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Ex-Post Syllabus

Introduction
- Competition policy from a European perspective, Margrethe Vestager, EU Commissioner for Competition, Video here.
- Archer Daniel Midland Segment from 'Fair Fight in the Marketplace', here.- Competition Commission of Singapore: Apples Aplenty, here; A 2 Minute Wonder, here.

Overview of competition policy, here.

Sherman Act original, Section 1,

Art.101 TFEU, here.

Cartels
- OECD, CARTELS INVOLVING INTERMEDIATE GOODS -- Background Paper by the Secretariat, here.

- OECD, Ex officio cartel investigations and the use of screens to detect cartels, pp.9-35, here.
- Presentation on cartels and the oligopoly problem here.
- Cartel in the modeling sector: Presentation here.

Cartels and the international dimension
- OECD, Challenges of International Co-operation in Competition Law Enforcement here (as redacted!).

Vertical restraints

- video from 09:15 until 09:34:45, here 

- OECD, Vertical Restraints for On-line Sales, pp.5-21, here.
- Presentation: Vertical restraints and the digital transition here.

- OECD Hearing on Rate Parity, contributions by France, here, Germany, here, and United Kingdom, here
- The Coty Ruling on selective distribution and the platform ban here and here.

Online Platforms
- Video here (watched until 18:44)

- House of Lords, Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market, pp. 7-31, here.

Abuse of dominant position
- Presentation here. 

- Unilateral Conduct Workbook, Chapter 2: Analytical Framework For Evaluating Unilateral Conduct, here;

- OECD, Fidelity Rebates, pp. 1-15, here;
- the ARA Case: Presentation here; 
- The Intel case: Presentation here;
- The Tetra Pak Case: Presentation here. 

The Google Shopping Case
- Press release, here.

- Commissioner Vestager's statement here. 

- Google, here. 

- Clifford Chance, The Google comparative shopping case, here
- Presentation here.

Tying and Bundling
- ICN, Tying and Bundling here.
- Presentation on Android, here

Intellectual Property and Competition Law

OECD, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND STANDARD SETTING, pp. 1-28, here

G. Napolitano, IP and Competition Enforcement in Developing and Emerging Economies, Presentation here

Merger Control
ICN, here.

Private Enforcement of Competition Law

Presentation here.

XII WEEK - Private Enforcement of Competition Policy

Presentation here. 

Mock Exam Results

BEST ANSWERS : + 1
30/30 + 1 = 30 CUM LAUDE
These are: 23;11;16;10;4;25;6;1;32;9;3;21;19;15;2;17

FINAL EXAM:
FIRST PART (3 QUESTIONS: 45 MINUTES) 18 POINTS;
SECOND PART (1 BROAD, PRACTICAL QUESTION) 12 POINTS;

THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR MERGER CONTROL

ICN, here.

Still on the Coty Ruling we discussed today

FT, here.

Catch-up class on 6 Dec starts at 3.15 pm

XI WEEK - Android / Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Please study:

OECD, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND STANDARD SETTING, pp. 1-28, here.
Presentation on Android, here.

Guest Speakers

7 December
8.30-9.30 Elisa Tassoni on car data and data markets Room 3E (only if you are interested)
10.30-11.30 Giovanni Napolitano, WIPO
"IP and Competition Law Enforcement in Emerging and Developing Economies"
Conference Room


13 December
10.30 Antonio Cabobianco OECD
"Algorithmic Collusion"
Conference Room
12 Lunch at the Alpine Club

13 December Lunch

If you still plan to join us, you have time until Dec 6 to decide!
Thank you.