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Email

qbs20@cam.ac.uk

Education CV

Appointments

  • Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Competition and Private Law, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Education

  • PhD Researcher in Law, University of Cambridge (2020-2024)
    • Wright Rogers Scholarship in Law (2020-2023)
    • Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, PhD Scholarship (2021-2023)
  • LLM (Commercial Law), University of Cambridge (First Class Honours) (2019-2020)
  • J.D. Exchange, Cornell Law School (2017-2018)
  • LLB, King's College London (First Class Honours) (2015-2019)

Teaching

  • Fall 2024: University of Strathclyde, M7925 IP, Commerce and Innovation (Class Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Examiner)
  • Fall 2024: University of Strathclyde, M9314 Intellectual Property Law (Class Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Examiner)
  • Spring 2024 & Spring 2025: University of Strathclyde, M8909 Law of International Business (Lecturer, Examiner)
  • Spring 2024 & Spring 2025: University of Strathclyde, M9212 EU Law (Tutor)
  • Spring 2024 & Spring 2025: University of Strathclyde, M9202 Commercial Law (Tutor)
  • Spring 2024 & Spring 2025: University of Strathclyde, M9930 LLM Dissertations
  • Fall 2023 & Fall 2024: University of Strathclyde, M9318 Competition Law (Lecturer, Tutor, Examiner)
  • Fall 2023 & Fall 2024: University of Strathclyde, M9418 Competition Law Honours (Class Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Examiner)
  • Fall 2023: University of Strathclyde, M9848 Competition Law LLM (Lecturer, Examiner)
  • Fall 2023: University of Strathclyde, M9361 Sports Law (Lecturer)
  • 2022/2023: University of Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College & Selwyn College, Intellectual Property Law (Tripos Part IIB)
  • Lent 2022: University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, LLM Competition Law, Workshops on Art 102 TFEU
  • 2021/2022: University of Cambridge, Hughes Hall, Equity (Tripos Part IIB)

Additional Examination & Supervision

  • 2023-2024: University of Cambridge, LLM Competition Law, Assessor
  • 2023-2024: University of Strathclyde, M9436 Honours Dissertation Supervision (5 students)
  • Fall 2023: EE (interim) for University of Strathclyde, M9944DL E-Commerce; M9869DL Intellectual Property; M9352 Internet Law; M9437 Internet Law Honours

Pro Bono & Volunteering

  • 2022-2023: Executive Director, Cambridge Pro Bono Project
  • 2020-2022: Project Manager, Cambridge Pro Bono Project (Projects: Fair Game; Jimmy's Night Shelter)
  • 2023: Coach, Cambridge Team, Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot

Academic Positions/Memberships

  • Since 2021: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Research Group (Promotionskolleg) “Social Market Economy”
  • 2021/2022: Senior Editor, Cambridge Law Review
  • 2020/2021: Associate Editor, Cambridge Law Review

Research Assistance

  • December 2022 to March 2023: Professor Felix Steffek, University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK, and Professor Mihoko Sumida, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. Research assistance in relation to the publication of a forthcoming book by Professor Felix Steffek (Cambridge) and Professor Mihoko Sumida (Hitotsubashi), entitled ‘Legal Innovation: Conversations about Technology, the Legal Profession and Industrial Change’ (CUP 2023).
  • February 2017 to July 2017: Mr Jonathan Moss, Hogarth Chambers, London, UK. Research assistance in relation to a practitioners’ treatise on Damages and Remedies in Intellectual Property Law.

Fields of research

Competition Law; Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law; Law & Technology; Artificial Intelligence; Law & Economics

 

Competition law liability for obtaining, maintaining, and exercising invalid or otherwise deficient intellectual property rights

Representative Publications

  • Quentin B. Schäfer, “Reconsidering the Limits of EU Competition Law on the IP-Competition Interface” (2024) JECLAP 15(3) Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 188-196. Available open access at <https://doi.org/10.1093/jeclap/lpae021>.
    • Award: Finalist, 4th Ruben Perea Competition Law Writing Award
    • Preprint:  Quentin B. Schäfer, “Reconsidering the Limits of EU Competition Law on the IP-Competition Interface” (2024) University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 14/2024. Available at <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4776301>, version of 5 October 2023.
  • Quentin B. Schäfer, “Case T-172/21 Valve v Commission - Revisiting the territorial character and probabilistic nature of intellectual property rights in competition enforcement” (2024) 45(5) European Competition Law Review 229-235. Available (closed access (Westlaw)) at : <https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/I00D06E90016111EFBD2DFAC45DB826DC/View/F....
  • Quentin B. Schäfer, “AI, IP, and Competition Policy: Adjusting Policy Levers to a new GPT” in A Abbott and T Schrepel (eds), Artificial Intelligence and Competition Policy (Concurrences 2024).
  • Quentin B. Schäfer, “Economic Regulation and the AI Act: Perspectives from Competition Law, Intellectual Property, and Data Protection” in N Forgo, C Pehlivan and P Valcke (eds), AI Governance and Liability in Europe: A Primer (Wolters Kluwer 2024).

Start Date

Oct 2020

Publications

 

Articles

"Case T-172/21 Valve v Commission - Revisiting the territorial character and probabilistic nature of intellectual property rights in competition enforcement" (2024) 45(5) ECLR 229

Citation:
(2024) 45(5) ECLR 229
Published: May 2024

"Reconsidering the Limits of EU Competition Law on the IP-Competition Interface" (2024) 15(3) JECLAP 188-196

Citation:
(2024) 15(3) JECLAP 188-196
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jeclap/lpae021
Published: Apr 2024

Book Chapters

"Economic Regulation and the AI Act: Perspectives from Competition Law, Intellectual Property, and Data Protection" in N Forgo, C Pehlivan and P Valcke (ed(s)), AI Governance and Liability in Europe: A Primer ), forthcoming

Published Forthcoming

"AI, IP, and Competition Policy: Adjusting Policy Levers to a new GPT" in A Abbott and T Schrepel (ed(s)), Artificial Intelligence and Competition Policy, 2024)

"Group Purchasing Organization" in D Healey, W Kovacic, P Trevisán, and R Whish (ed(s)), Global Dictionary of Competition Law, 2024)

"Article 88" in N Forgo, C Pehlivan and P Valcke (ed(s)), EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act: A Commentary), forthcoming

Published Forthcoming

"Article 89" in N Forgo, C Pehlivan and P Valcke (ed(s)), EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act: A Commentary), forthcoming

Published Forthcoming

Book Reviews

Innovation Paradox in Merger Control

Co-Author/s:
Selçukhan Ünekbas; Anouk van der Veer
Published Forthcoming

Reports

On the Implementation of the Fan-Led Review of Football Governance

Co-Author/s:
Daniel Campos Pereira, Jeremy Lam, Quentin B. Schäfer, et. al.
Body / Institution:
Cambridge Pro Bono Project
Published: Jul 2022