Joint Purchasing-framework for Competition Law Analysis & Mechanisms to Address Overly-broad Trademark Usage

Bruce Kilpatrick is a partner at Linklaters LLP, based in London. He advises a range of clients on competition law, utility regulation, merger control, and EU state aid matters. He has particular expertise in the energy, transport, retail, and financial services sectors.Pierre Kobel is a partner at Athena in Geneva. He practiced in all fields of law in different law firms in Geneva, Lausanne, and in the USA, as well as with the Federal administration in Bern. He is frequently invited as a guest lecturer and is a recognized practitioner in the field of antitrust, intellectual property, and dispute resolution.

• Part I: Joint Purchasing.– Framework for Competition Law Analysis.- Joint purchasing and Competition Law: an International Report (Jean-Louis Fourgoux).- Austria (Stefan Wartinger and Gerhard Fussenegger).- Brazil (João Marcelo de Lima Assafim).- France (Guillaume Melot, Mathilde Boudou, Maud Boukhris, Nizar Lajnef and Lauren Mechri).- Hungary (Márton Kocsis).- Italy (Elisa Teti).- Switzerland (Johana Cau).- United Kingdom (Sima Ostrovsky).- Hong Kong (Catrina Lam and Joshua Yeung).- Sweden (Per Karlsson, Dr. Robert Moldén and Henrik Nilsson).- Romania (Anca Buta Musat).- Part II: Mechanisms to Address Overly broad Trademark Usage.- International Report (Ingrīda Karina-Bērzida).- Austria (Andrea Zinober).- Belgium (Jeroen Muyldermans).- Brazil (Lucas Bernardo Antoniazzi).- France (Sophie Micallef and Sandrine Bouvier-Ravon).- Hungary (Szofia Lendvai and Mihály Budai).- Italy (Elena Prandoni).- Malta (Philip Mifsud and Sasha Muscat).- Sweden (Filip Kylvåg).- Romania (Paul Buta).- United Kingdom (Luminita Olteanu).- United States (Larry Nodine).