Parallel imports have been treated very differently in different countries. In the EU, competition law's very strong (per se) prohibition of restrictions to parallel imports (PI) can be justified by traditional "public interest" concerns related to the EU's objective to promote free trade and...

Leniency in EU Competition Law' provides a comprehensive analysis of the leniency procedure in the European Union (EU) cartel enforcement. Applications for lenient treatment by whistleblowers are an essential feature of cartel enforcement. Leniency has emerged as one of the main enforcement...

The roots of the transatlantic clashes -- Striking the balance between antitrust and IP -- (Mis)use of regulatory procedures and IP -- Trade secrets and antitrust : an example of the conflicting US and EU approaches