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: Innovation Markets, Future Markets, or Potential Competition: How Should Competition Authorities Account for Innovation Competition in Merger Reviews? “Benjamin Kern (University of Marburg) asks Innovation Markets, Future Markets, or Potential Competition: How Should Competition Authorities Account for Innovation Competition in Merger Reviews? ABSTRACT: The relevant competitors in regard to innovation might, but not necessarily do, correspond to the…”
Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From CPI RSS: On the Relationship Between Media Plurality Legislation and Competition Law “ Recent events in the United Kingdom, including the furor surrounding the newspaper "phone hacking" scandal which led to the Leveson report, have focused attention on possible new legislation concerning media plurality. These events follow an inquiry in the European Union that is longer lasting but less likely to bear legislative fruit. Broad questions are raised in these debates, but the focus here is upon the relationship between legal provisions for media plurality and competition law and, in particular, upon such questions as: To what degree does competition law […]
Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From AntitrustConnect Blog: Is the FTC Changing Its Intellectual Property Rights Policy? “Schiff Hardin LLP Schiff Hardin LLP Commissioner Josh Wright of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission certainly is the gift that keeps on giving to antitrust commentators. Rarely do many weeks go by without a Wright speech or dissenting opinion that cogently takes on … Continue reading → • Leave a comment on Is the FTC Changing Its Intellectual Property Rights Policy? “
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: Did Robert Bork Understate the Competitive Impact of Mergers? Evidence from Consummated Mergers “Orley C. Ashenfelter (Princeton), Daniel Hosken (FTC), and Matthew C. Weinberg (Drexel) ask Did Robert Bork Understate the Competitive Impact of Mergers? Evidence from Consummated Mergers. ABSTRACT: In The Antitrust Paradox, Robert Bork viewed most mergers as either competitively neutral…”