Author: 21st Century Competition

US: FTC revitalizes patent troll study (Competition Policy International)

The Federal Trade Commission is taking a fresh approach to its study on patent trolls and their effects on competition and innovation as it sent a Federal Register Notice with revised information regarding its request for information and notifying of another call for public comment on the matter.

Reports say the …read more

UK: MP wants Health Act gone to facilitate mergers (Competition Policy International)

Shadow health secretary and MP Andy Burnham spoke with reporters to discuss his disapproval of the Health Act 2012’s effects on the UK health industry, according to reports.

Following party leader Ed Miliband’s speech on the NHS earlier this week, which included Miliband’s platform of the Labour party to remove competition …read more

US: Memory card price-fixing accusations revived (Competition Policy International)

Three companies are again facing a lawsuit accusing them of fixing memory card prices after a federal appeals court overturned an earlier ruling that dismissed the case, according to reports.

Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba were dealt a setback after the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said an earlier judge was …read more

EU: Media groups take Google matter into their own hands (Competition Policy International)

A group of media conglomerates in Europe are taking matters against Google into their own hands after the European Commission failed to adequately address competition concerns surrounding the company to the conglomerates’ approval.

According to reports, a French media outlet has reported that the Open Internet Project, which represents various media …read more