PROF. DR. PHILIPP FABBIO Born 28/04/1976, Conegliano Veneto, Italy PRESENT POSITION UNIVERSITY OF REGGIO CALABRIA SCHOOL OF LAW Associate Professor, Commercial Law, Tenured Reggio Calabria, IT Oct 2008 Present PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WUHAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Visiting Professor, Eur. Commercial Law (36 hrs.) Wuhan, CHI Sept./Oct. 2014 I. JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Visiting Professor, Int l & Eur. Copyright Law (27 hrs.) Tbilisi, GE November 2012 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW ROME PROGRAM 2011 Visiting Professor, European Union (15 hrs.) Rome, IT July 2011 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW Visiting Professor European Union (45 hrs.); Int l and Comparative Antitrust (30 hrs.) Chicago, IL USA Fall Semester 2010 INSTITUTE FOR CONSUMER ANTITRUST STUDIES LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW Senior Research Fellow Chicago, IL USA Fall Semester 2010 CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW IIT Chicago, IL USA Visiting Professor Spring Semester 2008 European Union (45 hrs.); Int l & Comparative Antitrust (30 hrs.) SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME SCHOOL OF LAW Assistant Professor, Commercial Law, Tenured UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES REGENSBURG Research Fellow MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COMPETITION LAW Research Fellow Rome, IT Mar 2005 Sept 2008 Regensburg, GER June - August 2004 Munich, GER 2002 April 2004 1 of 10
EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA SCHOOL OF LAW PhD in Law SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME SCHOOL OF LAW Law Degree Summa cum laude (110/110 with honors), GPA 29.5/30 Messina, IT Nov 2000 Feb 2004 Rome, IT Nov 1995 May 2000 STUDY GRANTS LUDWIG MAXIMILIAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Research Grant for final dissertation Awarded by Sapienza University of Rome Munich, GER July - August 1999 UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK SCHOOL OF LAW Courses attended: Constitutional and Administrative Law; Introduction to Business Law; Law of Business Organizations; International Law COLLEGIO UNIVERSITARIO LAMARO-POZZANI Awarded by Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro Warwick, UK Autumn 1998 Rome, IT Oct 1995 1999 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTE FOR CONSUMER ANTITRUST STUDIES LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW Member, International Advisory Board 2011- Present ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL LAW PROFESSORS (ODC Associazione Italiana dei Professori di Diritto Commerciale) 2009 - Present ITALIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Società Italiana per lo Studio della Proprietà Intellettuale SISPI) Member, Secretary Committee 2008 - Present ACADEMIC SOCIETY FOR COMPETITION LAW ASCOLA 2006- Present ITALIAN SOCIETY OF LAW AND ECONOMICS SIDE-ISLE 2005- Present 2 of 10
LANGUAGES! Italian native speaker! German native speaker! English (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency) PUBLICATIONS BOOKS: 1) L ABUSO DI DIPENDENZA ECONOMICA (The Abuse of Economic Dependence), Giuffrè, Milan, 2006, p. XIII-569 (book reviews by Prof. Dr. H.Ullrich in GRUR Int, 2008, 780-781 and A.De Franceschi in Dir. comun. sc. int. 2008, 886-888) 2) L ESERCIZIO PROVVISORIO DELL IMPRESA NEL FALLIMENTO (The Managing of Firms in Bankruptcy Proceedings), Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Naples, 2011, p. 1-346 3) DISEGNI E MODELLI (Commentary on Italian and European Design Law), Cedam, Padua, 2012, p. XIV-195 (book review by Prof. Dr. M.Lehmann in GRUR Int, 2013, 700-702) ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS ETC.: 1) La disciplina comunitaria della concorrenza in funzione di protezione dei consumatori energetici (EU Competition Law as a Means of Protecting Consumers), in Annuario di diritto dell energia 2015 (in progress) 2) Italy (in English), in Domain Name Law and Practice. An International Handbook, T.Bettinger & A.Waddel eds., Oxford University Press, Oxford New York, 2nd ed., 2015, approx. 