In its recent report entitled “The Evolving IP Marketplace,” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) advances a far-reaching regulatory approach (Proposal) whose likely effect would be to distort the operation of the intellectual property (IP) marketplace in ways that will hamper the innovation...

A reform movement is underway in antitrust. Citing prior enforcement failures, deviations from the original intent of the antitrust laws, and overall rising levels of sector concentration, some are seeking to fundamentally alter or altogether replace the current consumer welfare standard, which...

Many patent applications are rejected upon initial submission, but they are almost never rejected with absolute finality. Further, subsequent to filing its original application a patent applicant might wish to write an application with broader or somewhat different claims, or perhaps add claims...

Recent years have seen a rediscovery of the fact that a healthy financial and economic system cannot be based on the lowest common behavioural denominator of what is technically permissible under the black letter of the law. Something more is needed – variously described as ‘sound culture',...

Supreme Court in Arjun Panditrao Khotkar (2021) judgment has put an interesting exception to the S.65-B(4)’s certificate requirement: when even after applying to the relevant authority holding the electronic document sought to be proved in evidence and threafter to a court under procedural or...

Globally-known green building certification schemes have become dominant in the Turkish market. However, Turkey desires its own national scheme not only to deliver at home but also if possible to sell this label abroad. Three national schemes aim to be “Turkey's label” while competing...

This paper analyses the relationship between the EU sustainable finance legal framework (‘EU SF framework’) and the most common ESG standards. We present two different types of analysis. Firstly, we analyze the content of the international standards incorporated by reference in the EU SF...

This Article considers franchise encroachment and the attitudes of potential business owners toward such an intrusion on their markets. Encroachment, long the most debated subject in franchise law, entails the franchisor's placement, near one of its existing franchisees, of a new franchised or...

Foreclosure is a prominent concept in the antitrust laws and across economics. In the world of exclusionary conduct—foreclosure is the concept. But, despite its prominence in antitrust law and economics—including taking center stage in the Department of Justice’s complaint against...