by bacenter | Jun 27, 2024 | Intellectual Property Rights, Working Papers
Insights from the landmark UK CMA v Pfizer/Flynn Case and its legal implications The legal treatment of excessive pricing in the pharmaceutical sector has been a topic of intense debate. This article examines the UK Competition and Market Authority (CMA) approach in...
by bacenter | Jun 24, 2024 | Working Papers
Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act prohibits unfair conduct in commercial practices. The core prohibitions are the bans on “unfair methods of competition” and on “unfair or deceptive acts or practices.”1 Despite the centrality of these provisions to the...
by bacenter | May 16, 2024 | Working Papers
Friedrich A. Hayek’s (1899–1992) work on competition policy has been neglected. He saw competition as a dynamic market process that disseminates knowledge through prices in a world of relative ignorance operating under the rule of law. Hayek proposed several...
by bacenter | Apr 15, 2024 | Working Papers
While antitrust agencies regulate competition dynamics there is ample evidence that they also engaging in competition amongst their peer agencies to determine which agency is considered the most cutting-edge, the most effective or the most active – and one worthy of...
by bacenter | Apr 1, 2024 | Working Papers
Mexico’s Federal Commission of Economic Competition (“COFECE”) faces a critical moment regarding the ratification of its Investigating Authority’s findings on potential barriers to competition in the “retail e-commerce market.” The Investigating Authority...
by bacenter | Mar 18, 2024 | AI Policy & Regulation, Working Papers
With the purpose of contributing to the European Commission’s (EC) call for papers, this essay aims to provide insights on the role and importance of data for generative AI. Moreover, this paper discusses how can competition policy address the potential...