50 pages (forthcoming) 3) Contratti sulla proprietà industriale (Industrial Property Contracts), in Trattato dei contratti. Vol. II (Treatise on Contracts), V.Roppo & A.M.Benedetti eds., Giuffrè, Milan, 2014, approx. 80 pages (forthcoming) 4) Denominazione sociale (The Name of Joint-stock Companies), in Codice delle società per azioni (commentary on the Italian law of joint-stock companies), P.Abbadessa & G.Portale eds., 2014, approx. 10 pages (forthcoming) 5) Gli obiettivi del diritto antitrust comunitario nel dibattito recente, in Scritti in onore di Mario Libertini. Tomo II, Giuffrè, Milano, 2014, p. 743-769 (forthcoming) 3 of 10
6) Agenzie di rating e concorrenza (Rating Agencies and Competition), secondary author with M.Libertini, in Le agenzie di rating, A.Principe ed., Giuffrè, Milan, 2014, p. 151-168 7) Disegni e modelli (Design Protection), in Diritto industriale italiano (commentary on the Italian Code of Intellectual Property), M.Franzosi & M.Scuffi eds., Cedam, Padua, 2014, p. 387-528 8) Funzioni e ancoraggi apicali del diritto antitrust (On the Goals of European Antitrust), in 32 ANNUARI ITALIANI DI DIRITTO D AUTORE, 2013, p. 212-234 9) Antitrust Marathon V: Private Actions for Damages (in English) (Issue Paper presented at the V Antitrust Marathon Public and Private Antitrust Enforcement), in 9 EUROPEAN COMPETITION JOURNAL, 2013, p. 567-574 10) L efficacia dei provvedimenti dell Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato nel processo civile, con particolare riguardo alle materie delle pratiche commerciali scorrette e della pubblicità ingannevole e comparativa (The Role of Decisions by the Italian Competition Authority for Follow-on Actions), in 13 CONCORRENZA E MERCATO 2013, p. 193-223 11) Disciplina antitrust e contratti a valle, in Commentario breve al codice del consumo (Commentary on the Italian Consumer Protection Act), G.De Cristofaro & G.Zaccaria eds., 2nd ed., Cedam, Padua, 2013, p. 1268-1269 12) Cerrai, Alessandro, in Dizionario biografico di giuristi italiani (sec. XII-XX), Birocchi, Cortese, Mattone & Miletti eds.il Mulino, Bologna, 2013, p. 510-511 13) Ferrara, Francesco jr., in Dizionario biografico dei giuristi italiani (sec. XII-XX), Birocchi, Cortese, Mattone & Miletti eds., il Mulino, Bologna, 2013, p. 838-839 14) Abuso di dipendenza economica (Abuse of Economic Dependence), in Portale Treccani Enciclopedia Giuridica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome, 2012 15) Disegni e modelli (Design Protection), in Portale Treccani Enciclopedia Giuridica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome, 2012 16) Questioni in tema di autorizzazione del curatore fallimentare a stare in giudizio, 87 IL DIRITTO FALLIMENTARE, 2012, II, p. 6-8 17) Azione di classe ex art. 140-bis cod. cons. e illeciti «concorrenziali»: ambito di applicazione oggettivo e soggettivo (Standing and Causes of Action under the New Italian Consumer Class Action), in Annali della Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Naples, 2011, p. 299-348 4 of 10
