by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
Practice by a dominant company that tends to impair the opportuni- ties of competitors based on considerations other than competition on the merits. An example would be the decision, by a company dominant on the market for production of a certain product, not to...
by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
A distribution system, in which a company grants exclusive rights on its products or services to another company. The most common forms include single branding and/or exclusive territory rights, whereby a single distributor obtains the right to market a supplier’s...
by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
Intellectual property rights (IPRs) such as patents and trademarks give the developer certain exclusive rights over the exploitation of his work, such as in production and commerce. However, within the EU, the exclusive right cannot be used to artificially split up...
by 21st Century Competition | May 7, 2014
Term normally used to describe the exercise by a sovereign State of jurisdiction over foreigners in respect of acts done outside the borders of that State. One could say that — in a very broad sense — the EU applies its competition rules in an extra-territorial manner...
