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OFT investigates pharma sector patent settlement agreements

25 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is investigating patent litigation agreements relating to paroxetine. Paroxetine is a medicine used in the treatment of disorders such as depression and...

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OFT points to successful impact of first abuse of dominance fines under Competition Act in Napp Pharmaceuticals case

26 June 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Competition Act 1998 came into force in 2000. Under it, the Office of Fair Trading can impose large fines and declare void arrangements that are either agreements between undertakings whose object...

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Heathrow abused dominant parking position – Purple Parking Limited and Meteor Parking Limited v Heathrow Airport Limited, High Court

6 May 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Purple Parking (PP) and Meteor Parking (MP) brought a claim against Heathrow Airport (HA) alleging that HA had breached the Chapter II Prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 by limiting access to the...

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OFT issues largest ever fine for abuse of dominance – to Reckitt Benckiser for de-listing out-of-patent Gaviscon product from NHS prescription channel before generic product appeared

5 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has issued its largest fine for an abuse of a dominant position, contrary to the Chapter II Prohibition of the Competition Act and Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning...

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Google investigated over allegations of abuse of dominant position in search engine market

2 December 2010 | Mark Weston

Google is being investigated by the European Commission over allegations that it abused its dominant position in the search engine market, contrary to European Union competition law. The fact that...

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Ofcom decides no abuse of dominant position by BT

17 November 2010 | Simon Weinberg

Ofcom has published its decision in relation to the investigation of BT and its pricing for residential broadband between June 2002 and December 2004. The investigation stemmed from an initial complaint...

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Directors watch out: OFT vows to get tough with directors who should have known their companies were breaking competition laws

21 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has vowed to get tough with directors who should have know that their companies were breaking competition laws. The OFT wants to use powers under the Company Directors Disqualification...

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England football shirt trade war hits fever pitch as Asda sells shirts at half their RRP after sourcing from grey market

1 June 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Asda is taking on the dominant might of Umbro after the supermarket bought official England shirts from the European Union grey market for re-sale in the UK – at half of Umbro’s recommended retail...

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Latest news and views tagged Chapter II Prohibition

OFT investigates pharma sector patent settlement agreements

OFT points to successful impact of first abuse of dominance fines under Competition Act in Napp Pharmaceuticals case

Heathrow abused dominant parking position – Purple Parking Limited and Meteor Parking Limited v Heathrow Airport Limited, High Court

OFT issues largest ever fine for abuse of dominance – to Reckitt Benckiser for de-listing out-of-patent Gaviscon product from NHS prescription channel before generic product appeared

Google investigated over allegations of abuse of dominant position in search engine market

Ofcom decides no abuse of dominant position by BT

Directors watch out: OFT vows to get tough with directors who should have known their companies were breaking competition laws

England football shirt trade war hits fever pitch as Asda sells shirts at half their RRP after sourcing from grey market

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