18) L abuso di dipendenza economica ( The Abuse of Economic Dependence ), in I contratti nella concorrenza (Contracts and Competition), E.Gabrielli & A.Catricalà eds., in Trattato dei contratti (Treaty on Contract Law), P.Rescigno & E.Gabrielli eds., Utet, Turin, 2011, p. 271-320 19) Azione di classe ex art. 140-bis cod. cons. e illeciti «concorrenziali»: ambito di applicazione oggettivo e soggettivo (Standing and Causes of Action under the New Italian Consumer Class Action), in 29 ANNUARI ITALIANI DI DIRITTO D AUTORE, 2010, p. 383-414 20) Art. 27-bis 27-quater ( Articles 27-bis to 27-quater ), in Commentario breve al codice del consumo (Commentary on the Italian Consumer Protection Act), G.De Cristofaro & G.Zaccaria eds., Cedam, Padua, 2010, p. 222-226 (2nd edition, 2013, p. 240-244) 21) I codici di condotta ( Self-regulation in European and Italian Unfair Competition Law ), in I Decreti Legislativi sulle pratiche commerciali scorrette. Attuazione e impatto della Direttiva 2005/29/CE (The Implementation of EC Directive No 2005/29 on Unfair Commercial Practices in Italy), A.Genovese ed., Cedam, Padua, 2008, p. 159-207 22) I codici di condotta nella disciplina delle pratiche commerciali sleali ( Self-regulation in European and Italian Unfair Competition Law ), 35 GIURISPRUDENZA COMMERCIALE, 2008, I, p. 706-743 23) Italien (.it ) (in German) ( Italy (.it ) ), in Handbuch des Domain-Rechts (Handbook on Domain Name Law), T.Bettinger ed., Heymanns, Cologne, 2008, p. 667-698 24) Disparità di forza contrattuale e abuso di dipendenza economica ( Inequality in Bargaining Power and Abuse of Economic Dependence ), in Contratto e antitrust (Contract and Antitrust), A. Zoppini ed., Laterza, Bari, 2008, p. 153-174 25) Abuso di dipendenza economica ( Abuse of Economic Dependence ), in Enciclopedia giuridica (Encyclopedia of Law), S.Patti ed., Il Sole 24 Ore, 2007, V, p. 88-94 26) Osservazioni sull ambito d applicazione del divieto di abuso di dipendenza economica e controllo contenutistico delle condizioni generali di contratto tra imprese (Abuse of Economic Dependence and Contents Control over General Conditions of Contract), 23 NUOVA GIURISPRUDENZA CIVILE COMMENTATA, 2007, II, p. 902-908 5 of 10
27) Obblighi di contrarre e distribuzione farmaceutica, tra diritto comune e regolamentazione di settore (Legal Duties of Supply in the Pharmaceutical Sector), 103 RIVISTA DEL DIRITTO COMMERCIALE, 2005, II, p. 322-362 28) Obblighi di contrarre e distribuzione farmaceutica, tra diritto comune e regolamentazione di settore (Legal Duties of Supply in the Pharmaceutical Sector), 4 DIRCOMM.IT, n. 10/2005 29) Italy (in English), in Domain Name Law and Practice. An International Handbook, T.Bettinger ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford New York, 2005, p. 477-508 30) Note sulla terminazione dei rapporti di distribuzione automobilistica integrata, tra diritto comunitario e nazionale (The Termination of Dealership Agreements in the Automobile Sector under European and Italian Law), in 102 RIVISTA DEL DIRITTO COMMERCIALE, 2004, II, p. 9-36 31) Questioni in materia d inibitoria collettiva dei consumatori ex art. 1469-sexies c.c. alla luce della legge 30 luglio 1998, n. 281 sui diritti dei consumatori e degli utenti (On Collective Remedies in Italian Consumer Law), 30 GIURISPRUDENZA COMMERCIALE, 2003, II, p. 722-735 32) Die Umsetzung der Richtlinie 98/71/EG über den rechtlichen Schutz von Mustern und Modellen in Italien (in German) (The Implementation of EC Directive No 98/71 on the Protection of Design in Italy), 51 GEWERBLICHER RECHTSSCHUTZ UND URHEBERRECHT. INTERNATIONALER TEIL, 2002, p. 914-919 33) Cass. 3.1.2001, Nr. 61 (in German) (Commentary on an Italian Supreme Court Ruling about Design Protection for Body-Panels), 51 GEWERBLICHER RECHTSSCHUTZ UND URHEBERRECHT. INTERNATIONALER TEIL, 2002, p. 943-944 34) Interruzione delle relazioni commerciali in atto e abuso di dipendenza economica (Termination of Commercial Contracts and Abuse of Economic Dependence), 100 RIVISTA DEL DIRITTO COMMERCIALE, 2002, II, p. 326-344 35) La tutela autoriale del progetto di arredamento o di architettura d interni (The Copyright Protection of Interior Design Projects), 100 RIVISTA DEL DIRITTO COMMERCIALE, 2002, II, p. 43-57 36) Der Missbrauch wirtschaftlicher Abhängigkeit nach italienischem Recht (in German) (The Abuse of Economic Dependence under Italian Law), WIRTSCHAFT UND WETTBEWERB, 2001, 51, p. 834-841. 6 of 10
