Right to Repair

By: Daniel S. Savrin, Caitlin Zeytoonian, Noah Beckert-McGirr & Abigail Guyon (Morgan Lewis & Bockius) In this blog entry, authors Daniel S. Savrin, Caitlin Zeytoonian, Noah Beckert-McGirr & Abigail Guyon (Morgan...

A federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a proposed antitrust settlement between John Deere and farmers who accused the agricultural equipment manufacturer of restricting access to repair tools and services. According...

The convergence of antitrust law, intellectual property rights, and emerging right-to-repair statutes continues to reshape how product ownership and competition are understood in a connected economy.  This article explores how...

By: Lesley Fair (Federal Trade Commission) Kaput. Kerflooey. On the fritz. Regardless of what you call it, when products break down, consumers have a choice. They can go back to the dealer. They can visit a local fix-it shop. Or they can try some DIY. But when companies place illegal restrictions on how and where […]

Apple plans to give customers the ability to repair their own devices amid growing pressure from regulators and consumers around the world for manufacturers to ease restrictions on fixing products, reported The Wall Street Journal.  The company on Wednesday announced a new program that will make spare parts for Apple products available to purchase starting […]