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Workshops
Every year LIDC organises an international congress and takes resolutions on issues related to unfair competition and competition law. Here you can find the previous resolutions taken, aswell as the most recent one's
National Groups
National groups can become affiliated members of the LIDC, whether or not they have legal status, provided their aims and objects are in line with those of the Association.
List of national groups and their contact details Other Resolutions
The LIDC has discussed the following questions in Catania September 2007 A : To what extent and by what means should Intellectual Property Rights (“IPRs”) be subject to compulsory licensing by reason of competition law ? International Rapporteur: Tony Woodgate (United Kingdom) International report B : Ambush Marketing: too smart to be good ? Should certain ambush marketing practices be declared illegal and if yes, which ones and under what conditions ? International Rapporteur: Pierre KOBEL (Switzerland) International Report / Final conclusion For resolutions archives please click here. Contact
GHENT (October 2005)
Question A : Can the law of unfair competition complete or replace the specific protection conferred on intellectual property and, if so, to what extent ? resolution, international report Question B : To what extent may or must competition law control a) the freedom of a supplier to choose one or several distribution channels for the same product? b) the cumulative effect of choice of the same distribution channel by the majority of suppliers operating within the same market? resolution, international report BUDAPEST (October 2004) Question A : Comparative Advertising : Which framework for the regulation of comparative advertising? resolution, international report BARCELONA (October 2003) Question 1 : Do professional organizations in charge of the rules concerning the practice of liberal professions have to comply with competition law ? If so, do they benefit or should they benefit from the exemptions ? resolution, international report Question 2 : What are the advantages and disadvantages of the existence of a specific procedure of cessation of unfair competition practises? Is it advisable to introduce such a procedure or harmonize existing procedures? What should be the conditions and consequences? resolution, international report Question 3 : Can the exercise of copyright or related rights constitute an abuse of dominant market position and if so in what circumstances? resolution, international report ? resolution, international report Question 4 : To what extent and under what conditions can the enforcement of criminal sentences for individuals and their possible application to companies increase the efficiency of competition law ? resolution, international report MONTREUX (September 2002) Question 1 : Should any special considerations be taken into account in the application of competition law to sport and, if so, which and to what extent ? resolution, international report Question 2 : Should the media be the subject of special treatment under either competition law or unfair competition law? If special treatment is justified, then in what circumstances and to what extent should this be the case? resolution Question 4 : Do the rules relating to domain names registrations operate in a manner which promotes the advancement of e-commerce ? Do they infringe concepts of competition or unfair competition ? resolution, international report Popular downloads
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ERIC
The official mean of publication of The Ligue is the RIC. You will find in the RIC articles on most recent developments on competition law within the European Union but also in other States where The Ligue is represented through national organisations. Since 2003 the RIC is only published in electronic form, and is now called ERIC. Two editions a year are planned, the first at the end of February, the second at the end of August. Jacques Lassier Prize
 The laureats of the J. Lassier Prize 2006 are ex aequo Laetitia Driguez, with here work "Droit social et droit de la concurrence", and David Bosco with his work "Le contrat exclusif". The latest laureats of this Prize were:1990 - Dominique Graz (Suisse) Propriété intellectuelle et libre circulation des marchandises 1994 - Daniel Fasquelle (France) Droit américain et droit communautaires de ententes 1998 - Friedrich Ruffler (Autriche) Der Einfluss des Europarchets auf das Österreichische UWG 2002 - Raphaël Arn (Suisse) La publicité choquante - Vers une nouvelle dimension du droit de la concurrence déloyale |
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