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The 2021 updates to the merger thresholds under Canada's Competition Act and for the first time , the Competition Act's size-of target threshold decreased by C$3 million to C$93 million. Competition Act The Competition Act requires advance notification of certain merger transactions involving operating businesses in Canada where "size-of-parties" and "size-of-target" financial tests both are exceeded: The "size-of-target" test requires that the value of assets in Canada to be acquired, or owned by the corporation the shares of which are being acquired, or the annual gross revenue from sale...

10 February 2021

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Digitalization Act, which entered into force on January 19, 2021, substantially extends the scope of German antitrust law to tackle presumed enforcement challenges in the digital economy and raises merger control thresholds across all industries. The Digitalization Act is the 10th amendment of the German Competition Act (GWB), the so-called GWB10. The most prominent changes include: A new quasi-regulatory tool to prohibit certain conduct patterns of platforms on multi-sided markets and networks (§ 19a). This new tool is combin...

Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection UOKiK activity increase in 2020 resulted in fines for a number of entrepreneurs. Activities incl: fighting payment gridlocks, defaulted deadlines, Gazprom Nord Stream 2 merger control; Counteracting Unfair Use of Contractual Advantage in Trading in Agricultural Produce and Foodstuffs

In summary Rights holders have traditionally turned to court litigation to protect IP rights such as patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets – or to enforce IP licensing agreements. This brings certain challenges, such as a public forum, unfamiliar laws and procedures, judges with varying IP law expertise, concern for national interests, and the risk that a judgment cannot be enforced in other jurisdictions. Arbitration offers an alternative mechanism and has a number of advantages, including confidentiality, a neutral forum or a single forum, the ability to select arbitrators wit...