BOOK REVIEWS: 37) Global Competition. Law, Markets and Globalization, D.J.Gerber, Oxford University Press 2010, ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR WETTBEWERBSRECHT, 2011 (in German) 38) Commercio elettronico (E-Commerce), V.Franceschelli ed, Giuffrè, GEWERBLICHER RECHTSSCHUTZ UND URHEBERRECHT. INTERNATIONALER TEIL, 2003 (in German) CONFERENCE LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS (Partial List) 1) Dipendenza economica nel coordinamento, conference series on Controllo e impresa Libera Itinera Cogitationis, presented at LUISS University, Rome, and Ca Foscari University of Venice, Venice October 2014; 2) Current trends in EU competition law. A comparative perspective (in English), presented at Northwest University of Political Science and Law, Xi an, China, September 2014 3) The current debate on the goals of EU competition law (in English), presented at Wuhan University School of Law, Wuhan, China, September 2014 4) La disciplina della concorrenza in funzione di protezione dei consumatori energetici (EU Competition Law as a Means of Protecting Consumers ), presented at La tutela dei consumatori nei mercati energetici V Conferenza di Diritto dell Energia ( The Protection of Energy Consumers V Conference on Energy Law), at Gestore Servizi Energetici, Rome, May 2014 5) Competition Law as a Transnational Project Jurisdictional Issues in Transnational Antitrust Cases (in English), class taught at Master of European and International Business, Competition and Regulatory Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, April 2014 6) Design Law Roundtable (partecipant), held at Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Munich, Germany, November 2013 7) Funzioni e ancoraggi apicali del diritto antitrust (On the Goals of EU Antitrust Law), presented at IP e diritto della concorrenza nella UE XXII Meeting of IP and Competition Law, University of Pavia School of Law, September 2013 8) Competition Law as a Transnational Project Jurisdictional Issues in Transnational Antitrust Cases (in English), class taught at Master of European and International Business, Competition and Regulatory Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, April 2013 7 of 10
9) Private Claims for Damages Issue Paper (in English), presented at the 5th Antitrust Marathon, sponsored by Loyola University of Chicago Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies and Sapienza University of Rome, held at Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Rome, Italy, March, 2013 10) Article 101 TFEU Anticompetitive Agreements. EU Merger Review (in English), class taught at Master in Regulation of Global Markets, Sapienza University of Rome and Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, Italy, February 2013 11) Il controllo delle condizioni generali di contratto nei rapporti tra banca e impresa (The Control of General Conditions of Contract Between Banks and Professional Clients), presented at Profili e spunti sulle banche nel tempo della crisi, Universities of Florence, Pisa and Siena, Montecatini, Italy, May 2012 12) Competition Law as a Transnational Project Jurisdictional Issues in Transnational Antitrust Cases (in English), class taught at Master of European and International Business, Competition and Regulatory Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, April 2012 13) Crisi di impresa ed economia criminale (Distressed Firms and Criminal Economy), roundtable discussion held at Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy, March 2012 14) Article 101 TFEU Anticompetitive Agreements. EU Merger Review (in English), class taught at Master in Regulation of Global Markets, Sapienza University of Rome and Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, Italy, February 