From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Patent Trolls “Lauren Cohen, Harvard Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Umit G. Gurun, University of Texas at Dallas – Naveen Jindal School of Management, and Scott Duke Kominers, Harvard University have an important empirical paper on Patent Trolls. ABSTRACT:…” This is Commentary Elsewhere, from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page.
From Chillin’Competition: Groupement des Cartes Bancaires and the resilience of the case law on restrictions by object “The ECJ judgment in Groupement des Cartes Bancaires will be discussed at length in the coming months (maybe more so than MasterCard). The outcome is unsurprising (at least in my view). The Court, as AG Wahl, applies the principles stemming from a well-established line of case law, which has proved to be remarkably resilient.” This is Commentary Elsewhere, from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page.
From Who’s Competing?: A Glimpse Inside the ‘Object Box’ “Case C-67/13 P Groupement des Cartes Bancaires (CB) ECLI:EU:C:2014:2204 It’s not often that the Court of Justice gets to address one of the core concepts that underlie the antitrust prohibitions, but in Groupement des Cartes Bancaires the CJEU has taken its second opportunity to discuss the nature of Art 101 TFEU ‘object’ agreements in as […]” This is Commentary Elsewhere, from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page.
From Competition Bulletin: The English law of causation and the passing-on defence “One of the big questions of English competition law is whether there is such a thing as a “passing-on defence” – – i.e. whether the damages suffered by a purchaser of a cartelized product are reduced or mitigated if he “passes on” some of the overcharge to his own customers. Two follow-on damages actions were […]” This is Commentary Elsewhere, from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page.