There have been several recent interesting competition cases in the EU, and we asked a select group of contributors to opine on those they found intriguing. First, we have two…

Ruchit Patel, Paul Stuart, Jul 15, 2013 In February 2007, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted an infringement decision finding that a number of manufacturers of lifts and escalators had…

Oana Stefan, Jul 15, 2013 Instruments deprived of legally binding force according to Article 288 TFEU—notices, guidelines, communications, etc.—have been issued in EU competition law since the 1960s. Bearing a…

Cormac Little, Jul 15, 2013 A recent court decision has significantly narrowed the application of the de minimis principle under EU competition rules. In late 2012, the Court of Justice…

Daniela Ampollini, Jul 15, 2013 It is obvious to all that know even a little of patent law, that the validity (and, even before, the dignity) of a divisional patent…

Richard Blewett, Jul 15, 2013 Tempers frayed earlier this year when the U.K.’s Office of Fair Trading (“OFT”) referred A.G. Barr plc’s acquisition of Britvic plc to the Competition Commission…