Viktoria H.S.E. Robertson Assistant Professor, Mag. Dr. iur., MJur (Oxon) Department of Austrian and International Corporate and Commercial Law Faculty of Law, University of Graz Universitaetsstraße 15/C4, 8010 Graz, Austria +43 316 380 3338 viktoria.robertson@uni-graz.at Academic and other positions Since 09/2014 Assistant Professor (tenure track position), Department of Austrian and International Corporate and Commercial Law, University of Graz (Austria) 03/ 07/2014 Judicial law clerk, Higher Regional Court Graz (District Court Graz-West, Public Prosecutor s Office Graz, Commercial Register Court Graz) 07/2007 02/2014 Research associate, Department of Austrian and International Corporate and Commercial Law, University of Graz (Austria) 03/2006 06/2007 Student assistant, Department of Civil Law, Foreign Private Law and Private International Law, University of Graz (Austria) 2000 2004 Internships, amongst others European Parliament (Brussels), Erste Bank (London and New York), Bankhaus Krentschker (Graz) Higher education, research and study visits 10/2014 Research visit, European University Institute (EUI), Florence (Italy) 01/2014 Research visit, College of Europe, Bruges (Belgium) 09/2010 07/2011 Magister Juris (postgraduate Master s studies) at St John s College, University of Oxford (Great Britain), with distinction 02/2009 & 01/2014 Research stay (2009) and visit (2014), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany) 10/2007 02/2012 Doctoral studies of law, University of Graz, with distinction Doctoral thesis: Das Dienstleistungsrecht der EU und sein Verhältnis zum Dienstleistungsübereinkommen der WTO (GATS) Perspektiven für den grenzüberschreitenden Dienstleistungshandel (EU and WTO services law) 11/2006 & 10/2007 Research visits, British Library London 09/2004 02/2005 Erasmus stay, University of Zaragoza (Spain) 10/2003 06/2007 Diploma studies of law, University of Graz, best graduate (out of 254) Diploma thesis: Distribution Agreements under EC Competition Law Selected Topics 06/2003 School leaving examination, Graz International Bilingual School (GIBS), with distinction Main research interests Competition law European Union law Intellectual property law Viktoria Robertson, Academic CV Page 1 of 5
Transnational commercial law Corporate law Publications Monographs 1. Perspektiven für den grenzüberschreitenden Dienstleistungshandel Das EU- Dienstleistungsrecht und sein Verhältnis zum GATS ( Perspectives for cross-border services trade the EU law on services and its relationship with the GATS ) (Nomos 2012), 384 pages 2. Distribution Agreements under EC Competition Law: An Analytical Review (Martin Meidenbauer 2008), 206 pages Contributions to edited books 3. Access to justice as abuse of market power? Injunctive relief for Standard Essential Patents under EU competition and US antitrust law together with Marco Botta, in Nihoul et al., Abuse Regulation in Competition law Past, present and future, Edward Elgar (in preparation for 2015/16) 4. Apple, Starbucks & Co im Beihilfefokus ( Apple, Starbucks & Co under state aid scrutiny ) in Haslinger/Jaeger, Jahrbuch Beihilferecht 2015, NWV 2015, pages 419-433 (in print) 5. Lizenzverweigerung zwischen Privatautonomie und kartellrechtlichem Marktmissbrauch: was bringt das Kommissions-Prioritätenpapier? ( Refusals to license between party autonomy and the abuse of a dominant position: what s new in the Commission s Guidance Paper? ) together with Ramin Gohari, in Nueber/Przeszlowska/Zwirchmayr, Privatautonomie und ihre Grenzen im Wandel, Boorberg 2015, pages 243-275 6. The Austrian Companies Register in Kovalyshyn, Austrian and Ukrainian Company Law: Basic Notions of Investing, Registration and Types of Companies, 2015 (forthcoming) 7. Neues im Bereich staatliche Zurechnung: Das Urteil Doux Élevage ( What s new in state attribution: The Doux Élevage judgment ) in Haslinger/Jaeger, Jahrbuch Beihilferecht 2014, NWV 2014, pages 355-371 8. Die Bedeutung des Vorabentscheidungsverfahrens im europäischen Kartellrecht: eine Untersuchung anhand des Rechts der Vertriebsverträge ( The significance of preliminary rulings in European competition law: An analysis based on distribution agreements ) in Clavora/Garber, Das Vorabentscheidungsverfahren in der Zivilgerichtsbarkeit, NWV 