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Chokepoint Capitalism

by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow ...

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)-or both.In Chokepoint ... Read more

$18.99 NZD

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)-or both.In Chokepoint
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Economics for Competition Lawyers 3e

by Gunnar Niels, Helen Jenkins, James Kavanagh ...

Competition law is rooted in economic theory, and economics provides many of the standard tools often applied in competition investigations. As a result, a strong foundation in economics is an invaluable asset for practitioners in this area of law. This is the third edition of the popular and well-regarded practitioner guide to the economic principles of competition law. Written in accessible ... Read more

$181.99 NZD

Competition law is rooted in economic theory, and economics provides many of the standard tools often applied in competition investigations. As a result, a strong foundation in economics is an invaluable asset for practitioners in this area of law. This is the third edition of the popular and well-regarded practitioner guide to the economic principles of competition law. Written in accessible
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The Internet Con

How to Seize the Means of Computation

by Cory Doctorow ...

When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the ... Read more

$27.99 NZD

When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the
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Industrial Design Rights

An International Perspective

Edited by Brian W. Gray ...

This book is a revised and updated edition of a major work first published in 2001 under the auspices of the Intellectual Property Committee of the International Bar Association. As a comparative cross-jurisdictional analysis of the practice, theory, scope, and types of design protection, it will continue to be of immeasurable value to lawyers and others involved in industrial design. Industrial ... Read more

$405.99 NZD

This book is a revised and updated edition of a major work first published in 2001 under the auspices of the Intellectual Property Committee of the International Bar Association. As a comparative cross-jurisdictional analysis of the practice, theory, scope, and types of design protection, it will continue to be of immeasurable value to lawyers and others involved in industrial design. Industrial
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Das kartellrechtliche Konzept der wirtschaftlichen Einheit unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung von Gemeinschaftsunternehmen

by Deborah Xenia Daase ...

Series Book 6105 - Europaeische Hochschulschriften Recht
Die Kommission sowie der EuGH interpretieren seit langem den kartellrechtlichen Unternehmensbegriff funktional und definieren ihn als „wirtschaftliche Einheit". Damit soll jede „Einheit" erfasst werden, die am Markt als selbständiger Wettbewerber auftritt. Dieser Ansatz kann dann Schwierigkeiten bereiten, wenn es um miteinander verflochtene Gesellschaftsgruppen geht, deren einzelne Glieder zwar ... Read more

$123.99 NZD

Die Kommission sowie der EuGH interpretieren seit langem den kartellrechtlichen Unternehmensbegriff funktional und definieren ihn als „wirtschaftliche Einheit". Damit soll jede „Einheit" erfasst werden, die am Markt als selbständiger Wettbewerber auftritt. Dieser Ansatz kann dann Schwierigkeiten bereiten, wenn es um miteinander verflochtene Gesellschaftsgruppen geht, deren einzelne Glieder zwar
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Antitrust and Monopoly

Anatomy of a Policy Failure

by Dominick T. Armentano ...

Is antitrust law a necessary defense against the predatory business practices of wealthy, entrenched corporations that dominate a market? Or does antitrust law actually work to restrain and restrict the competitive process, injuring the public it is supposed to protect?In this breakthrough study, Professor Armentano thoroughly researches the classic cases in antitrust law and demonstrates a ... Read more

$17.12 NZD

Is antitrust law a necessary defense against the predatory business practices of wealthy, entrenched corporations that dominate a market? Or does antitrust law actually work to restrain and restrict the competitive process, injuring the public it is supposed to protect?In this breakthrough study, Professor Armentano thoroughly researches the classic cases in antitrust law and demonstrates a
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The Evolution of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law

by Xiaoye Wang ...

This is an extraordinary collection of essays, most previously available only in Chinese, by the leading world authority on China's Anti-Monopoly Law. They are necessary reading for a holistic understanding of the law as a unique product of its history, its purposes and foundations, and its early applications. Probably no other scholar could produce such a thoughtful, clear, and both theoretically ... Read more

$66.99 NZD

This is an extraordinary collection of essays, most previously available only in Chinese, by the leading world authority on China's Anti-Monopoly Law. They are necessary reading for a holistic understanding of the law as a unique product of its history, its purposes and foundations, and its early applications. Probably no other scholar could produce such a thoughtful, clear, and both theoretically
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Sixty Years of EU State Aid Law and Policy

Analysis and Assessment

by Eugene Stuart ...

