Heiko Richter is a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich (Germany). He received his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Mannheim, completed his legal state examinations and PhD in Berlin, and holds an LL.M. from Columbia University, New York. His research addresses the regulation of data and information, copyright law, and competition law. He advises German and EU policy makers in these areas.