Repositioning Platforms in Digital Market Law

Dr. Dusan V. Popovic is a Professor of Competition Law, Intellectual Property Law and Internet Law at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. He holds a PhD degree from the University Paris-Nanterre, LLM degree from the University of Nancy and LLB degree from the University of Belgrade. He was a visiting professor at the University of Lyon III Jean Moulin (2018) and University of Skopje (2014-2016) and held a number of guest lectures at different European universities. He was visiting researcher at the University Panthéon-Assas (2019), Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (2014, 2010), CEIPI - University of Strasbourg (2012, 2011, 2010) and University of Salzburg (2008). He served as a Jean Monnet Module Leader within the Erasmus+ project "Free trade agreements and European integration of SEE countries" (2017-2020). He publishes extensively in the field of EU and Serbian business law. He acts as co-editor of the "Springer" series "Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law". He serves as a president of the Serbian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Institution. He is an active member of the Internet community, both globally (within ICANN) and locally (within RNIDS). He acted as counsel in arbitration under LCIA Arbitration Rules, Swiss Rules of International Arbitration and before ICSID. He acts as arbitrator under the Rules of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Belgrade.

Rainer Kulms, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany

Platform Regulation: Ex Ante Tools and Strategies in the Regulatory Toolkit.- The Interoperability Requirements for Digital Gatekeepers.- Recalibrating Territoriality in Platform End-User License Agreements.- "The Digital Platforms' Sisyphean Task: Reconciling Content Moderation and Freedom of Expression.- Moving towards more transparent online platforms under the Digital Services Act.- "Stakeholder Engagement in EU Digital Platform Regulations: Ways Forward and Persisting Gaps".- Below the DMA-Threshold: Access between Data Protection and Unfair Competition.- Self-Preferencing Practices and Their Future after the DMA.- Digital Markets Act: A promise for a fairer digital environment or a failed experiment?.- The re-orientation of platform regulation in the US and Australia: Treading water or experimenting?.