by 21st Century Competition | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
The cola wars. The Apple “I’m a PC” ads. “Miller Lite Has More Taste Than Bud Light.” For as long as there have been advertisements and marketing, companies have been favorably comparing their products and services to those of their...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
In late 2013, a jury in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, which had been considering whether Becton-Dickinson should be held liable for attempted monopolization of the market for retractable safety syringes, concluded that Becton had engaged in...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
Imagine that a drug manufacturer figured out how to compete with a blockbuster drug by making a cheaper and more effective alternative. The pharmaceutical company that makes the blockbuster drug starts flooding the market with false advertisements about the safety of...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
Bulgaria’s competition regulator has levied new allegations against the nation’s three private energy distributors, accusing the companies of anticompetitive behavior. According to reports, the Commission for Protection of Competition claims the...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
After a group of lobstermen petitioned to have certain antitrust restrictions on their business lifted, reports say a federal judge has decided to lift a consent decree that had been in place since 1958. The Maine Lobstermen’s Association has asked the US...
