The chair focuses on research topics from civil law and private business law, including international issues. A major research focus is on unfair competition law, intellectual property rights, antitrust law, industrial property rights and copyright law. Another field of interest is the development of Indonesian consumer protection law and competition law.

Private commercial law, including international issues
Collision law of antitrust, unfair competition and intellectual property law (trademarks, copyright and patent collision law)
Development of comprehensive conflict of law principles for international commercial law
Law against unfair competition; Europeanisation of unfair competition law
Development of competition law in transition countries
Intellectual property rights
Industrial property rights
Copyright​ law