Dr. iur. María Vásquez Callo-Müller, LL.M.
Forschungsmitarbeiterin PostDoc
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María Vásquez Callo-Müller ist eine Postdoc beim Europäischen Forschungsrat finanzierten Projekt: Trade Law for the Data-Driven Economy (Handelsrecht 4.0), geleitet von Prof. Dr. Mira Burri.
María ist eine erfahrene Forscherin und Beraterin für digitale Handelsfragen. Bevor sie an die Universität Luzern kam, war sie als Doktorandin am World Trade Institute (WTI) der Universität Bern tätig. Sie war auch Gastdoktorandin am Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb in München. María ist regelmässig als Beraterin für die Policy Support Unit der Asiatisch-Pazifischen Wirtschaftskooperation (APEC) tätig und hat auch für andere Organisationen wie die Wirtschafts- und Sozialkommission der Vereinten Nationen für Asien und den Pazifik (UNESCAP) Beratungen zur digitalen Handelspolitik durchgeführt.
María hat einen LL.M. im Recht des geistigen Eigentums vom Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (ein Gemeinschaftsprojekt des Max-Planck-Instituts für Innovation und Wettbewerb, der Universität Augsburg, der Technischen Universität München und der George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.) und einen Master of Advanced Studies in International Law and Economics (MILE) vom WTI. Sie machte ihren Abschluss als Rechtsanwältin an der Päpstlichen Katholischen Universität von Peru und war während ihres Grundstudiums Gaststudentin an der Schule für Internationale Beziehungen der Universität Peking.
Marías Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen an der Schnittstelle zwischen der Regulierung digitaler Technologien und dem Handel, insbesondere in den Bereichen geistige Eigentumsrechte, Data Governance und Cybersicherheit.
Publikationen
- Burri Mira/Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen/Müller Anja, Understanding Digital Economy Agreements as a New Model of Trade Governance, in: Legal Issues of Economic Integration 52/3/2025, S. 219–250, https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Legal+Issues+of+Economic+Integration/52.3%20[pre-publication]/LEIE2025011
- Burri Mira/Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Charting the Course: Trips-Plus Agreements and the Intersection of Intellectual Property with Digital Trade, in: American University Law Review 73/2024, S. 167–179, https://aulawreview.org/blog/charting-the-course-trips-plus-agreements-and-the-intersection-of-intellectual-property-with-digital-trade/
- Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Accommodating AI Innovation: The Potential of Free Trade Agreements to Facilitate a More Flexible Interpretation of the TRIPS Three-Step Test, in: Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law IJIPL 14/2024
- Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, The WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge: Situating a Landmark Development in International Intellectual Property Governance, in: GRUR International 73/12/2024, S. 1128–1136, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikae140
- Burri Mira/Kugler Kholofelo/Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, The Evolution of Digital Trade Law: Insights from TAPED, in: World Trade Review 23/2024, S. 190–207, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11030774
- Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, FTAs’ Contribution Towards a More Flexible Copyright Space: Possibilities and Limits, in: American University International Law Review 38/1/2023, S. 159–195, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12760877
- Kugler Kholofelo/Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Digital Trade, Development, and Inequality, in: AJIL Unbound: Symposium on Digital Trade and International Law 117/2023, S. 116–121, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10979125
- Nath Upreti Pratyush/Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, RCEP IP Chapter: Another TRIPS-Plus Agreement?, in: GRUR International 70/7/2021, S. 667–671, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikab047
- Nath Upreti Pratyush/Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Phase One US-China Trade Deal: What Does It Mean for Intellectual Property?, in: GRUR International 69/4/2020, S. 389–393, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikaa033
- Rojid F/Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Investment Law and Poverty: Continuing the Debate through UNCTAD’s Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development, in: The Journal of World Investment & Trade 15/5–6/2014, S. 889–907
- Vasquez Callo-Müller Maria, Data Regulation and Preferential Trade Agreements, in: Cottier, Thomas/Nadakavukaren Schefer, Krista (Hrsg.), Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, online 2023, https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781800882324/III.11.3.1.xml?tab_body=fulltext-copy1
- Vasquez Callo-Müller Maria, TRIPS-plus Agreements, in: Cottier, Thomas/Nadakavukaren Schefer, Krista (Hrsg.), Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, online 2023, https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781800882324/III.11.3.1.xml?tab_body=fulltext-copy1
- Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Situating the Pacific Alliance in Global Electronic Commerce Regulation, in: Sauvé, Pierre/Polanco Lazo, Rodrigo/Álvarez Zárate, José Manuel (Hrsg.), The Pacific Alliance in a World of Preferential Trade Agreements, Lessons in Comparative Regionalism, Cham 2019, S. 177–202, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78464-9
- Burri Mira/Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Cross-Border Data Flows Regulation in FTAs and DEAs: Implications for ASEAN, WEF and ACKF Policy Brief, 2025
- Burri Mira/Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, The Regulation of Source Code in Digital Trade Agreements, WEF and ACKF Policy Brief, 2025
- Burri Mira/Vasquez Callo-Müller Maria, Non-Discriminatory Treatment of Digital Products, 15.08.2024
- Burri Mira/Vasquez Callo-Müller Maria, Digital Economy Agreements: A Closer Look at the New Phenomenon in Digital Trade Rulemaking, 15.06.2024
- Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and the Digital Economy, Bangkok 2021
- Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, GDPR and CBPR: Reconciling Personal Data Protection and Trade, Policy Brief, 23, Singapore 2018, https://www.apec.org/Publications/2018/10/GDPR-and-CBPR---Reconciling-Personal-Data-Protection-and-Trade
- Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Neha Mishra, International Trade Law and Global Data Governance: Aligning Perspectives and Practices Hart Publishing, 2024, in: World Trade Review 23/4/04.04.2025, S. 1–3, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474745624000235
- Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Confronting the perils of datafication through international economic law, in: Journal of International Economic Law 2024, S. 1–6, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgae036
- Pérez Restrepo Camilo/Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, Patent Cooperation Mechanisms in the Pacific Alliance: An Initial Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Patent Prosecution Highway for Intra-Regional Trade Integration, SECO Working Paper, 16, 06.12.2016, http://seco.wti.org/media/filer_public/18/ca/18cab13c-a98f-44f1-8361-23c249d12e59/working_paper_no_16_2016_vasquez_and_perez.pdf
- Vasquez Callo Maria del Carmen, The regulation of trade in information and communication technology services in Chile, Colombia and Peru. A comparative analysis of the rules contained in regional trade agreements, SECO Working Paper, 16, 01.11.2014, http://seco.wti.org/media/filer_public/a2/30/a230bb24-3920-4047-9c4b-45f86c413fd5/wti_seco_wp_16_2014.pdf
Weitere Forschungsleistungen
- Digital Trade Rulemaking in PTAs: Lessons Learned, Paths Ahead. Referat, Webinar organized by Trade Law 4.0, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, 2025
- Revisiting Unilateral Cyber Sanctions. (Panel-)Beitrag, Regulating Security in Cyberspace, University of Granada, ESIL Interest Group on International Law and Technology, Granada, 2025
- Digital Services Trade and IP: Surveying the ground in FTAs. (Panel-)Beitrag, XIII REDLAS Conference: Intellectual Property in the Service Sector, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and University of Chile, Santiago, 2024
- Demystifying the non-disclosure of source code in trade agreements. (Panel-)Beitrag, 19th Annual Conference of the European Policy for Intellectual Property Association (EPIP): Intellectual Property and the Future of the Data Economy, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, 2024
- The regulation of the data-driven economy: From FTAs to DEAs. (Panel-)Beitrag, World Trade Forum 2024, World Trade Institute and the European University Institute, Bern, 2024
- Surveying the international regulation of digital markets through TAPED. (Panel-)Beitrag, Mapping and Governing the Online World conference, ETH Zurich, NYU and HEC Lausanne, Monte Verità, 2024
- Interfacing Global Intellectual Property and Digital Trade. (Panel-)Beitrag, 9th MIPLC Alumni Conference on Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Munich Intellectual Property Law Center, Munich, 2024
- FTA’s Contribution Towards A More Flexible Copyright Space: Possibilities And Limits. (Panel-)Beitrag, Kicking away the innovation ladder? Intellectual property perspectives in AI deployment, Faculty of Law, Sciences Po, Paris, France, 2023
- Latin-American Regional Integration and Cross-Border Data Flows. Diskussionsbeitrag, PLSC LatAm, FGV Direito Rio, Online, 2023
- The Making of the Global CBPR Forum. (Panel-)Beitrag, Global Data Law Conference Series: Comparative Data Law, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, University of Passau Law Faculty, University of Freiburg, Munich, 2023
- Global Intellectual Property Protection and Digital Trade: Evidence from Preferential Trade Agreements. (Panel-)Beitrag, European Policy for Intellectual Property 18th Annual Conference, The Jagiellonian University, Kraków, 2023
- Global Intellectual Property Protection and Digital Trade: Evidence from Preferential Trade Agreements. (Panel-)Beitrag, IP Researchers Europe (IPRE) Conference, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization, and School of Law, University of Geneva, Geneva, 2023
