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
Quentin teaches mainly on intellectual property and competition law modules at Strathclyde, including the following:
- M7926 IP, Commerce, and Innovation (LLM)
- M9314 Intellectual Property (UG)
- M9318 Competition Law (UG)
- M9418 Competition Law (Honours)
At Cambridge, Quentin has supervised the Equity and Intellectual Property papers at multiple colleges. He has also contributed to teaching on the Competition Law LLM paper.
Fields of research
Competition Law; Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law; Law & Technology; Artificial Intelligence; Law & Economics
Research centres and interest groups
Competition law liability for obtaining, maintaining, and exercising invalid or otherwise deficient intellectual property rights
Supervisors
Advisor: Dr Kathleen Liddell
Examiners
Professor Lionel Bently
Professor Niamh Dunne (LSE)
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>.
- Awards: Finalist, 4th Ruben Perea Competition Law Writing Award; Nominee, 2025 Antitrust Writing Awards, Category ‘Academic – Intellectual Property’.
- 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
Selected publications
Articles
'Article 5(2) DMA and the Pay-or-Consent Business Model at the Intersection of Public and Private Autonomy' CILJ
Citation:
CILJ
Published: Forthcoming
'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
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Published Forthcoming
"Article 88" in N Forgo, C Pehlivan and P Valcke (ed(s)), EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act: A Commentary), forthcoming
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Published Forthcoming
"Article 89" in N Forgo, C Pehlivan and P Valcke (ed(s)), EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act: A Commentary), forthcoming
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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)
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ISBN 13:
978-1-954750-42-5
Published Sep 2024
"Group Purchasing Organization" in D Healey, W Kovacic, P Trevisán, and R Whish (ed(s)), Global Dictionary of Competition Law, 2024)
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Published Sep 2024
Book Reviews
Innovation Paradox in Merger Control
Published Forthcoming
Reports
"Written Evidence – House of Lords Digital Assets (etc) Bill" (, Dec 2024)
Link to report
Published: Dec 2024
"Comments on the draft Guidelines on Exclusionary Abuses of Dominance" (, Oct 2024)
Link to report
Published: Oct 2024
"On the Implementation of the Fan-Led Review of Football Governance" (Cambridge Pro Bono Project, Jul 2022)
Body / Institution:
Cambridge Pro Bono Project
Link to report
Published: Jul 2022
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