Refereed Artilces:
RM Ballardini, "Scope of IP Protection for the Functional Elements of Software" (Forthcoming, 2010).
RM Ballardini, "The Software Patent Thicket: A Matter of Disclosure", (2009) 6:2 SCRIPTed 207, http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script-ed/vol6-2/ballardini.asp.
RM Ballardini, "Software Patents in Europe. The Technical Requirement Dilemma", Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2008(3)9:563-575, http://jiplp.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/jpn121v1.
Conference Papers and Lectures (Selection):
RM Ballardini, "Software Copyright: USA v. EU", IPR & Human Rights, ELSA International Conference, 26 Nov 2009, Helsinki.
RM Ballardini, "The Software Patent Thicket. A Question of Disclosure", 8th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, 07-08 Aug 2008, Stanford Law School.
RM Ballardini, "Patent Thickets & Innovation Concerns in the Software Industry", DFG Graduate School n. 1148, Intellectual Property and the Public Domain, 03 Mar 2008, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
RM Ballardini, “Software patents practice. A comparison between EPO and UK approaches”, Nordic Network IP Meeting, 19-21 Apr 2007, KØge, Denmark.
Case Commentaries:
RM Ballardini, "Same Lessons From In Re Bilski" (2009) 78 NIR 4, http://www.nir.nu/artiklar.asp?id=154.
RM Ballardini, "Business Method Patents in the US: In Re Bilski", IPRinfo 2/2009, http://www.iprinfo.com/page.php?page_id=36&action=articleDetails&a_id=659&id=43.
RM Ballardini, "Patentability of Computer Programs in the UK. The Symbian Case", IPRinfo 4/2008, http://www.iprinfo.com/page.php?page_id=36&action=articleDetails&a_id=623&id=41.
RM Ballardini, "Software Patents in the UK. Back on track?", IPRinfo 1/2008, http://www.iprinfo.com/page.php?page_id=36&action=articleDetails&a_id=533&id=37.