Author: Kevin Coates

Faull & Nikpay, Third Edition, has just been published.

The third edition of Faull and Nikpay: The EU Law of Competition has just been published. This is a significantly expanded edition: Fully updated in this third edition, the work includes full coverage of the latest legislation, case law and guidance, giving competition lawyers a comprehensive commentary on recent developments. It includes new material on industries of growing importance in the competition field, including Pharma and High Tech. It also analyses the R&D and Specialisation Block Exemption Regulations, the revised Verticals Block Exemption Regulation, and the Technology Transfer Block Exemption. Key cases covered in this edition include Telefonica, Microsoft, Intel, Rambus, RWE, and GdF.   The Communications chapter that I co-wrote in the first and second editions has been replaced […]

Faull and Nikpay: The EU Law of Competition

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Faull and Nikpay: The EU Law of Competition “Jonathan Faull and Ali Nikpay have published a new third edition of The EU Law of Competition. This is a massive expansion over the previous version, coming in at over 1.2 million words. If there is only one book you…”

COMMITMENT DECISIONS IN EU COMPETITION LAW

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Journal of Competition Law and Economics – Advance Access: COMMITMENT DECISIONS IN EU COMPETITION LAW “”

A Brief History of FRAND

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: A Brief History of FRAND “Jorge Contreras (American University) offers A Brief History of FRAND. ABSTRACT: Much has been written lately about commitments that participants in standards-setting activities make to license their patents on terms that are “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory” (FRAND). These discussions pay…”