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Second Circuit Clarifies the Use of Legal Presumptions of Consumer Confusion and Injury in Certain Lanham Act Cases (Sheppard Mullin Antitrust Connect Blog)

by 21st Century Competition | Aug 21, 2014 | Global Blogs

On Tuesday, July 29, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit “clarified certain aspects of [its] false advertising jurisprudence” and held that, where literal falsity and deliberate deception have been proved in a market with only two players, it is...

Canadian Conservatives Plan to Push Ahead With Misguided Canada/U.S. “Price Gap” Law (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

by 21st Century Competition | Aug 15, 2014 | Global Blogs

August 15, 2014 CBC has reported that Canada’s Conservative Government still plans to introduce new competition rules in Canada to address the “Canada-U.S. price gap”. Despite significant criticism from Canadian businesses, competition law practitioners and...

US: Antitrust lawyer marks first non-IP hire for Baker & Hostetler (Competition Policy International)

by 21st Century Competition | Aug 14, 2014 | Global Blogs

The co-chairman of DLA Piper’s antitrust unit has reportedly joined Baker & Hostetler, its first expansion of the Philadelphia office beyond an intellectual property focus. Reports say DLA Piper’s Carl Hittinger will join the Philadelphia firm as...

Antitrust Regulation of IPRs – China’s First Proposal (Competition Policy International)

by 21st Century Competition | Aug 13, 2014 | Global Blogs

CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Zhang (Global Economics Group) presents: Antitrust Regulation of IPRS – China’s First Proposal – Adrian Emch (Hogan Lovells) & Liyang Hou (KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)1 Click here for a pdf version...

South Africa: Construction group warns investors of competition fines (Competition Policy International)

by 21st Century Competition | Aug 13, 2014 | Global Blogs

South Africa construction conglomerate Group Five said Wednesday that it has warned shareholders of a “contingent risk” of civil claims and possible fines lodged against the company following a report by the Competition Commission that found evidence of...

US/Germany: Despite probes, rubber firms expect smooth road for $2B merger (Competition Policy International)

by 21st Century Competition | Aug 13, 2014 | Global Blogs

Germany-based ContiTech and US-based Veyance are still expecting to close their merger by this year’s fourth quarter, despite antitrust probes that are ongoing in both jurisdictions to review the $1.91 billion rubber merger. ContiTech first announced plans to...
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