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 competitors and sometimes engaging in outright disparagement in doing so. …read more
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 exclusionary conduct against Retractable Technologies by means of deceptive advertising and …read more
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 the alternative drug before it is even available to …read more
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 distribution firms owned by Czech CEZ, Energy-Pro and Austria-based EVN are abusing the market dominance. The CPC says the firms …read more