If an EU industrial policy can be said to exist, its contours may be found in the complex and evolving concept of State aid. Because approaching any State aid issue can be fraught with multiple and sometimes conflicting interpretations, an in-depth analysis of the rationales, initiatives, and regulations that constitute the State aid system is much needed. In response to this need, this book ... Read more

$298.99 NZD

If an EU industrial policy can be said to exist, its contours may be found in the complex and evolving concept of State aid. Because approaching any State aid issue can be fraught with multiple and sometimes conflicting interpretations, an in-depth analysis of the rationales, initiatives, and regulations that constitute the State aid system is much needed. In response to this need, this book
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Directory of EU Case Law on Competition,

by Rene Barents ...

Series series International Competition Law Series
This well-known book, prized since 2007 by practitioners in EU competition law for its easy-tofind extracts sorted by subject, is now in its second and hugely expanded edition, covering all decisions of the Court of Justice and the General Court of the European Union on competition law through the end of 2016. This new edition comprising of forty-seven chapters follows the same easy-to-use format ... Read more

$601.99 NZD

This well-known book, prized since 2007 by practitioners in EU competition law for its easy-tofind extracts sorted by subject, is now in its second and hugely expanded edition, covering all decisions of the Court of Justice and the General Court of the European Union on competition law through the end of 2016. This new edition comprising of forty-seven chapters follows the same easy-to-use format
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The Art of Regulation

Competition in Europe – Wealth and Wariness

by Christian Koenig, Bernhard von Wendland ...

Increasingly, EU market regulation measures have been introduced in the pursuit of economic justice and welfare. This book illustrates how regulation can help to prevent the abuse of dominance, in particular the abuse of public capital by the state.Comprehensive and interdisciplinary, this book presents the theory of regulation in a highly accessible manner. It explains that whilst the state's ... Read more

$66.99 NZD

Increasingly, EU market regulation measures have been introduced in the pursuit of economic justice and welfare. This book illustrates how regulation can help to prevent the abuse of dominance, in particular the abuse of public capital by the state.Comprehensive and interdisciplinary, this book presents the theory of regulation in a highly accessible manner. It explains that whilst the state's
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Revista de direito das sociedades e dos valores mobiliários - Volume 18

by Erasmo Valladão Azevedo, Novaes França, Nelson Eizirik ...

Series Book 18 - Obras Coletivas
A 18ª edição da Revista de Direito das Sociedades e dos Valores Mobiliários marca os 10 anos do Instituto IDSVM com reflexões de grandes nomes do Direito Societário. Com artigos e pareceres assinados por autores como Erasmo Valladão e Marcelo von Adamek, a edição traz temas centrais como o abuso de voto da minoria, a responsabilização de administradores, o regime de informações em alienações de ... Read more

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A 18ª edição da Revista de Direito das Sociedades e dos Valores Mobiliários marca os 10 anos do Instituto IDSVM com reflexões de grandes nomes do Direito Societário. Com artigos e pareceres assinados por autores como Erasmo Valladão e Marcelo von Adamek, a edição traz temas centrais como o abuso de voto da minoria, a responsabilização de administradores, o regime de informações em alienações de
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Das Spuerbarkeitsmerkmal des UWG 2015

by Katja Middelhoff ...

Series Book 67 - Veroeffentlichungen des Instituts fuer Energie- und Regulierungsrecht Berlin
Die Autorin nimmt die Reform des Gesetzes gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG) im Jahr 2015 zum Anlass, die damit einhergehenden Änderungen im Hinblick auf das Spürbarkeitsmerkmal zu untersuchen. Anhand verschiedener Fragestellungen und einer Analyse der Rechtsprechung zum Spürbarkeitsmerkmal wird unter anderem überprüft, ob die sprachlichen und gesetzessystematischen Anpassungen des UWG 2015 an ... Read more

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Die Autorin nimmt die Reform des Gesetzes gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG) im Jahr 2015 zum Anlass, die damit einhergehenden Änderungen im Hinblick auf das Spürbarkeitsmerkmal zu untersuchen. Anhand verschiedener Fragestellungen und einer Analyse der Rechtsprechung zum Spürbarkeitsmerkmal wird unter anderem überprüft, ob die sprachlichen und gesetzessystematischen Anpassungen des UWG 2015 an
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Critérios para notificação de atos de concentração

by Ana Bátia Glenk, Eric Hadmann Jasper, Stephanie Penereiro ...

