Author: 21st Century Competition

US: Priceline negotiates $2.6B deal for OpenTable (Competition Policy International)

Online travel booking firm Priceline.com announced Friday it reached an agreement to acquire restaurant reservation website OpenTable, a $2.6 billion deal set to expand Priceline’s end-to-end travel booking operations.

According to reports, Priceline’s business is largely international; about 85 percent of its bookings were made outside the US last year, reports …read more

France: GE to go-it-alone in Alstom pursuit despite Siemens joint bid (Competition Policy International)

Days after Germany engineering giant Siemens was reported to be planning a bid for France’s Alstom in partnership with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, reports say US-based General Electric will not do the same as it prepares to acquire the French company alone.

GE is vying for the French turbine company with a …read more

US: Another round of public comment needed before FTC patent troll study (Competition Policy International)

The Federal Trade Commission is one step closer to officially launching its study of the effects of patent assertion entities on innovation and competition, but according to reports, the regulator will first need one last round of public comment.

Reports say last fall’s call for public comment on PAEs, often referred …read more

US: Patent troll study still in prep phase (Competition Policy International)

The Federal Trade Commission is one step closer to officially launching its study of the effects of patent assertion entities on innovation and competition, but according to reports, the regulator will first need one last round of public comment.

Reports say last fall’s call for public comment on PAEs, often referred …read more