2012 15) La tutela della parte debole, tra equità ed efficienza, nella prospettiva del divieto italiano di abuso di dipendenza economica, presented at La tutela del parte debole tra equità ed efficienza, Convegno Annuale dell Associazione Italiana dei Professori di Diritto Commerciale Orizzonti del Diritto Commerciale (Annual Meeting of the Italian Association of Commercial Law Professors), Rome, Italy, February 2012 16) Pratiche commerciali scorrette e contratto (Unfair Commercial Practices and Contract Law), presented at the conference Le pratiche commerciali scorrette (Unfair Commercial Practices), hosted by Paradigma S.r.l., Milan, Italy, February 2011 17) Book Presentation (in English): D.J.Gerber, Global Competition, OUP 2010, LUISS Law School. Partecipants included former Prime Minister and Chair of the Italian Competition Authority Prof. G.Amato. Rome, Italy, February 2011 8 of 10
18) The Italian Antitrust Experience: A Comparative Perspective (in English), presented at the Loyola University of Chicago, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Chicago, USA, November 2010 19) Kartellrechtliche Sanktionen und Rechtsvergleichung (in German) ( Comparative Perspectives on Antitrust Enforcement ), presented at the conference Sanktionen im Kartellrecht ( Antitrust Enforcement ), hosted by the University of Cologne and sponsored by Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany, October 2009 20) Der Access-Provider zwischen staatlichen und Privaten Auskunfts- und Haftungsplichten (in German) ( The Liability of Internet Access Providers ), to be presented at the conference 16. Drei-Länder-Treffen ( 16th Three Nations Meeting ), hosted by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik DGRI (German Society for Cyberlaw), Como, Italy, June 2009 21) Verbote gegen den Missbrauch wirtschaftlicher Abhängigkeit im Europäischen Vergleich (in German) ( National Prohibitions against the Abuse of Economic Dependence as a Means of Enhancing Dynamic Efficiency ), presented at the 42nd Annual FIW-Symposium in Innsbruck Innovation and Competition, hosted by Forschungsinstitut für Wirtschaftsverfassung und Wettebwerb e.v. FIW (Research Institute for Competition Policy). Participants included: FTC Commissioner T.Rosch; P.Lowe, Director General of the Directorate General Competition of the European Commission; Prof. J.Drexl Director of the Munich Max Planck Institute for Competition Law; the Chairs of the British Dutch and German Competition Authorities. Innsbruck, Austria, February 2009 22) I codici di condotta ( Self-regulation in European and Italian Competition Law ), presented at the conference I Decreti Legislativi sulle pratiche commerciali scorrette. Attuazione e impatto della Direttiva 2005/29/CE ( The Implementation of EC Directive No 2005/29 on Unfair Commercial Practices in Italy ), hosted by the University of Verona and the Chamber of Commerce of Verona, Verona, Italy, October 2007 23) L abuso di dipendenza economica ( The Abuse of Economic Dependence ), Conference Lecture, PhD Program in Law and Economics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, May 2007 24) Disparità di forza contrattuale e abuso di dipendenza economica ( Inequality in Bargaining Power and Abuse of Economic Dependence ), presented at the conference Contratto e antitrust ( Contract and Antitrust ), hosted by the Law and Economics Chair F.Romani at Tor Vergata University of Rome. Participants included the Chair of the Italian Competition Authority. Rome, Italy, June 2006 9 of 10
25) Abuso di dipendenza economica e abuso di posizione dominante ( Abuse of Economic Dependence and Abuse of a Dominant Position ), presented at the Annual National Conference of Doctoral Students in Civil Law, hosted by Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy, November 2003 * 10 of 10