In this issue:
Enforcement Updates Around the World
James Dimming, Mark Katz, Mar 27, 2009
Canada Enacts Significant Changes to its Competition Law
With some exceptions, the general thrust of the new amendments to the Competition Act is to enhance the Competition Bureau’s enforcement capabilities.
Sebastian Evrard, Steve Harris, J. Bruce McDonald, Hiro Miyakawa, Geoffrey Oliver, Peter Wang, Shinya Watanabe, Yizhe Zhang, Johannes Zoettl, Mar 27, 2009
Recent Developments in the United States, EU, and Asia at the Intersection of Antitrust and Patent Law
The intersection of antitrust and intellectual property has continued to generate a great deal of controversy and is perhaps the most fertile subject area for the development of new competition law and policy.
Heather Irvine, Mar 27, 2009
South African Merger Thresholds Increased
The monetary thresholds for compulsory notification of mergers in South Africa have increased from April 1, 2009. Unfortunately, filing fees have also increased. It is hoped that raising the thresholds for compulsory notification of mergers will significantly reduce the workload of the South African competition authorities.
Recent Developments in US Patent Cases
Joshua Wright, Mar 27, 2009
Why the Supreme Court Was Correct to Deny Certiorari in FTC v. Rambus
In November 2008, the Federal Trade Commission petitioned the Supreme Court to review the D.C. Circuit’s decision in FTC v. Rambus. That decision reversed the Commission’s finding that Rambus, a memory chip developer, knowingly failed to disclose a patent to a standard setting organization (“SSO”) and, in so doing, acquired monopoly power in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
Richard Epstein, Mar 27, 2009
The Intersection of Antitrust, Patents, and FDA Law: The TriCor Litigation
The purpose of this brief essay is to address the interconnections among three important areas of law: antitrust, patents, and FDA regulation. Each of these presents formidable difficulties in its own right. The integration of any two areas of law is always vexed.
Anne Layne-Farrar, Mar 27, 2009
Patents in Motion: The Troubling Implications of the N-Data Settlement
A little over a year ago, in January 2008, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a settlement with Negotiated Data Solutions (“N-Data”) regarding the firm’s patent licensing practices in relation to the Ethernet standard for computer networking.
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