by Kevin Coates | Apr 23, 2011 | Competition Law and Regulation of Technology Markets
Here’s the latest draft of the publicity material for my comparative law book on EU and US Competition Law and Regulation of Technology Markets. • The first practitioner work to give full comparative examination to EU and US competition law and regulation within the information, communication and media markets • Unique analysis of the relationship between EU/US competition law, intellectual property, telecoms regulation and data protection • With dedicated chapters on pricing, product design, standards and interoperability, communications networks and data protection. • Outlook sections which look at possible future developments and law reform • Written by an official in the Directorate General for Competition in the European Commission with prior in-house experience at a global communications firm Competition Law and Regulation of Technology Markets takes a practical, integrated approach to EU and US competition law and regulation in the technology sector – including major trans-Atlantic cases such as Microsoft, Google/Doubleclick, and Intel, and important comparative issues such as refusal to supply (Microsoft, Trinko), margin squeeze (Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, EU Guidance Paper, Linkline), communications regulation and data protection. The book’s unique perspective focuses on the information, communication and media markets, that form the ‘new economy’. It provides a coherent analysis of these various markets by considering the regulatory context, and by addressing the issues, and ensuing legal problems, that are common to them. These include; high fixed costs, the importance of intellectual property and standards, the impact of interoperability, and the prevalence of network effects. This book is indispensable for competition lawyers in private practice or in-house at technology companies, and for practitioners specialised in these sectors. The...
by Kevin Coates | Apr 11, 2011 | Competition Law and Regulation of Technology Markets
Here’s the table of contents for the new book. Each chapter is mostly focused on EU law, but also has a US comparative section. 1. Introduction 2. Objectives of Competition Law and Regulation 3. Introduction to Competition Law 4. Competition Law and Pricing 5. Intellectual Property 6. Competition Law, Standards and Interoperability 7. Product Design and Innovation 8. Networks and Network Neutrality 9, Data, Data Protection and Competition Law Amazon links: UK US France...
by Kevin Coates | Apr 11, 2011 | Competition Law and Regulation of Technology Markets
The blogging hiatus has been caused partly by my return to the European Commission, and partly by the need to finish my new book, Competition Law and Regulation of Technology markets, published by Oxford University Press. The intended audience is practitioners, academics and in-house counsel with an interest in communications and high tech issues, in particular those that need to understand how these issues are handled in both the EU and the US. There are always unintended consequences of course, and I’m extremely pleased that the book has already been recommended on at least one LLM course in communications law. The book is mostly about antitrust in the communications sector, but also covers intellectual property, telecoms regulation and data protection. Its main focus is EU law, but includes substantial analysis of US law as well, highlighting similarities and differences. The book is now available, from all good (niche, specialised) bookstores, and also from the slightly less niche bookseller Amazon: UK US France Germany Happy...