Focus: China ' Competition Law ' September 2007
PRC passes Anti-Monopoly Law
In brief: The People's Republic of China Anti-Monopoly Law was passed by the Standing Committe...
The music industry operates by exploiting intellectual property; which is by its nature restrictive and monopolistic. The Copyright Design and Patents Act S16(1) delineates th...
Introduction
The adoption of the new Guidelines on the Application of Art.81(3) of the Treaty (hereafter "the Guidelines") illustrates that the European Commission’s (here...
Introduction
It is a well settled notion in common law that agreements which impose restraints on trade are not enforceable. This notion was developed further in the late 19t...
The overall objective of the Competition Law Sector Inquiry is to address the barriers currently impeding the development of a fully functioning open and competitive energy...
European competition law and policy have changed significantly in recent years. With an enlarged EU of 27 member states, new rules, policies and admin...
Legal Challenges in the fields of contract law and competition law connected with the approximation process and modern policies
(a paper at the conference of Perspectives of...
Introduction
“The substance and practice of competition law varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Protecting the interests of consumers (consumer welfare) and ensuring...
Why is it necessary to have Competition Legislation.
Discusses about Monopolies, Cartels, State-Aids and Invalid Mergers and how the legislation plays a critical role in make...
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Samton Holdings Pty Ltd [2002] FCAFC 4
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
BETWEEN: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMI...
Anti trust laws and cartels.
Competition in economics is rivalry in supplying or acquiring an economic service or good. Sellers compete with other sellers, and buyers with...
Summative Assignment March '07
Microeconomics for Business
Briefly outline the main features of, and rationale for, UK Competition Policy. Is it possible to have an effe...
Executive Summary
In Canada, the Competition Act was initially created in 1889 with the Predatory Pricing Statute arising in the mid-1930s. To date, there have been hundred...
Recently, there was an interesting article on the Wall Street Journal which discussed lawyer advertising on Google. The article showed that lawyers were the highest bidders o...
Introduction
In а world where goods and services (but also people, capital and ideas) are increasingly ignoring national borders, competition policy has emerged as а highly...
Americans think of Europeans as essentially like themselves. They believe European societies are like their own-rooted in the rule of law, freedom of religion, democratic gove...