Economic transactions carried out by Member States do not confer an advantage in favour of an undertaking, and therefore do not constitute State aid...
This Practice Note makes frequent references to two legal instruments issued by the European Commission that are designed to assist parties and their...
Article 102 TFEU prohibits undertakings which hold a dominant position within the EU or a substantial part of it from abusing that dominant position,...
Competition concerns relating to collective dominance and oligopolies may be dealt with in various ways under EU and UK competition laws:•Article 101...
The challenges of balancing intellectual property rights (IPRs) and competition law are not new. At first sight, the aims of IPRs and competition law...
Intellectual property laws confer exclusive rights on holders of patents, copyright, design rights, trademarks and other legally protected rights. The...
A common IP dispute is where one party—in this note usually the claimant—alleges infringement of its patent and the defendant challenges the patent’s...