Biography

Niccolò Galli is a Research Associate at the European University Institute, Centre for a Digital Society.

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. 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 Patent Licensing Academy
• Florence Competition Autumn School