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February 4, 2019

The Mozilla oral arguments and the ongoing hell of the “net neutrality” debate

Gus Hurwitz

In the opening seconds of what was surely one of the worst oral arguments in a high-profile case that I have ever heard, Pantelis Michalopoulos, arguing for petitioners against the…

Telecommunications

January 29, 2019

The Australian approach to “consumer protection” policy is a threat to consumer welfare and free speech

Kristian Stout & Akiva Malamet

The US Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights recently held hearings to see what, if anything, the U.S. might learn from the approaches of other countries regarding antitrust and consumer protection.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 22, 2019

Boom, bust, and collusion: Does it really matter?

Eric Fruits

A recent working paper by Hashmat Khan and Matthew Strathearn attempts to empirically link anticompetitive collusion to the boom and bust cycles of the economy.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 22, 2019

FTC v. Qualcomm: Innovation and Competition

Geoffrey A. Manne

Just days before leaving office, the outgoing Obama FTC left what should have been an unwelcome parting gift for the incoming Commission: an antitrust suit against Qualcomm.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 14, 2018

Economies of scale in homeless camp cleanups with some fishy results

Eric Fruits

“Our City has become a cesspool,” according Portland police union president, Daryl Turner. He was describing efforts to address the city’s large and growing homelessness crisis.

Innovation & The New Economy

December 5, 2018

Drifting toward nonsense on EU vs. US competitiveness: The profits puzzle

Eric Fruits

A recent NBER working paper by Gutiérrez & Philippon has attracted attention from observers who see oligopoly everywhere and activists who want governments to more actively “manage” competition.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

November 19, 2018

EU markets are more competitive than U.S. markets? Not so fast

Eric Fruits

A recent NBER working paper by Gutiérrez & Philippon attempts to link differences in U.S. and EU antitrust enforcement and product market regulation to differences in market concentration and corporate profits. The authors are not clear what they mean by lower.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

November 12, 2018

A brief overview of the draft CWA GUIDELINES on licensing of SEPs for 5G and IoT

Natasha Nayak

An important but unheralded announcement was made on October 10, 2018: The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) released a draft CEN CENELAC Workshop Agreement (CWA) on the licensing of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) for 5G/Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Innovation & The New Economy

October 30, 2018

UK COURT OF APPEAL UPHOLDS FRAND INJUNCTION

Natasha Nayak

Last week, the UK Court of Appeal upheld the findings of the High Court in an important case regarding standard essential patents (SEPs).

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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