Elisabetta M. Lanza is an investigative officer at the Italian Competition Authority, where she currently works at the Department for Competition. She has been a case-handler of several cases, among which: the "Aspen" case dealing with an abuse of dominance for excessive pricing in the pharmaceutical sector; the “Unilever” case related to exclusivity agreements and fidelity-inducing rebates. Before working for the Italian Competition Authority, she was a solicitor in the field of administrative law and civil law. She holds a Law Degree from the University of Catania and a Ph.D. in Constitutional Law from the University of Ferrara. Furthermore, as a visiting scholar she conducted research at Yale Law School. She frequently lectures about her research and practice at universities and scientific conferences. She has written several articles in the fields of competition law and public law, and a book in administrative law. Among her publications are as mentioned: “Excessive Price Abuses: The Italian Aspen Case”, with P. Sfasciotti, in Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, Oxford Journals, 2017; "Comprehensive exclusivity strategy and abuse of dominance: the Italian Competition Authority approach in the Unilever case” with D. Giangiulio, in “Competition Policy in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 2022, n. 19; “Core of State Sovereignty and European Union’s Identity in the Lissabon – Urteil”, in German Law Journal, Vol. n. 11, n. 4 (2010); “The Relationships between EU and Global Antitrust Regulation”, in “Global Administrative Law and EU Administrative Law. Relationships, Legal Issues and Comparison”, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
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Patent hold-up is a complex and contemporary issue, at the confluence of competition law and intellectual property law. In recent years, this practice, which is carried out by patentees, has raised a number of difficulties in both the United States and the European Union. While patent hold-up (...)
