Nicola Lucchi is Marie Curie FSR post-doctoral researcher within the BIOGOV Unit. He holds a Degree in Law (University of Ferrara, Italy) and a postgraduate certificate in EU Law (University of Ferrara, Italy). He has also completed a PhD in Law (University of Padua, Italy). In the past, he was a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law), at the University of Texas at Austin and Research Fellow of the Stanford Center for Internet & Society. Most recently, he was the Global Engelberg Research Fellow at the NYU School of Law within the Hauser Global Law School Program and stipendiat at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich. His research interests are in the areas of international and comparative law covering a broad range of legal fields: media law and regulation, IP and biotech, information law and civil rights. His current research agenda deals with the impact of new technologies on the access to information and its social, economic and legal aspects.
A) BOOKS:
1. Nicola Lucchi (with Roberto Bin), Informatica per le Scienze Giuridiche [Legal Informatics], VI° Ed., Cedam, Padova, 2009, XVI-319.3. Nicola Lucchi, Digital Media & Intellectual Property: Management of Rights and Consumer Protection in a Comparative Analysis, Berlin New York Tokyo, Springer-Verlag 2006, XVI-185.
3. Nicola Lucchi, I Contenuti Digitali: Tecnologie, Diritti e Libertà [Digital Content: Technology, Rights and Freedoms], Milano, Springer Italia 2010, XIV-316.
B) EDITED BOOKS:
1. Nicola Lucchi (with Roberto Bin, Sara Lorenzon, eds.), Biotech Innovation & Fundamental Rights. Heildelberg, Springer, 2011, XI-354.
C) JOURNAL ARTICLES:
1. Lucchi N., Access to Network Services and Protection of Constitutional Rights: Recognizing the Essential Role of Internet for the Freedom of Expression, (13.254 words) – Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2011, pp. 645-678.
2. Lucchi N., Internet, Manifestazione del Pensiero e Responsabilità Editoriale [Internet, freedom of thought and editorial responsibility] in Quaderni Costituzionali, 2/2011, pp. 415-419.
3. Lucchi N., Regulation and Control of Communication: The French Online Copyright Infringement Law (HADOPI), Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property & Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-07 (2011), pp. 1-29.
4. Lucchi, N., Le Regole dell’Informazione e della Comunicazione nell’Era di Internet: Una Decisione del Consiglio Costituzionale Francese [Information and Communication rules in the Age of the Internet: A Decision French Constitutional Council], in Giornale di Diritto Amministrativo, 8/2010, pp. 858-867.
5. Lucchi, N., La legge “Creation et Internet”. Le Censure del Conseil Constitutionnel e lo Stato di diritto [The law “Creation et Internet”. The decision of the Conseil Constitutionnel and the rule of law], in Quaderni Costituzionali, 2/2010, pp. 375-378.
6. Lucchi, N., Decentramento istituzionale, agricoltura e libero mercato [Institutional decentralization, agriculture and free market], in Le Istituzioni del Federalismo 2/2008, pp. 233 -269.
7. Lucchi, N., Il “dibattito” transatlantico sulla tutela delle indicazioni geografiche e delle denominazioni di origine [The transatlantic “debate” on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin] in 86 Rivista di Diritto Agrario 1/2008, pp. 49-76.
8. Lucchi, N., Proprietà intellettuale e diritto dei contratti nel particolarismo giuridico digitale [Intellectual property and contract law in the legal digital particularism], in Contratto e Impresa/ Europa 1/2008, pp. 258-294.
9. Lucchi, N., Countering The Unfair Play of DRM Technologies, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, Volume 16, Issue 1, 2007, pp. 91-124.
10. Lucchi, N., The Unfair Play of DRM Technologies: Rereading the Rules of the Game from the Consumer's Perspective, NYU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 07-02.
11. Lucchi, N., The Supremacy of Techno-Governance: Privatization of Digital Content and Consumer Protection in the Globalized Information Society, International Journal of Law & Information Technology, Vol. 15, No. 2, Summer 2007, pp. 192-225.
12. Lucchi, N., Intellectual property rights in digital media: a comparative analysis of legal protection, technological measures and new business model, Buffalo Law Review, Volume 54, Issue 4, 2005, pp. 1111-1191.
C) CHAPTERS and CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS:
1. Lucchi N., Freedom of expression and the right to access to the Internet: a new fundamental right?, in Monroe E. Price & Stefaan Verhulst, (eds.), Handbook of Media Law, Routledge, 2012 (forthcoming).2.Lucchi N., Tecnologie dell'Informazione e Comunicazione, in M. Durante and U. Pagallo (eds), Manuale di informatica giuridica e diritto delle nuove tecnologie, UTET, Torino, 2012, pp. 3-18.
3. Lucchi N., Issues and Rights in DNA-based Inventions, in R. Bin, S. Lorenzon, N. Lucchi (eds.), Biotech Innovation & Fundamental Rights, Heildelberg, Springer, 2011, pp. 97-112.
4. Lucchi N., Intellectual Property Rights in Digital Media, in Christopher May (ed.), The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights, Edward Elgar, 2010, pp. 30-110.
5. Lucchi N., The Unfair Play of DRM Technologies Rereading the Rules of the Game from the Consumer's Perspective, in Digital Rights Management: Legal Concerns, (edited by G.V. Mahesh Nath, Amicus Book / ICFAI University Press, 2009), pp. 94- 130.
6. Lucchi N., I giudici tra scienza e moralismo giuridico [Judges’ role between science and legal moralism], in “Dalla provetta alla corte. La legge n. 40 del 2004 di nuovo a giudizio”, a cura di R. Bin, G. Brunelli, A. Guazzarotti, A. Pugiotto, P. Veronesi, Giappichelli, Torino 2008, pp. 139-145.
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Nicola Lucchi is Marie Curie FSR post-doctoral researcher within the BIOGOV Unit. He holds a Degree in Law (University of Ferrara, Italy) and a postgraduate certificate in EU Law (University of Ferrara, Italy). He has also completed a PhD in Law (University of Padua, Italy). In the past, he was a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law), at the University of Texas at Austin and Research Fellow of the Stanford Center for Internet & Society. Most recently, he was the Global Engelberg Research Fellow at the NYU School of Law within the Hauser Global Law School Program and stipendiat at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich. His research interests are in the areas of international and comparative law covering a broad range of legal fields: media law and regulation, IP and biotech, information law and civil rights. His current research agenda deals with the impact of new technologies on the access to information and its social, economic and legal aspects.