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"Reforming Intellectual Property brings together 19 of the world's leading scholars in the field to offer their unique insight into the future of intellectual property. Providing a diverse array of perspectives on the most pressing reforms needed in the current IP regime, whether in terms of legislation at national and international levels, or interpretation of existing law, this exceptional book highlights the key issues in this area and sets out an agenda for future research and policy. Examining the question of what changes to IP law and policy are most urgent and would have the most impact, chapters cover a wide range of subjects, with some focusing on specific topics such as the reform of non-traditional trademarks, or the fair use and research exemption in patent law. Other contributions take a broader approach, such as a reappraisal of performers' rights in audio and audiovisual media that encompasses implications for creativity, welfare and ethics in the film industry, and a proposal for the creation of an International Intellectual Property Treaty. This book will prove to be crucial reading for all scholars and students of IP law, as well as policymakers and practitioners in the field. It will also be of interest to researchers working in related fields such as competition and human rights law for its intersecting analysis of these areas"--

It is debatable whether traditional competition law tools and remedies are able to deal with the digital disruption and whether it is desirable to adjust or even replace categories that have proven to be mainly suited to tackle anticompetitive conducts associated with stable innovations in market where static competition prevails. From a bottom-up perspective, such Grand Question could well be addressed looking at the European Google Shopping case, just adopted at EU level, that will be analysed below with the aim of assessing whether and to which extent the positive antitrust toolbox is flexible enough to effectively cope with the data-driven era.

Introduction: New legal challenges of big data /Joe Cannataci, Valeria Falce and Oreste Pollicino --Big data and big databases between privacy and competition /Sofia Oliveira Pais --Competition challenges of big data : algorithmic collusion, personalised pricing and privacy /Antonio Capobianco and Pedro Gonzaga --Antitrust enforcement and privacy standards /Renato Nazzini --Mergers, data markets and competition /Damiano Canapa --Platform role and intermediary responsibility /Vicente Bagnoli --Global perspectives on big data and consumer law /Mateja Durovic and Franciszek Lech --Data as an input in competition law cases : standards, difficulties and biases in EU merger control /Rupprecht Podszun and Sarah Langenstein --Breaking down information silos with big data : a legal analysis of data sharing /Giovanni De Gregorio and Sofia Ranchordás --The relationship between freedom of expression and big data /Oleg Soldatov --Big data and children's rights : new legal challenges alongside new opportunities /Shulamit Almog and Liat Franco --Artificial intelligence in the big data era : risks and opportunities /Francesca Lagioia and Giovanni Sartor.