P. Nihoul, here
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
From the antitrust mailbag: manufacturer-imposed requirements
FTC, here.
Q1: Are the wondering retailers generally satisfied with this type of explanation?
Q2: Does it apply to platforms as well?
Q1: Are the wondering retailers generally satisfied with this type of explanation?
Q2: Does it apply to platforms as well?
The Fondue Conspiracy
Sepp Barmettler, the Cheese Rebel |
More about the Cheese Union (Käseunion) in A. Thier, Schweizerische Kartellrechtstradition und „more economic approach,“ 621, at 640 ff., here.
Update: I tasted the Sbrinz cheese for the first time after listening to the NPR Podcast. Delicious indeed, and already a competition policy scholar's favourite.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Agency 2.0: Competition Authorities Will Need to Think - Again
Agreements between Amazon and publishers are starting rolling out, see here and here. It is not very hard to predict that these agreements will come to be scrutinized quite closely by competition authorities on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. While, it seems, conspiracy theories this time round could be safely ruled out, it would be high time to develop comprehensive assessment criteria with regard to vertical restraints triggered by, or in the context of, electronic platforms.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
Alternatives to the Patent System that are used to support R&D efforts
J. Love for the WIPO Secretariat, here.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Uber wrangling regulations (and setting some hope on the FTC)
Interview with Brian Worth, Uber Public Policy Lead, Harvard Kennedy School Policycast, here.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
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