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

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

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 

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 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