by bacenter | Dec 11, 2025 | AI Policy & Regulation, Competition Law & Economics, Intellectual Property Rights, Working Papers
This article analyses the competitive problems potentially arising in the foundation models and generative AI value chain, by exploring its structural complexities and distinguishing between upstream and downstream dynamics. While upstream markets, such as cloud...
by bacenter | Nov 10, 2025 | Intellectual Property Rights, Working Papers
This study examines how innovation in patient access to treatment without a prescription could address critical patient needs. Notable disparities in healthcare access and outcomes persist across both geographic areas and socio-economic groups in the US. Some gaps in...
by bacenter | Oct 21, 2025 | Working Papers
This article examines the legal and regulatory challenges of ensuring vertical interoperability of electronic devices for the accessibility of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), with a focus on close-proximity payments for the forthcoming digital euro. It...
by bacenter | Oct 1, 2025 | AI Policy & Regulation, Data, Trade & National Security, Working Papers
The following is a submission in response to the Competition Bureau’s discussion paper “Algorithmic pricing and competition” [Discussion Paper] soliciting comments from the public. The undersigned co-authors of this submission are law professors who conduct research...
by bacenter | Aug 20, 2025 | Intellectual Property Rights, Working Papers
Predatory litigation has become increasingly prevalent in Brazil’s health and pharmaceutical markets, serving as a mechanism to delay the entry of generics, extend patent monopolies, and inflate healthcare costs. In 2024, Brazilian courts recorded 154,857 new lawsuits...
by bacenter | Aug 8, 2025 | Working Papers
Of the four cartel (Article 101 TFEU) damage cases that have gone to full trial in the UK BritNed v. ABB, Royal Mail & BT v. DAF, Granville v. Chunghwa and Stellantis v. Autoliv) one or both parties’ experts gave econometric evidence which was rejected as...
