Antitrust merger enforcement historically has focused on horizontal mergers — consolidation of two firms that compete directly in the same space. This is especially true in the U.S., where antitrust authorities have...more
1/24/2018
/ Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Violations ,
AT&T ,
Burden of Proof ,
Competition ,
Corporate Branding ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dow Chemical ,
DuPont ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Illegal Tying Arranegements ,
Innovation ,
IP License ,
Judicial Review ,
Life Sciences ,
LinkedIn ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Microsoft ,
Multinationals ,
Qualcomm ,
Research and Development ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Tech Industry ,
Time Warner ,
Trump Administration ,
Vertical Mergers
If recent events are any indication, U.S. and European antitrust agencies will remain focused this year on the intersection of intellectual property and competition law. In particular, the agencies have concluded that under...more
1/30/2013
/ Acquisitions ,
Apple ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FRAND ,
Google ,
Infringement ,
Injunctions ,
Licenses ,
Microsoft ,
Motorola ,
Non-Practicing Entities ,
Patent Assertion Entities ,
Patent Portfolios ,
Patents ,
Samsung ,
Standard Essential Patents