Dr Igor Nikolic is a Robert Schuman Fellow at European University Institute and a Senior Fellow at UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society. He specializes and writes in the area of intellectual property rights and competition law, standard essential patents (SEPs), innovation and technical standardization, competition law and digital economy.
Igor completed his PhD at University College London on the licensing of Standard Essential Patents in the era of 5G and the Internet of Things. A book on SEP licensing is being prepared to be published by Hart Publishing in 2021. Igor has given presentations on SEPs at various international conferences (Oxford, Stanford, Tokyo) and published in academic journals. He also taught competition law at UCL, King’s College and University of Turin, worked on the report by BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre on ‘Digital Era Competition: a BRICS View’ and often works an external consultant on competition law and policy for the World Bank. Igor is also a qualified attorney at law advising on competition, intellectual property and regulatory issues.
