British Group of the Ligue Internationale du Droit de la Concurrence (International League for Competition Law)

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Annual Accounts

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2021 Accounts


2020 Accounts

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Submissions

Consultation Response
European Commission Consultation on EU Merger Control Regime
Date: January 2017
Author: CLA 


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Consultation Response
BIS: Implementing the EU Directive on damages for breach of competition law 
Date: March 2016
Author: CLA 

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Consultation Response
CAT rules: further details on Question 8 
Date: July 2015
Author: CLA 

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Consultation Response
CAT further rules of procedure 
Date: July 2015
Author: CLA 

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Consultation Response
BIS: Streamlining Regulatory & Competition Appeals
Date: September 2013
Author: CLA

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Consultation Response
European Commission : Draft Proposal for a revised block exemption for technology transfer agreements and for revised guidelines
Date: May 2013
Author: CLA

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Consultation Response
BIS: Private Actions in Competition Law
A Consultation on Options for Reform
Date: July 2012
Author: CLA
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LIDC Documents
 

UK National Reports for LIDC Congress, 2023 Gothenburg

Question A: Do recent developments in enforcement, case-law, and guidance from competition authorities and regulators make the delineation between legitimate and efficient purchasing and supply arrangements and infringing conduct sufficiently clear in practice that businesses and their advisors know how to stay on the right side of the law?

Question B: What mechanisms exist to avoid over-broad trademarks and address concerns that the trademark registers are clogged (e.g. bad faith in Sky v SkyKick; requirements for evidence of use), and are these mechanisms effective?

UK and International Reports can be viewed via the LIDC Website


UK National Reports for LIDC Congress, 2022 Milan

Question A: What role could/should sustainability goals play in competition policy and enforcement and how are competition authorities addressing this?

Question B: ‘Green IP’: What is the role of intellectual property in sustainability?

UK and International Reports can be viewed via the LIDC Website


UK National Reports for LIDC Congress, 2021, Brussels

Question A: What is the role of antitrust authorities regarding the dignital economy?

UK and International Reports can be viewed via the LIDC Website

The conclusions reached following the Congress can be reviewed here or by visiting the "past Congresses" section of the LIDC website


UK National Reports for LIDC Congress, 2019, Paris

Question A:
to what extent should competition law be concerned with differences in prices, terms and conditions and quality to different purchasers?

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Question B: Should there be legal restrictions on the ability of persons who claim, without sufficient justification, to hold IP rights that have been infringed to bring, or to threaten to bring, legal proceedings based on such claims against their competitors or others?

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UK National Reports for LIDC Congress, 2018, Budapest

Question A: 
Who is/should be liable for breaches of competition law: which rules should govern the attribution of civil and (where it exists) criminal liability to the company, parent company, management & employee?

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Question B: How can the holder of intellectual property rights protect its brands in the context of on- and off-line distribution and after-sales service, and does the existing framework for such protection strike a fair balance between the interests of rights holders and the interests of consumers?

The draft report with respect to the above IP question, will be uploaded in due course.

UK National Reports for LIDC Congress 2017, Rio de Janeiro

Question A: 
What are the major competition/anti-trust issues generated by the growth of online sales platforms, and how should they be resolved?

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Question B: To what extent do current exclusions and limitations to copyright strike a fair balance between the rights of owners and fair use by private individuals and others?

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UK National Reports for LIDC Congress 2016, Geneva

Question A: In the case of pharmaceuticals, in what way should the application of the competition rules be affected by the specific characteristics of those products and markets (including consumer protection rules, the need to promote innovation, the need to protect public budgets, and other public interest considerations)?

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Question B: What rules should govern claims by suppliers of goods or services about national or geographical origin of their goods or services?

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UK National Reports for LIDC Congress 2015, Stockholm

Question B: The food distribution market: is anti-trust efficiently handling this market?

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UK National Reports for LIDC Congress 2014,Turin

Question A: The consistency and compatibility of transactional resolutions of anti-trust proceedings (such as settlement processes, leniencies, transactions, commitments, and amicable agreements) with the due process and fundamental rights of the parties.  

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UK National Reports for LIDC Congress 2014,Turin

Question B: To what extent does the principle of exhaustion of IP rights apply to the on-line industry?  

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