Urška Petrovčič is Director of Economic Strategy at Qualcomm and a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute. Petrovčič completed her Ph.D. at the European University Institute, where she compared the approaches that the antitrust authorities in the United States and in the European Union adopted towards the use of standard essential patents. Petrovčič was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (USA) and at the University of Oslo (Norway). She was also the inaugural scholar of the American Bar Association’s International in-Residence Program. She previously worked at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and at the Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission. Petrovčič has published several articles on the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property in academic and business journals, and has presented on that topic at numerous international conferences.
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In September 2012, the Slovenian Competition Authority (hereinafter: Competition authority) issued a decision finding that the Slovenian Medical Chamber (hereinafter: Medical Chamber) violated Article 6 of the Prevention of Restriction of Competition Act (hereinafter: PRCA), and Article 101 of (...)
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On May 22, 2012 the Slovenian Supreme Court (Supreme court) rejected to grant to Si.mobil, the applicant, standing in a judicial proceeding reviewing the Slovenian competition authority’s (authority) decision in the case against Telekom Slovenije d.d. (previously Mobitel d.d., a subsidiary and (...)
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The European Commission opens an antitrust investigation against Samsung Electronic* On January 31, the European Commission announced the opening of a formal antitrust investigation against Samsung Electronic, the South Korean producer of smartphones and tablet computers. The case concerns (...)
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The Italian competition authority accepts Google’s commitments in the investigation concerning Google News in Italy* In January 2011, the Italian Competition Authority announced that it closed its investigation against Google Italy, for the alleged abuse of dominant position. The decision (...)
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In August 2010, the Slovenian Competition Authority (hereinafter: Competition authority) accepted the commitments offered by Samsung Electronics Austria GmbH (hereinafter: Samsung Austria) concerning the exercise of right arising from warranty claims. The Competition authority found that (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