O controle de estruturas é a pedra de toque do Sistema Brasileiro de Defesa da Concorrência. Tensões e dilemas se somam na apreciação daquilo que deve e do que não deve ser submetido à análise prévia do CADE, o Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica. O controle de estruturas encerra a intervenção direta do Estado no domínio econômico, equilibrando, de um lado, a livre iniciativa (ou o ... Read more

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O controle de estruturas é a pedra de toque do Sistema Brasileiro de Defesa da Concorrência. Tensões e dilemas se somam na apreciação daquilo que deve e do que não deve ser submetido à análise prévia do CADE, o Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica. O controle de estruturas encerra a intervenção direta do Estado no domínio econômico, equilibrando, de um lado, a livre iniciativa (ou o
... Read more
Toward an Inframarginal Revolution

Redistributing the Gains from Trade

Edited by Ramsi A. Woodcock ...

Over the past fifteen years, there has been a growing interest in altering legal rules to redistribute wealth, with many scholars believing that neoclassical economic theory is biased against redistribution. Yet a growing number of progressive scholars are pushing back against this view. Toward an Inframarginal Revolution offers a fresh perspective on the redistribution of wealth by legal scholars ... Read more

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Over the past fifteen years, there has been a growing interest in altering legal rules to redistribute wealth, with many scholars believing that neoclassical economic theory is biased against redistribution. Yet a growing number of progressive scholars are pushing back against this view. Toward an Inframarginal Revolution offers a fresh perspective on the redistribution of wealth by legal scholars
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The Role of Competitors in the Enforcement of State Aid Law

by Fernando Pastor-Merchante ...

Series series Hart Studies in Competition Law
This book explores the tools that the European rules on State aid place in the hands of competitors when it comes to fighting subsidies and other state measures of financial assistance to firms. In order to do so, the book scrutinises the means of redress available to competitors before national courts (private enforcement), as well as the opportunities that they have to make their voice heard in ... Read more

$67.99 NZD

This book explores the tools that the European rules on State aid place in the hands of competitors when it comes to fighting subsidies and other state measures of financial assistance to firms. In order to do so, the book scrutinises the means of redress available to competitors before national courts (private enforcement), as well as the opportunities that they have to make their voice heard in
... Read more
The Patent-Competition Interface in Developing Countries

by Thomas K. Cheng ...

This book proposes an approach to the patent-competition interface for developing countries. It puts forward a theoretical framework after canvassing relevant policy considerations and examines the many reasons why patent protection is not essential for generating innovation incentives in developing countries. These include the tendency of the patent system to overcompensate innovators, the ... Read more

$261.99 NZD

This book proposes an approach to the patent-competition interface for developing countries. It puts forward a theoretical framework after canvassing relevant policy considerations and examines the many reasons why patent protection is not essential for generating innovation incentives in developing countries. These include the tendency of the patent system to overcompensate innovators, the
... Read more
International Trade, Regulation and the Global Economy

The Impact of Anti-Competitive Market Distortions

by Shanker Singham ...

Series series Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance
The barriers between the voluntary exchange of willing buyers and willing sellers have progressively been reduced through trade liberalisation, competition and better property rights protection. However, the world has done significantly less well in reducing barriers involving competition and property rights. This book analyses how the economic prosperity which was promised has been undermined by ... Read more

$66.99 NZD

The barriers between the voluntary exchange of willing buyers and willing sellers have progressively been reduced through trade liberalisation, competition and better property rights protection. However, the world has done significantly less well in reducing barriers involving competition and property rights. This book analyses how the economic prosperity which was promised has been undermined by
... Read more
Collective Redress and EU Competition Law

by Eda Şahin ...

Series series Routledge Research in Competition Law
Exploring obstacles to effective compensation of victims of competition infringements, this book categorises the types of victims harmed and the types of losses arisen from these infringements to identify to what extent there is a need for enhanced private competition law enforcement in the European Union (EU) and the best way to address this need. It shows that there is a genuine need for ... Read more

$123.46 NZD

Exploring obstacles to effective compensation of victims of competition infringements, this book categorises the types of victims harmed and the types of losses arisen from these infringements to identify to what extent there is a need for enhanced private competition law enforcement in the European Union (EU) and the best way to address this need. It shows that there is a genuine need for
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Merger Control in Europe

The Gap in the ECMR and National Merger Legislations

by Ioannis Kokkoris ...

