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The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition is committed to #legal and #economic #research on processes of #innovation and their #regulation. Website: https://www.ip.mpg.de Imprint: https://www.ip.mpg.de/en/imprint.html

View of Munich's Marienplatz at dusk with text about a conference at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in October 2026 and a QR code
Josef Drexl, Lukas Kestler and Reto M. Hilty standing in front of the chair in the Institute, holding glasses of champagne.
Table with champagne, glasses, balloons and a cake topped by an image of Lukas Kestler in an academic cap and gown.
Silhouette of a female singer on a stage in front of a drum set.
Microphones for media interviews at a press conference. Photo: Microgen/Adobe Stock
Video of scrolling on the revamped webpage of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Toy airplane with red tail on a map showing Spain and Mallorca, with red pin marker on Mallorca. Photo: Daniel Ernst/Adobe Stock
Red Chinese New Year 2026 decorations with the numbers '2026' and a stylized firehorse figure next to a vase with red and gold branches in front of windows.
Dietmar Harhoff wearing a dark blazer and purple shirt stands in front of a metallic background indoors.
Blue background with white text reading 'Call for Nominations and Self-Nominations Directors (f/m/d)' and a circular emblem of a profile with a laurel wreath.
Six people are pictured against a night sky with the silhouette of the city of Munich in the background—the organizing committee and the keynote speaker. The RISE Workshop logo can be seen in the upper right corner of the image, consisting of the words “RISE Workshop” and two diagonal lines in blue and gray.
Podcast promotional graphic showing a person standing with arms crossed beside a large decorative mask. Text includes 'ESCAPE FORWARD', 'Europe's Quest for Digital Emancipation: Possible & Necessary', and details about hosts and guests Rafael Laguna de la Vera and Dietmar Harhoff. Date 'Airs on 13 November 2025' and website 'www.escape-forward.com' are also visible.
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Entrance hall of the institute with the institute's logo and the Ashurst logo.
Auditorium, seated for the opening event at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. On the screen at the back of the room, there is a photo of the building from the outside with the institute's logo and the word “Welcome.”
Entrance door of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich, flanked by two beach flags bearing the Institute's logo
Postcard with pictures from Upper Bavaria round Lake Tegernsee. On the picture in the center, Liza Herrmann is posing with the hoodie of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.
Josef Drexl and Daria Kim
A hand holds a red heart, symbolizing love and care.
Das Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb betreibt rechts- und wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Grundlagenforschung zu Fragen rund um den Schutz immaterieller Güter, zur rechtlichen Regulierung von Wettbewerbsmechanismen und –verhalten und zu Innovationsprozessen aus ökonomischer Sicht. Die Abteilung „Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research“ befasst sich mit den Anreizen, Determinanten und Implikationen von Innovation und unternehmerischen Prozessen sowie mit deren verhaltensbezogenen Grundlagen. Die von Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., geleitete Abteilung sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine*n Direktionssekretär*in in Voll- oder Teilzeit – befristet auf 2 Jahre.
Logo for the eID shows a circle in green and blue semicircles in a white squre with blue border
Symbolic image in yellw and blue colors with Ukrainian and European flags and symbols for pharmaceutical products, industry, and a supply chain.
Book cover with a map of Central Asia decorated with symbols of innovation
Portrait of Jordan Bisset who is now Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Participants of the Max Planck Startup School sitting in a modern workshop room.
The new premises of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition at Karlstor/Stachus in Munich
Screenshot of the RISE Workshop Website with header picture showing the Munich skyline by night
Doctoral Researcher Marc Huckschlag presenting his findings at the IECL Seminar Series at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law.
Doctoral Researcher Marc Huckschlag presenting his findings at the IECL Seminar Series at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law.
Screenshot of newsletter landing page with subscription option.
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Decoration in red for Chinese/Lunar New Year with snacks, a snake symbol and the number 2025.
Mitarbeitende des Instituts winken freundlich.
Reinhold Vollbracht, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank Regional Office in Bavaria, and Dominik Asam at the award ceremony
Call for Papers Munich Summer Institute
Christmas tree at the Institute and the Institute's Minerva logo with the text: Season's Greetings from Munich.
White Minerva logo of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition surrounded by white Bluesky butterflies on blue background.