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Using Trademarks to Stop Unauthorized Imports (aka “Gray Goods”) | American Competition Law
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Posted by Steve Chippendale. September 17, 2012. Using Trademarks to Stop Unauthorized Imports (aka Gray Goods ). The so-called black market consists. Of counterfeit goods, whereas the gray market is made up of genuine goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. Brands have successfully used federal trademark law to block the importation of gray goods. Below are four such cases decided in the past year or so. Hokto Kinoko Co. v. Concord Farms, Inc. Crackin...
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U.S. Joins Global Antitrust Probe of Car Shipping Companies | American Competition Law
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Posted by Steve Chippendale. September 12, 2012. US Joins Global Antitrust Probe of Car Shipping Companies. Yesterday Gap and I published an advisory about a new global price-fixing investigation of international car shipping companies. Last week, on September 6, Japan’s Fair Trade Commission and the European Commission conducted coordinated dawn raids that targeted multiple maritime shipping companies that transport vehicles internationally. The advisory is available here. Notify me of new posts by email.
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Measuring Market Concentration | American Competition Law
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Posted by Steve Chippendale. September 12, 2012. American antitrust law focuses on the problem of market power. Market power is when sellers (or buyers) have the ability to profitably maintain prices above (or below) competitive levels for a lengthy period of time. A monopoly is when sellers exercise market power; a monopsony is when buyers do. According to the DOJ-FTC 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines. Under the merger guidelines, the antitrust agencies generally classify markets into three types:.
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20 Examples of (Potential) Anticompetitive Conduct | American Competition Law
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Posted by Steve Chippendale. September 9, 2012. 20 Examples of (Potential) Anticompetitive Conduct. Welcome to ACL. This DC-based blog will cast a nationwide eye over the laws regulating market competition. Our goal is to decode antitrust jargon and explain how a gray market is unlike a black market. Yes, these topics may sound like legal abstractions, but make no mistake: they have everyday consequences in the business world. Tying by contract as requirement of purchase. Cash discounts, such as rebates.
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Most Cited Antitrust Law Professors | American Competition Law
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Posted by Steve Chippendale. September 10, 2012. Most Cited Antitrust Law Professors. On his always excellent Antitrust Competition and Policy Blog. University of Florida Law Professor D. Daniel Sokol has ranked the most cited antitrust law professors using the JLR Westlaw database. Drum roll pleasethe five most cited tenured or tenure-track professors are:. 1 Mark Lemley (Stanford). 2 Herb Hovenkamp (Iowa). 3 Louis Kaplow (Harvard). 4 George Priest (Yale). 5 Einer Elhauge (Harvard). M and A Law Prof Blog.
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David Foley's Labor and Employment Law Blog. Since you are reading this, you might be wondering things like, "Is this blog legal advice? Is this guy an expert in Labor and Employment Law? What qualifies this guy to write about these topics? Why is this guy writing this blog? Does this blog advocate political positions? What is the aim of the blog? Does this guy make money from this blog? Those are all excellent questions and I'm glad that you might have wondered them. 5) I try to keep this blog from advo...
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LaborRelated: May 2013
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David Foley's Labor and Employment Law Blog. Friday, May 31, 2013. Inherently Concerted: Sabo, Inc. d/b/a Hoodview Vending 359 NLRB No. 36 (2012). Can a simple discussion between employees be protected concerted activity under Section 7 of the NLRA? If employees are discussing a " vital term and condition. Of employment, they are protected when they talk to one another about it. These conversations are " inherently concerted. What are " vital terms and conditions of employment. 359 NLRB No. 36 (2012).
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