2014, pages 239-260 9. Austrian GmbH reforms in the light of the European 'light vehicle competition' of company laws together with Tomislav Borić, in de Cordt/Navez, Simplification of Private Company Law among the EU Member States, Bruylant 2014, pages 197-226 10. The free movement of services under Directive 2006/123/EC and in selected case law of the ECJ: A shift towards new principles?, in Knez, Internal Market for Services, 2009, pages 27-43 Journal articles 11. Mitgliedstaatliche Loyalitätspflicht im europäischen Wettbewerbsrecht zwischen Art 4 Abs 3 EUV, Art 106 Abs 1 AEUV und Verordnung 1/2003 ein spannungsgeladenes Verhältnis? ( Member State loyalty in European competition law between Art 4(3) TEU, Art 106(1) TFEU and Regulation 1/2003 a tense relationship? ), Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht 2015 (in the review process) 12. Enforcement of standard-essential patents and abuse of dominance the Samsung, Motorola and Huawei v ZTE cases, Competition Law Journal 2014, issue 1, pages 44-53 Viktoria Robertson, Academic CV Page 2 of 5
13. Kartellrechtliche Vorabentscheidungsersuchen vor und nach der Verordnung 1/2003: Wird der Einfluss von Kommissionsstellungnahmen spürbar? ( Preliminary references before and after Regulation 1/2003: Can the influence of Commission statements be felt? ), WUW Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb 2014, issue 4, pages 372-383 14. The GmbH reform of July 2013: Austria enters the European competition of private company laws (in the review process) 15. A Counterfactual on Information Sharing: The Commission s Horizontal Guidelines 2011 Applied to the Leading Cases, World Competition: Law and Economics Review 2013, pages 459-488 16. Aspekte der Beseitigung des Sonderrechts auf GmbH-Geschäftsführung ( Aspects of the elimination of the special right to the management of a limited liability company ) together with Christian Horn, ecolex 2013, pages 885-888 17. Gesellschaftsrechts-Änderungsgesetz 2013 eine kleine GmbH-Reform ( Company Law Amendment Act 2014 a small GmbH reform ), Der Gesellschafter (GesRZ) Zeitschrift für Gesellschafts- und Unternehmensrecht 2013, pages 68-70 18. Online Sales under the European Commission s Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation Part II, European Competition Law Review 2012, pages 179-184 19. Online Sales under the European Commission s Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation Part I, European Competition Law Review 2012, pages 132-137 20. Elemente der direkten Demokratie im Vertrag von Lissabon Eine Analyse mit rechtsvergleichendem Blick nach Deutschland, Österreich und in die Schweiz ( Elements of direct democracy in the Treaty of Lisbon An analysis with a comparative law look at Germany, Austria and Switzerland ), Journal für Rechtspolitik 2010, pages 133-145 Other publications (selection) 21. Case note Fair-Play-Regeln Nichtbelieferung von Sporthändlern, OGH als KOG 26.6.2014, 16 Ok 12/13 ( Fair play rules Refusal to supply sports retailers, Austrian Supreme Court as Cartel High Court 26 June 2014, 16 Ok 12/13 ), Österreichische Blätter für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2015, pages 75-83 22. Book review Competition Law and Standard Essential Patents A Transatlantic Perspective, by Urška Petrovčič, Common Market Law Review 2015, pages 614-616 23. Case note Markenschutz für Abbildung der Ausstattung eines Geschäftslokals? EuGH 10.7.2014, C-421/13 ( Trade mark law protection for the representation of the layout of a retail space? CJEU 10 July 2014, C-421/13 ), Österreichische Blätter für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2015, pages 36-37 24. Book review The Interface between Competition Law, Patents and Technical Standards by David Telyas, European Competition Law Review 2015 (forthcoming) 25. Guest blog Standardessentielle Patente, FRAND-Verpflichtungen und Unterlassungsansprüche: Schlussanträge in Huawei v ZTE ( Standard-essential patents, FRAND commitments and injunctions: AG Opinion in Huawei v ZTE ) on kartellrechtsblog.at (24 November 2014) 26. Lecture notes Internationales Unternehmens- und Wirtschaftsrecht ( International corporate and commercial law ) (6th edn, öh Graz 2014, assisted by Mona Ladler), 249 pages 27. Book review European Distribution Law, by Louis Vogel and Joseph Vogel, European Law Review 2013, pages 423-424 Teaching 1. Academic Writing and Citing, workshop held in English: WS 2011/12, WS 2012/13 Viktoria Robertson, Academic CV Page 3 of 5
