by 21st Century Competition | Jul 27, 2014 | Global Blogs
US-based tech conglomerate Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of mobile chips, continues to face a crackdown by Chinese antitrust officials just days after the company was labeled a monopoly by the National Development and Reform Commission. According to...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
Advertising and antitrust have been inextricably linked in New Zealand since at least 1986. That year both the Fair Trading Act (which prohibits misleading and deceptive conduct) and the Commerce Act (the antitrust legislation) were enacted. Significantly, both pieces...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
On July 1, 2014, Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation—the Canadian version of U.S. CAN-SPAM-came into force. While much has been written about the consent and disclosure/form requirements for commercial electronic messages imposed by the new legislation, and the...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
Brands and brand management have become a central feature of the modern economy and a staple of business theory and business practice. Brands also have important effects on competition and the marketplace; yet the two key areas of law concerned with...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
The cola wars. The Apple “I’m a PC” ads. “Miller Lite Has More Taste Than Bud Light.” For as long as there have been advertisements and marketing, companies have been favorably comparing their products and services to those of their...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
In late 2013, a jury in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, which had been considering whether Becton-Dickinson should be held liable for attempted monopolization of the market for retractable safety syringes, concluded that Becton had engaged in...