- The Global CBPR Forum. (Panel-)Beitrag, Trade Law 4.0, University of Lucerne; Center on Inclusive Trade and Development, Georgetown Law, 26.05.2023, 2023
- E-Commerce Regulation after MC12: Where Are We, Where Are We Heading? Chair/Panel-Moderation, Trade Law 4.0 Webinar, Universität Luzern, Luzern, 2022
- FTAS’ Contribution Towards a More Flexible Copyright Space: Possibilities and Limits. (Panel-)Beitrag, Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., 2022
- Unilateral cyber sanctions and global cybersecurity law-making. (Panel-)Beitrag, ESIL Research Forum: International Law and Global Security Regulating an Illusion, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 2022
- Unilateral Cyber Sanctions and Global Cybersecurity Governance. (Panel-)Beitrag, 11th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference: Strengthening Global Governance through International Law - Challenges and Opportunities, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 2022
- Unilateral Cyber Sanctions. Diskussionsbeitrag, Cybersecurity Law and Policy Scholars Conference (CLPSC), University of Minnesota Law School, Online, 2021
- International copyright norms for the data-driven economy: How to enable data access through the international trade regime. (Panel-)Beitrag, 14. Annual conference of European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP Conference): The future of IP, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 2019
- Intellectual Property Norms for the Data-driven Economy: Revisiting Limitations and Exceptions for Access and Reuse of Digital Data. (Panel-)Beitrag, IP Researchers Europe Conference, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World Trade Organization (WTO), School of Law, University of Geneva (UNIGE), Geneva, 2019
- How to build interoperability? Conceptualizing the Asia-Latin America relationship for the data economy’. (Panel-)Beitrag, IV Academic Seminar Latin America-Asia Pacific: Latin America and Asia: Between the digital revolution and a challenged globalization, Latin American Integration Association (ALADI), Andean Development Bank (CAF), United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Montevideo, 2019
- Setting the Intellectual Property Norms for the Data-Driven Economy: The Remaining Role for Multilateralism and the Increasing Importance of Preferential Trade Agreements. (Panel-)Beitrag, 6th MIPLC Alumni Conference: The World of IP: Caught Between Globalism and Nationalism, Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), München, 2018
- Source code regulation in preferential trade agreements. Präsentation, 9th ASEAN DEFA Meeting, ASEAN, ASEAN-Korean Cooperation Fund and World Economic Forum, Online, 2025
- Intellectual Property, Digital Trade and AI. Präsentation, AI Tech & Policy Talk session, Digital Law Center, University of Geneva, Geneva (online), 2024
- Intervention at the TradeExperettes launch event "Ten Quick Wins for Reglobalisation and Resilience" Diskussionsbeitrag, Launch event: "Ten Quick Wins for Reglobalisation and Resilience”, TradeExperettes, Geneva, 2024
- Situating DEPA in PTA’s Landscape. Präsentation, APEC Digital Trade Week, APEC, Lima, 2024
- Personal Data Protection in PTAs. Präsentation, APEC Digital Trade Week, APEC, Lima, 2024
- MSMEs and the Digital Economy. Präsentation, First Meeting of the Asia-Pacific MSME Policymakers Network: MSMEs and the digital economy, UNESCAP, Bangkok, 2021
- How to Build Interoperability? Europe, East Asia and the Data Economy. Präsentation, International Political Economy of East Asia, Jean Monnet Lecture Series on the EU’s role in digital connectivity, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, 2020
- Intellectual Property and AI. APEC Digital Trade Week, Lima (Online), 2024
- The evolving legal landscape for AI and education: Copyright and data protection aspects. Workshop on Digital Literacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Zurich, 2025
- Back to the Future. Tenth session of the WIPO Conversation on IP and Frontier Technologies: Generative AI-IP and Outputs, Geneva, 2024
- Trade digitalization in Economic Partnership Agreements. Launch of the UN Trade Digitalization Index: Mainstreaming Trade in Digital Connectivity, 9th Global Review of Aid for Trade, Geneva, 2024
- Digital Economy Agreements vs. Free Trade Agreements. 8th Session of the Digital Trade Study Group, Online, 2024
- IP in a transformed global economy: The digital dimension. Symposium Policy insights and practical lessons from TRIPS implementation, Geneva, 2024
- Contribution to meeting "Digitalisation: A double-edged sword for illicit trade and economic growth" Digitalisation: A double-edged sword for illicit trade and economic growth, Geneva, 2024
- TAPED. U.S. International Trade Commission 2023 Digital Trade Workshop, Online, 2023
- Training module on Digital Trade. C4TP (Capacities for Trade Policies) programme Bangladesh, Online, 2023
- UNECE Steering Committee on Trade Capability and Standards. UNECE Steering Committee on Trade Capability and Standards, Geneva, 2023
- Looking across domains: TRIPS-plus agreements and the intersection of intellectual property with digital trade. Talk at invitation, Bristol, 2025
