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European Commission Doubles Down On Antitrust Investigations Against Giant U.S. Chipmaker Qualcomm

				
Posted  07/17/15
								

				 
								 				

A View from Constantine Cannon鈥檚 London Office

By Richard Pike and Yulia Tosheva

The European Commission (鈥淓C鈥�) announced yesterday it has opened two antitrust investigations into possible abusive behavior by the U.S. technology company Qualcomm, the world's largest supplier of baseband chipsets.

Investigation into rebates 

The first investigation will examine whether Qualcomm abused its dominant...				 
				 					 

						
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European Court Of Justice Holds Standard-Essential Patent Owner Can Abuse Its Position By Seeking To Enjoin Infringement

				
Posted  07/16/15
								

				 
								 				By Seth D. Greenstein

The European Court of Justice ruled today that the owner of a standard-essential patent abuses its dominant position when it seeks an injunction in an action for patent infringement against an infringer that has expressed genuine willingness to license the patents on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (鈥淔RAND鈥�) terms.

In Case C-170/13, ...				 
				 					 

						
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European Commission Slams Cargo Train Operators With 49 Million Euro Fine In Cartel Settlement

				
Posted  07/15/15
								

				 
								 				

A View from Constantine Cannon鈥檚 London Office

By Yulia Tosheva and Richard Pike

The European Commission (鈥淓C鈥�) today imposed fines totalling 49,154,000 euros on Express Interfracht, part of the Austrian railway company 脰sterreichische Bundesbahnen, and Schenker, a subsidiary of the leading German railway operator Deutsche Bahn, in a cartel settlement.

Express Interfracht and Schenker agreed to pay...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  07/13/15
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

聽 European antitrust officials have filed formal charges against MasterCard, accusing the company of harming consumers and retailers by setting artificially high fees for credit card transactions in Europe.聽 The European Commission said MasterCard had prevented...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  07/6/15
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

.聽 Federal prosecutors are investigating possible collusion among airlines to limit seating, two years after the U.S. Department of Justice approved the latest in a wave of airline mergers, saying the combination would benefit consumers.聽...				 
				 					 

						
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Antitrust Enforcers Sue Four Hospitals For Carving Up South-Central Michigan

				
Posted  07/1/15
								

				 
								 				By Rosa M. Morales

The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Michigan Attorney General鈥檚 Office are  four Michigan hospital systems for allegedly engaging in antitrust violations by agreeing to refrain from advertising in each other鈥檚 territories, to the detriment of patient choice and health care benefits for patients and physicians alike.

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Sysco Scraps US Foods Merger After FTC Victory In Court

				
Posted  06/30/15
								

				 
								 				By Allison F. Sheedy

Sysco Corp.  that it is abandoning its plans to acquire food service rival US Foods Inc., following last week鈥檚 setback to the deal in federal court.

In an opinion that closely tracked the FTC/DOJ Merger Guidelines, Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Trade Commission a preliminary injunction to halt the proposed...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  06/29/15
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

.聽 A federal judge has ordered a preliminary injunction to block Sysco鈥檚 proposed merger with US Foods, dealing a potentially fatal blow to what would be a union of the two biggest food distribution companies in the United States.聽 The injunction is a...				 
				 					 

						
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Supreme Court Cites Spiderman In Ruling Against Post-Expiration Patent Royalties

				
Posted  06/23/15
										

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													Robert S. Schwartz	
												
									

				 
								 				Spiderman swung through the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday as Justice Elena Kagan liberally relied on the comic book superhero in the Court鈥檚 decision in Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises, Inc., reaffirming the Court鈥檚 51-year-old rule precluding patent owners from collecting patent royalties on expired patents.

In 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in  that the statutory limit on...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  06/22/15
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

聽 One of the biggest health insurers in the United States, Anthem, has revealed that it is offering to buy rival Cigna for more than $47 billion in cash and stock.聽 The move is the latest step toward an expected consolidation among health insurance...				 
				 					 

						
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