ILEO - Innovation Law and Ethics Observatory, in collaboration with Luiss Department of Business and Economics Law and Luiss School of Law (Master on Competition and Innovation Law), will host the next EIPIN (The European Network of Intellectual Property Scholars) Annual Conference and PhD Workshop this spring, on 16 and 17 April 2026 at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, bringing together leading international scholars and researchers.

The EIPIN Annual Conference “Intellectual Property in Times of Crisis and Geopolitical Tensions”, under the scientific coordination of Prof. Christophe Geiger, Director of ILEO - Innovation Law and Ethics Observatory, will explore how IP adapts and responds to a world marked by crises, geopolitical conflicts, and rapid technological change, inviting reflection on the flexibility and future direction of IP systems across diverse contexts. 

Topics to be discussed include: 
 

• Patents and Trade secrets in times of crisis;
• Sustainability and IP in times of crisis;
• Disruptive technology and IP in times of crisis.

Firmly committed to the support of young scholars, the EIPIN Annual Conference will be preceded by the EIPIN PhD Workshop, an exciting and enriching opportunity for PhD candidates who will present and discuss their work with PhD fellows and experienced scholars in a friendly and supportive environment.

Speakers and commentators include Prof. Christophe Geiger Prof. Antonio Punzi; Prof. Anselm Kamperman Sanders; Prof. Frantzeska Papadopoulou; Prof. Justyna Ożegalska-Trybalska; Prof. Nari lee, Prof. Josef Drexl, Prof. Anke Moerland, Prof. Julián López Richart; Prof. Aurelio Lopez-Tarruella, Dr. Francesca Di Lazzaro; Dr Guido Westkamp, Prof. Gustavo Ghidini; Prof. Gustavo Olivieri; Dr. Francesca Mazzi; Dr. Lucius Klobučník; Associate Prof. Silvia Scalzini; Dr. Anna Zielkiewicz; Prof. Peter Mezei.

Will present their PhD project during the EIPIN PhD workshop and receive comments from top European Scholars: xinyi li (Queen Mary University); Elzbieta Dziuba (Jagiellonian University); Özlem Çorapçıoğlu (Queen Mary University); Perttu Isohanni (Aalto University); Ludovico Bossi (Luiss University); Måns Svennem Lundberg (Stockholm University); Zizhuo Zhou (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition); Caroline De Schrijver, LL.M. (Maastricht University); Vera Sevastianova (Hanken School of Economics); Kaili Jiang (Maastricht University); Giselle Stoecklin (Luiss University); Daylin Valdés Hernández (University of Alicante).

The event can be attended on site by invitation-only. Should you be interested in receiving an invitation, please write us at ileo@luiss.it.

Please visit the website https://eipin.eu/ for further information about the Network.