US-based tech conglomerate Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of mobile chips, continues to face a crackdown by Chinese antitrust officials just days after the company was labeled a monopoly by the National Development and Reform Commission.
According to reports, the NDRC has seized documents pertaining to Qualcomm sales data through dawn …read more
Advertising and antitrust have been inextricably linked in New Zealand since at least 1986. That year both the Fair Trading Act (which prohibits misleading and deceptive conduct) and the Commerce Act (the antitrust legislation) were enacted. Significantly, both pieces of legislation are enforced by the Commerce Commission (New Zealand’s antitrust …read more
On July 1, 2014, Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation—the Canadian version of U.S. CAN-SPAM-came into force. While much has been written about the consent and disclosure/form requirements for commercial electronic messages imposed by the new legislation, and the draconian penalties for non-compliance, comparatively little has been said about the amendments to the …read more
Brands and brand management have become a central feature of the modern economy and a staple of business theory and business practice. Brands also have important effects on competition and the marketplace; yet the two key areas of law concerned with competition—trademark and antitrust—have missed the importance of branding.
Contrary to …read more