legal Method
Postgraduate: Comparative Competition Law

Dr Hedvig Schmidt
Southampton Law School, Building 4 University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ UK

Room Number: 4/3009

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