2. European Competition Law, course held in English: WS 2008/09, WS 2011/12, WS 2012/13, WS 2013/14 (all past together with Tomislav Borić), WS 2014/15 3. GmbH-Recht ( Limited liability company law ), course held in German, together with Christian Horn: SS 2013 4. Internationales Unternehmens- und Wirtschaftsrecht ( International Corporate and Commercial Law ), course held in German: SS 2015 5. International Intellectual Property Law, course held in English: SS 2012, SS 2013 6. Legal Writing and Reasoning Skills, course held in English: SS 2013 7. Unternehmensübernahmen ( Mergers & Acquisitions ), course held in German, together with Tomislav Borić: SS 2009, SS 2012, SS 2013 All at the University of Graz. Talks, lectures and conference presentations 05/2015 Presentation on Access to justice as abuse of market power? Injunctive relief for Standard Essential Patents under EU competition and US antitrust law at the 10th ASCOLA conference on Abuse Regulation in Competition law Past, present and future, Meiji University Tokyo/Japan (selected speaker, forthcoming) 10/2014 Talk on A Counterfactual on Information Sharing: The Commission s Horizontal Guidelines 2011 Applied to the Leading Cases at the Swedish Competition Authority, Stockholm (Sweden) (invited speaker) 09/2014 Talk on Mitgliedstaatliche Loyalitätspflicht im europäischen Wettbewerbsrecht ( Member State loyalty in European competition law ) at the Europarechtstag, Salzburg (Austria) (selected speaker) 06/2014 Talk on Lizenzverweigerung zwischen Privatautonomie und kartellrechtlichem Marktmissbrauch: was bringt das Kommissions-Prioritätenpapier? ( Refusals to license between party autonomy and the abuse of a dominant position: what s new in the Commission s Guidance Paper? ) together with Ramin Gohari, 15th Graduate Meeting in International Commercial Law, WU Vienna (Austria) (selected speaker) 11/2013 Talk on Die Bedeutung des Vorabentscheidungsverfahrens im europäischen Kartellrecht ( The significance of preliminary rulings in European competition law ), 4th Austrian Assistants Meeting on Civil and Civil Procedure Law, University of Graz (Austria) (selected speaker) 05/2011 Leading of a debate on Criteria for compulsory licenses under EU competition law within the realm of the Study Group on the Interrelationship between Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law, University of Oxford (Great Britain) 03/2009 Discussant on EU law on services in context at the conference on Services Liberalisation in the EU and the WTO, together with Marcus Klamert, WU Wien (Austria) (invited speaker) 10/2008 Lecture on Europäisches Wirtschaftsrecht: Grundlagen des Binnenmarktrechts ( European commercial law: basics of the internal market ), State University Belarus, Minsk (Belarus) 06/2008 Talk on The principles governing the free movement of services under Directive 2006/123/EC and in selected case law of the ECJ at the conference on Internal Market for Services, University of Maribor (Slovenia) (selected speaker) Memberships Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) Viktoria Robertson, Academic CV Page 4 of 5
European Community Studies Association (ECSA) Austria European Law Institute (ELI) Oxford University Alumni Organisation University of Graz Alumni Network Prizes, awards and scholarships 12/2012 Best of ReWi-Award and GRAWE award 2013 for the doctoral thesis 09/2008 Scholarship of the Young Researchers Fund of the University Council and the Steiermärkische Sparkasse for the doctoral project 12/2007 Best of ReWi-Award and GRAWE award 2007 as best graduate out of 254 graduates of the diploma studies of law in the year 2006/07 WS 2004/05 Erasmus grant, University of Zaragoza (Spain) 2004 2007 4-time award of a scholarship for outstanding academic achievements, Law Faculty of the University of Graz Languages Mother tongues German, English Foreign languages French (professional level), Italian and Spanish (good knowledge), Brazilian Portuguese and Mandarin Chinese (basic knowledge) Graz, March 2015 Viktoria Robertson, Academic CV Page 5 of 5