This article has been nominated for the 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Hong Kong Court confirms bar on stand-alone private actions in competition cases* The Hong Kong Court of First Instance rejected a claim that it had jurisdiction (...)

Knut Fournier
Knut Fournier is a Lecturer at Shue Yan University and in-house counsel at StubHub, eBay’s ticketing platform. His research interests cover antitrust in Southeast Asia and in Hong Kong, and in regulated sectors. His latest publication is on unilateral conduct in Southeast Asia. Knut is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Competition Association.
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Technological innovation and internet are one of the greatest social changes of the past decades. Nearly every aspect of our daily lives is affected by internet. The Web has not only infiltrated and modified many human interactions, the strength of this impact has multiplied in recent years, as (...)
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Antitrust rules have been brought into play in situations whereby a company tries to prevent, or at least delay, the entry into the market of potential competitors. This issue has gained prominence in the context of patents and intellectual property (IP) rights in the pharmaceutical industry. (...)
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This book maps the latest developments in public procurement of innovation policy in various contexts and analyzes the evolution and development of the various policy solutions in broader institutional contexts. In doing so, it addresses significant theoretical and practical gaps: On the one (...)
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Merger control has been part of the Hong Kong’s legal landscape for the past ten years, although it only concerns mergers in the telecom sector. The new Competition Ordinance, which will fully enter into force in 2015, does not contain provisions for a cross-sector merger control mechanism. It (...)
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The first roundtable of the conference held in Paris, the 13th May 2014 on the recovery of antitrust harm was dedicated to the antitrust harm in foreign legal systems. Michele CARPAGNANO Professor, University of Trento Co-Director, Osservatorio Antitrust Knut PROVIDER Research Associate, (...)