How do men and women differ in their persistence after experiencing failure in a competitive environment? We tackle this question by combining a large online experiment (N=2,086) with machine learning. We find that when losing is unequivocally due to merit, both men and women exhibit a...

How do men and women differ in their persistence after experiencing failure in a competitive environment? We tackle this question by combining a large online experiment (N=2,086) with machine learning. We find that when losing is unequivocally due to merit, both men and women exhibit a...

Felix Rützel’s assessment of algorithmic price discrimination focuses on the connections between various areas of law. By outlining the existing legal frameworks for each and pinpointing where changes need to be made in order to react to this pricing strategy, the author’s analysis offers...

Die Mehrheit der Onlineplattformen verfügt heute über Bewertungssysteme, die es Nutzerinnen und Nutzern ermöglichen, ihre eigenen Erfahrungen mit Produkten und Dienstleistungen zu teilen und sich über jene anderer Nutzerinnen und Nutzer zu informieren. Die Existenz eines solchen...

Die Medienlandschaft hat sich in den letzten Jahren stark verändert. Während traditionelle Medien wie Fernsehen, Print und Radio lange die dominierenden Informations- und Werbequellen waren, haben soziale Netzwerke wie Instagram diese Rolle zunehmend übernommen. Im Zentrum dieses Wandels...

Mit der neuen Regulierungsstrategie Sustainable Finance zielt die EU darauf ab, private Kapitalströme in nachhaltige Wirtschaftstätigkeiten zu lenken. Diese weitreichende Regulierung durchdringt als Querschnittsmaterie alle Sektoren des Finanzmarktes und fördert konsequent die Finanzierung...

This contribution to an international survey of unfair competition laws provides an overview of the laws relating to unfair competition in India. As opposed to a single source, India has unfair competition laws - in plural - which is permitted by the Paris Convention. A range of statutory...

This contribution to an international survey of unfair competition laws provides an overview of the laws relating to unfair competition in the United Kingdom (UK). As opposed to a single source, the UK has unfair competition laws - in plural - which is permitted by the Paris Convention. A range...

This paper is part of a research project comparing Chinese trademark and unfair competition law with US and European trademark and unfair competition law. It is the contribution for "Germany" and covers the historical and doctrinal bases of German trademark and unfair competition law, with a...

"The Sick Chicken Case investigates the US Supreme Court decisions that dealt mortal blows to two pieces of legislation and one presidential action of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the liberal Democrats' New Deal. In A.L.A Schechter Poultry v. U.S., the court declared the National...

Laut ökonomischer Forschung sind Preisgarantien geeignet, den Wettbewerb zwischen Unternehmen zu beschränken, da Konkurrenten dem auslobenden Unternehmen dadurch weniger Kunden abwerben können und entmutigt werden, dessen Preise zu unterbieten. Mit der "aufeinander abgestimmten...

The article illustrates the underestimated role unfair competition law (UCL) can play as a building block of the regulatory landscape relating to Artificial Intelligence (AI). To this end, it examines to what extent overarching prominent principles of AI regulation such as Fairness,...

The proceedings of the XXIX FIDE Congress in The Hague in 2020 are published in four volumes. This book (Vol. 3) contains the reports of the General Rapporteurs (Nicolas Petit and Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel), the Institutional Rapporteur (Thomas Kramler) and the National Rapporteurs on Topic 3:...

The proceedings of the XXIX FIDE Congress in The Hague in 2020 are published in four volumes. This book (Vol. 3) contains the reports of the General Rapporteurs (Nicolas Petit and Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel), the Institutional Rapporteur (Thomas Kramler) and the National Rapporteurs on Topic 3:...

The accepted metaphor that trademark law is a species of the genus of unfair competition law distorts both the actual history and the relationship between the two. Tracing the development of the law reveals a related sequence of significant events, some of which have been forgotten. This...

In Eleanor Fox and Mor Bakhoum's new book titled Making Markets Work for Africa: Markets, Developments, and Competition Law in Sub-Saharan Africa (Oxford University Press, 2019), the authors offer a comprehensive look at the role that competition law can play in promoting economic development as...

In the digital society, the availability of information is both a blessing and a curse. Particularly on social media, the question of how information spreads is mostly engulfed in the commercial interests of platforms who rely on algorithmic governance in managing information flows, and the...

We discuss how the acquisition of private information by default without compensation by digital platforms such as Google and Facebook creates a market failure and can be grounds for antitrust enforcement. To avoid the market failure, the default in the collection of personal information has to...

With the rise of internet marketing and e-commerce around the world, international and cross-border conflicts in trademark and unfair competition law have become increasingly important. In this groundbreaking work, Tim Dornis - who, in addition to his scholarly pursuits, has worked as an...

Das Wettbewerbsrecht umfasst alle Regeln, die der Abwehr staatlicher und privater Eingriffe in den Wettbewerb sowie dem Ausgleich negativer Folgen fehlenden Wettbewerbs dienen. "Wettbewerbsrecht und Marktregulierung" analysiert in Band 1 unter Einbezug ökonomischer Erkenntnisse die...

Das personalisierte Recht wird mit der Digitalisierung zu einem verbreiteten Phänomen. Auch Preise innerhalb von alltäglichen Verträgen können durch eine automatisierte Datenauswertung an den einzelnen Kunden angepasst werden. Das kann vorteilhaft sein und einen geschlossenen Markt öffnen....

"This book is a collection of 18 essays that discuss recent major competition policy cases in both the United States and Europe covering mergers, monopolistic practices, and price fixing over the last years."

Prior to the recent commencement of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, (AfCFTA), there was no region-wide competition treaty in Africa. Concerted efforts have been invested in uniting broader political, economic and legal policies at sub-Saharan Africa level...

The aim of the UCPD is to harmonise the laws on unfair commercial practices and with it bring adequate remedies for consumers victim of such practices. The text provided for maximum harmonisation, yet, the implementation raised considerable difficulty across Europe over the manner in which to...

“Exaggerated claims of quality and selective discussion of the position attributes of a product or service are common and expected advertising practices.” Given the importance of the multiple mechanisms in the consumer protection Jurisprudence, this essay discusses the legal framework of...

Despite the increasingly market-friendly approach to unfair competition law (UCL) adopted by EU law, the protection of competitors from unfair trading practices (B2B) remains a salient feature in certain jurisdictions. Such a feature can be the source of tension with European law on at least two...

This paper analyses tensions between design law, trade mark law and unfair competition law in the EU and its member states, compared to US law. It suggests a conflict rule safeguarding the public domain in the area of designs

This chapter examines Consumer-Centric Marketing in the internal market from a legal standpoint. A legislative trend towards the protection of consumers' rights and individuals' privacy is witnessed in the European Union. Consumer-Centric Marketing, however, employs techniques that put consumers...

In the Netherlands, in the top tier of professional football some teams play their home matches on an artificial pitch while other teams play their home matches on natural grass. This paper investigates whether or not home teams who play on an artificial pitch have an additional home advantage...