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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 Paris Congress, which took place in 7-10 November 2019, the League has elected the General Rapporteur, Thomas Hoeren (Germany), the Deputy General Rapporteur, Collette Rawnsley (United-Kingdom), the Treasurer, Marianne Decker (Luxembourg), the Deputy Treasurer, Cecilia Torelm (Nordic group) and the Communication Officer, Ottavia Raffaelli (Italy).
National groups members of the League
Next Congress : October 2020 - Congress in Bruxelles
We have the pleasure to inform you that the next LIDC Congress will be held in Brussels from 15th to 18th October 2020.
The questions that will be discussed are the following :
Question A : "Tasks and competences of national competition law authorities in a data driven society"
For Question, A the international reporter is Jens Gaster, policy officer at the European Commission.
Question B : Influencers, native advertising and the use of AI for marketing - how can it be controlled by law?
For Question B, the international reporter is Marta Delgado Echevarría, Partner at JONES DAY (mdelgado@jonesday.com).
Directives
Instructions for publication
Springer instructions
National Rapporteurs - Question A
International Questionnaire -
Brazil: Mr. Raul Murad Ribeiro de Castro
Hungary: Judit Firniksz
UK: Christopher Bellamy QC
Ukraine: Serhiy Shershun and collegues
National Rapporteurs - Question B
Brazil : Mr. Felipe Barros Oquendo
Germany: Thomas Hoeren
Hungary: Adam Liber
Spain: Dr. Anna María Ruiz Martín
UK: Sean Ibbetson
Past Congress : 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”
International Rapporteurs: Christophe Lemaire and David Sevy
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?”
International Rapporteur: Mark Anderson
Directives
Instructions for publication
Springer instructions
National Rapporteurs - Question A
International Questionnaire - Draft international report
Austria: Gerhard Fussenegger - Report
Belgium: Daniel Muheme - Report
Brasil: Joao Marcelo de Lima Assafim - Report
France: Thierry Boillot, Mathilde Boudou, Nizar Lajnef, Jean-Julien Lemonnier, Thibaut Marcerou, Lauren Mechri and Remi Prades - Report
Germany: Thomas Hoeren - Report
Hungary: András Horváth and Péter Virág - Report
Japan: Izumi Hayashi - Report
Spain: Manuel Cañadas, Anna Ruiz Martin, Julia Suderow, Maritza Iliana Núñez Osorioand Amaya Angulo - Report
Switerland: Bernhard C. Lauterburg - Rapport
Ukraine: Serhiy Shershun and Anna Garbar - Report
UK: Sylwester Frazzoni - Report
National Rapporteurs - Question B
International Questionnaire - International Report and Resolution
Austria: Michael Meyenburg - Report
Belgium: Sam Granata and Amandine Léonard - Report
Brasil: Felipe Oquendo - Report
France: Martina Isola, Anne Servoir, Marc Lauzeral, Guillaume Melot, PETROV Petar Georgiev and Claire Vannini - Report
Hungary: Zsófia Lendvai - Report
Italy: Marina Cristofori - Report
Spain: Vanessa Jimenez Serranía - Report
UK: Christopher Stothers - Report
LIDC Webinars
The LIDC hold, on 5 November 2019 at 13.00 (continental time), a lunchtime webinar jointly with the English Competition Law Association (CLA) and the Association Française d'Etude de la Concurrence (AFEC).
Claudia Desogus and Lourenco Ventura have kindly agreed to speak on the following subject: "Excessive Pricing Cases in the UK and Italy"
The session was moderated by Frederic Jenny
Events regarding antitrust issues, intellectual property and unfair competition
Business Law Forum, 20-21 September, Vienna, organised by UIA in cooperation with the LIDC
The Forum will address the legal challenges related to e-commerce and platform economy. The topics will be discussed from various legal perspectives, including of antitrust, unfair competition, data protection, labour and corporate, and even criminal – to name just a few.
Members of LIDC national groups and individual LIDC members enjoy preferential rates. Early bird until 20 August!
Program and registration available here
https://www.uianet.org/fr/evenements/10th-annual-business-law-forum
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Competition law and technology transfer - Lizenzkartellrecht, 28 August, Zurich, Switzerland
The Swiss association of competition law (ASAS, the LIDC national group) is pleased to invite you to a conference on technology transfer and competition law.
Members of LIDC national groups and individual LIDC members may register at the preferential rate applicable to ASAS members.
Programme
http://www.asas-concurrence.ch/pub/asas_03_026a.pub.pdf
Registration
https://asas2019.eventbrite.ch
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
