such as innovation. This question arises because competition authorities are intervening in horizontal mergers that are … found to give rise to a “significant impediment to effective innovation competition” (“SIEIC”) as a result of a reduction in … impede effective competition as regards innovation both in innovation spaces where the Parties' lines of research and early …

Competition agency guidelines, policy statements and related advocacy are an important vehicle for policy expression … guidelines and policy statements has, arguably, been particularly important in the context of the competition policy treatment of … intellectual property rights, given the complexity of this area, the importance that competition agencies attach to it, and its …

A proposal for moving from price-centric to innovation-centric competition policy, reviewing theory and evidence on … than innovation. Economic theory shows the ways that price competition benefits consumers; and courts, antitrust agencies … economic incentives for innovation. Competition policy and antitrust enforcement have traditionally focused on prices rather …