What will a modernised EU public procurement regime mean for the UK private sector? *

European Union, United Kingdom - September 26 2012
Throughout 2012, the UK Government and the European Commission have been immersed in on-going negotiations to modernise the EU public procurement rules.

Co-authors: Andrew Maxwell.

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UK Supreme Court upholds Oracle’s rights to control first marketing of its it hardware in Europe *

European Union, United Kingdom - July 27 2012
The Supreme Court (the UK’s highest court) has unequivocally upheld the rights of a trade mark owner to the first marketing rights of its products in the EEA, notwithstanding complaints from a parallel importer that the exercise of those rights was anti-competitive (see Oracle America Inc. (formerly Sun) v M-Tech Data Ltd1.

Co-authors: Jeremy Drew.

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The first and final stop for exemplary damages? *

United Kingdom - July 27 2012
Exemplary damages and competition law are not obvious bedfellows.

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What next in the battle for control of eBook prices? *

European Union, USA - July 18 2012
Anti-trust investigations in both the US and the EU into the pricing and distribution models for eBooks have cast a number of issues firmly into the spotlight.

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Keeping up with competition law reform – don’t rush *

United Kingdom - June 11 2012
In March 2012, the Government confirmed its plans to merge the functions of the OFT and the Competition Commission into a single competition law body, the Competition and Markets Authority.

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