Hanns Ullrich is Professor at the College of Europe since 1991. He held a chair at the Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen (1985-2004) and at the European University Institute, Florence (2003-2006). His main research areas are European and international economic law, in particular competition law and intellectual property law. He has published about a dozen books as author and/or editor and has written numerous articles in these and related fields. He is also editor in chief of the Revue internationale du droit economique.