Series series Routledge Research in Competition Law
This book addresses the phenomenon of mergers that may result in non-coordinated effects in oligopolistic markets. Such cases are sometimes referred to as "non-collusive oligopolies", or "gap cases" and there is a concern that they might not be covered by the substantive test that some Member States use for merger assessment. Ioannis Kokkoris examines the argument that the European Community ... Read more

$129.35 NZD

This book addresses the phenomenon of mergers that may result in non-coordinated effects in oligopolistic markets. Such cases are sometimes referred to as "non-collusive oligopolies", or "gap cases" and there is a concern that they might not be covered by the substantive test that some Member States use for merger assessment. Ioannis Kokkoris examines the argument that the European Community
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A Basic Guide to International Business Law

by Harm Wevers ...

Series series Routledge-Noordhoff International Editions
A Basic Guide to International Business Law is an introduction to those parts of European and international law that are relevant to business. Having read this book, students will come away with a broad understanding of the international rules of law within the EEC, institutional rules of the European Union, international contract law, rules of competition and the four freedoms within the EEC.The ... Read more

$180.31 NZD

A Basic Guide to International Business Law is an introduction to those parts of European and international law that are relevant to business. Having read this book, students will come away with a broad understanding of the international rules of law within the EEC, institutional rules of the European Union, international contract law, rules of competition and the four freedoms within the EEC.The
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Competition Law’s Innovation Factor

The Relevant Market in Dynamic Contexts in the EU and the US

by Viktoria HSE Robertson ...

Series series Hart Studies in Competition Law
In recent years, market definition has come under attack as an analytical tool of competition law. Scholars have increasingly questioned its usefulness and feasibility. That criticism comes into sharper relief in dynamic, innovation-driven markets, which do not correspond to the static markets on which the concept of the relevant market was modelled. This book explores that controversy from a ... Read more

$81.87 NZD

In recent years, market definition has come under attack as an analytical tool of competition law. Scholars have increasingly questioned its usefulness and feasibility. That criticism comes into sharper relief in dynamic, innovation-driven markets, which do not correspond to the static markets on which the concept of the relevant market was modelled. This book explores that controversy from a
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Innovators, Firms, and Markets

The Organizational Logic of Intellectual Property

by Jonathan M. Barnett ...

Conventional wisdom holds that robust enforcement of intellectual property (IP) right suppress competition and innovation by shielding incumbents against the entry threats posed by smaller innovators. That assumption has driven mostly successful efforts to weaken US patent protections for over a decade. This book challenges that assumption. In Innovators, Firms, and Markets, Jonathan M. Barnett ... Read more

$68.87 NZD

Conventional wisdom holds that robust enforcement of intellectual property (IP) right suppress competition and innovation by shielding incumbents against the entry threats posed by smaller innovators. That assumption has driven mostly successful efforts to weaken US patent protections for over a decade. This book challenges that assumption. In Innovators, Firms, and Markets, Jonathan M. Barnett
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The Microsoft Antitrust Cases

Competition Policy for the Twenty-first Century

by Andrew I. Gavil, Harry First ...

A comprehensive account of the decades-long, multiple antitrust actions against Microsoft and an assessment of the effectiveness of antitrust law in the digital age.For more than two decades, the U.S. Department of Justice, various states, the European Commission, and many private litigants pursued antitrust actions against the tech giant Microsoft. In investigating and prosecuting Microsoft, ... Read more

$54.96 NZD

A comprehensive account of the decades-long, multiple antitrust actions against Microsoft and an assessment of the effectiveness of antitrust law in the digital age.For more than two decades, the U.S. Department of Justice, various states, the European Commission, and many private litigants pursued antitrust actions against the tech giant Microsoft. In investigating and prosecuting Microsoft,
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The Normative Foundations of European Competition Law

Assessing the Goals of Antitrust through the Lens of Legal Philosophy

by Oles Andriychuk ...

Does the competitive process constitute an autonomous societal value, or is it a means for achieving more reliable and measurable goals such as welfare, growth, integration, and innovation? This insightful book addresses this question from philosophical, legal and economic perspectives and demonstrates exactly why the competitive process is a value independent from other legitimate antitrust goals ... Read more

$66.99 NZD

Does the competitive process constitute an autonomous societal value, or is it a means for achieving more reliable and measurable goals such as welfare, growth, integration, and innovation? This insightful book addresses this question from philosophical, legal and economic perspectives and demonstrates exactly why the competitive process is a value independent from other legitimate antitrust goals
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