LIDC

The International League of Competition Law (LIDC) is a long standing association which focuses on the study of competition (antitrust) law, intellectual property law and unfair competition, both at the national and international levels. It promotes mainly the principles of fairness and justice in competitive trade. 

At the Budapest Congress, which took place in October 4-7 October 2018, the League has elected the New President, Carmen Verdonck (Belgium), the First Vice-President, Christophe Rapin (Switzerland), two Vice-Presidents, Zoltan Barakonyi (Hungary) and Muriel Chagny (France). 

National groups members of the League 

Next Congress : 7-11 November 2019 - Congress in Paris

The questions that will be addressed by the international reporters during the Paris Congress will be:

Question A: “To what extent should competition law be concerned with differences in prices, terms and conditions, or quality offered by suppliers to different purchasers”

Question B: “Should there be legal restrictions on the ability of persons who claim, without sufficient justification, to hold IP rights that have been infringed to bring, or to threaten to bring, legal proceedings based on such claims against their competitors or others?”

 Past Congress : 4-7 October 2018 - Congress in Budapest

Question A: "Who is/should be liable for breaches of competition law: which rules should govern the attribution of civil and (where it exists) criminal liability to the company, parent company, management & employee?"

International Rapporteur: Tihamér Toth

Question B: "How can the holder of intellectual property rights protect its brands in the context of on- and off-line distribution and after-sales service, and does the existing framework for such protection strike a fair balance between the interests of rights holders and the interests of consumers?"

International Rapporteur: Nikolas Guggenberger

LIDC Webinars

The LIDC hold a lunchtime webinar on Thursday 8 February at 1200, Midday (UK time) (1300 Continental time). 

Following the Part I Webinar which took place in November last year, Michael Cousin, Simon Genevaz and Colin Raftery, moderated by Pranvera Këllezi have kindly agreed to speak on the following subject:

 "Merger Control Regulation Hot Topics - Part II"

The topic for this discussion was : "merger control in a digital environment" and covered recent case law in the UK, France and in the EU. 

Flyer LIDC Webinar

 Events regarding antitrust issues, intellectual property and unfair competition

Other activities of the National groups associations can be found on their websites :

Austrian Group
Belgian Group 
French Group
Luxemburgian Group
Swiss Group
UK Group