Biography

Niccolò Galli is a Research Associate at the European University Institute, Centre for a Digital Society and Contract Professor of IP and Competition Law at the University of Florence.

Previously, he was a scholarship holder at the technology transfer offices of the University of Florence and the Tuscan Region. Between 2017-2020, Niccolò was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early-Stage Researcher within the EIPIN – Innovation Society European Joint Doctorate and PhD Candidate at Max-Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich.

In 2023, he defended his PhD thesis titled “Patent Aggregation, Innovation and EU Competition Law” before Augsburg University and Maastricht University, obtaining the highest academic distinctions. His thesis won the 2024 Jacques Lassier prize from the International League of Competition Law and the Licensing Executive Society – Italian Chapter’s 2024 award for the best research on intellectual property.

In addition, he holds a second level master’s degree in “Internet Ecosystem” from the University of Pisa, with a first-class dissertation on credit data in the European Union, and a law degree summa cum laude from the University of Florence, with a dissertation on standard-essential patents and competition law that won the 2016 Elena Messina Dissertation Prize. His research interests range from the intersections between innovation, antitrust and intellectual property law, to policymaking and regulation for the ICT sector.

Training Courses

• Florence Competition Autumn School
• ENTraNCE - Training for national judges

Recent research output

• Authors: GALLI, Niccolò;PARCU, Pier Luigi
  Multi-sided platforms and the relevant antitrust market - Contribution to book

• Authors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;MONTI, Giorgio;BOTTA, Marco;GALLI, Niccolò
  ENTraNCE for judges 2024 : challenges faced by judges in enforcing EU competition law : EU and national perspectives - selected case notes - Working Paper

• Authors: HANSPACH, Philip;GALLI, Niccolò
  Algorithmic collusion : an interdisciplinary perspective - Contribution to book

• Authors: GALLI, Niccolò;PARCU, Pier Luigi
  Market definition and multi-sided markets : a primer on the 2024 EU market definition notice - Working Paper

• Editors: MAJCHER, Klaudia
  Charting the digital and technological future of Europe : what priorities for the European Commission in 2024-2029? - Technical Report

• Authors: HANSPACH, Philip;GALLI, Niccolò
  Collusion by pricing algorithms in competition law and economics - Working Paper

• Authors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;MONTI, Giorgio;BOTTA, Marco;GALLI, Niccolò
  ENTraNCE for judges 2023 : challenges faced by judges in enforcing EU competition law : EU and national perspectives - selected case notes - Working Paper

• Editors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;MONTI, Giorgio;BOTTA, Marco;GALLI, Niccolò
  Challenges faced by judges when enforcing EU competition law : EU and national perspectives - selected case notes - Working Paper

• Authors: GALLI, Niccolò;BOTTA, Marco;CARLINI, Roberta;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;FILISTRUCCHI, Lapo;MAZZONI, Leonardo;MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Natalia;PARCU, Pier Luigi;PISARKIEWICZ, Anna Renata;ROSSI, Maria Alessandra
  Position statement on the Joint ITA–NIST–USPTO collaboration initiative regarding standards : notice of public listening and request for comments - Working Paper

• Authors: GALLI, Niccolò;NIKOLIC, Igor;BOTTA, Marco;CARLINI, Roberta;CARROZZA, Chiara;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;FILISTRUCCHI, Lapo;MAZZONI, Leonardo;MENÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Natalia;PARCU, Pier Luigi;PISARKIEWICZ, Anna Renata;ROSSI, Maria Alessandra
  Position statement on the European Commission’s proposal for a SEPs regulation - Working Paper