In Conversation With IPR & Competition Law

In the second part of Episode 32, Mr Manuel Martinho Lopes Rocha, Associate, SRS Advogados discuss with Aditya Trivedi about "Hub and Spoke Cartels: EU Law and Portuguese Perspective". They discuss theory of harm and potential hub and spoke arrangements; market strategies through pricing algorithms in digital ecosystems and challenges faced by competition authorities when pursuing hub and spoke ca...

In this Part 1 of the episode, Mr Manuela Martinho Lopes Rocha, Associate, SRS Advogados, Portugal discuss with Aditya Trivedi about "Hub and Spoke Cartels: EU Law and Portuguese Perspective". They discuss features of hub and spoke cartels; relationship between Resale Price Maintenance and Hub and Spoke arrangements; standard and burden of proof; and Section 9 Portugese Competition Act regarding h...

In this episode, Ms. Betty Mkatshwa, Senior Analyst, Competition Commission, South Africa discuss with Aditya Trivedi on "Competition law and Public Interest: A South African Perspective". They discuss the role of non economic concerns in competition law and its impact on stakeholders; inclusion of Historically Disadvantaged Individuals (HDIs) in South Africa competition policy; public interest an...

In this episode, Dr. Or Brook, Associate Professor of Competition law and policy at the University of Leeds discuss with Aditya Trivedi about the Non-Competition Interests in EU Competition law. They discuss the recent publication of Dr. Brook ‘Non-Competition Interests in EU Antitrust Law: An Empirical Study of Article 101 TFEU’ published by Cambridge University Press. Points of discussion includ...

In this episode, Mr Aditya Jain, Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India discuss with Aditya Trivedi about competiton law in healthcare sector in India. They discuss about the Antitrust issues involved in healthcare sector; concerns impacting consumers; analysis of policy, legislation and regulatory regime in healthcare; regulation of collusive practices; patent and Competition law; cross borde...

In this episode, Dr. Christophe A. Carugati, Affiliate Fellow, Breugel discuss with Aditya Trivedi and Mrigank Patel about the much talked about Digital Markets Act (DMA) and EU Competition law. They discuss the essential features of DMA; its impact on Big Tech; the concept of gatekeepers; obligation for identified gatekeepers; discussion on Article 6 of DMA; relationship of DMA with NCAs (Nationa...

In this Episode, Mr. Sphesihle Nxumalo, Senior Associate (Antitrust & Competition), Baker McKenzie, South Africa discuss with Aditya Trivedi and Mrigank Patel on "Competition law in the Digital Economy - An African Perspective". They discuss characteristics of digital economy; status of digital markets in Africa; challenges faced by antitrust authorities in cases related to digital markets; commen...

In this episode, Ariel Ezrachi, Slaughter and May Professor of Competition Law, University of Oxford and Maurice Stucke, Douglas A. Blaze Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee discuss with Aditya Trivedi and Mrigank Patel about their book " How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation and How to Strike Back" published by Harper Collins. They discuss about the essential features of Tech B...

In this Episode Isheta Boruah hosts Barasha Borthakur. Barasha is doctoral researcher at Centre for Commercial and Legal Studies, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London. Here she talks about, how important Green Intellectual Property is in contemporary times; difference between green technology, clean technology and environmentally sound technology; how these technologies are or will be us...

In this episode, Isheta Boruah hosts Neha Gyamlani, who is one of the Founding Partners at J&G Associates. She heads the litigation, arbitration and General Corporate Practice of the firm. Neha talks about What are some of the most common ways in which piracy plagues the digital publishing industry? what are the intellectual property implications involved in Piracy? Does Sci-Hub, LibGen, and Z-Lib...

In this episode, Maja Dobrić, Case Handler at the Commission for Protection of Competition, Serbia discusses with Aditya Trivedi about the competition law regime in Serbia. They discuss the legislative framework, role and duties of the Commission, merger control regime, powers and jurisdiction of judicial bodies on competition law issues. Significantly, they observe specific features of Serbian Co...

In this Episode, Isheta Boruah hosts Mathews V.C. who is the Group Head of Intellectual Property Rights at Fox Mandal. Mathews sir discusses about what can we expect when it comes to the future of the metaverse, is there a future to the metaverse?; the implications of the metaverse with respect to copyrights?; How does it change the landscape of copyright protection and how prepared is the copyrig...

In this episode, Mr Purushottam Anand, Founder, Crypto Legal and petitioner-in-person of an Antitrust case against Google before Competition Commission of India discusses with Aditya Trivedi about the competition laws and regulation of Bigtech in India and emerging issues related to the same. They discuss about the impact of competition due to the presence of Bigtech companies, monopolisation, kil...

In this episode, Isheta Boruah hosts Mr. Franco Oriti who is a registered Italian IP Attorney & Founder of Oriti Patents law firm in Switzerland. Mr. Franco talks about the essential requirements to be fulfilled in order to make an invention patentable as per the law in Switzerland, the procedure for filing European Patents in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, How are checks on unfair competition, kn...

In this episode , Yemesi Oluyode , Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst , Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission , Nigeria discusses with Aditya Trivedi on Merger Control Regime in Nigeria . They discuss about the powers of the Commission, Legislative Provisions, Merger thresholds , Jurisdictional overlaps between Sectoral Regulators and the Commission and Procedural and Substantive as...

In this episode, Isheta Boruah & Sonal Sinha hosts Twinkle Maheshwary, where she talks about her book "Intellectual Property Rights in the Creative Industry". Twinkle Maheshwary also discusses about, observations on the applicability of IPR in the creative industry; current and future vision when it comes to the intersection of IPR with the Creative Industry; the applications of different forms of...

In this episode, Dr Vijay Kumar Aggarwal, Senior Consultant, Competition Law and Policy, Lex Indis Law Offices answers to Aditya Trivedi and Mrigank Patel on pertinent questions regarding jurisdiction of Competition Commission of India and statutory authorities in India on competition law cases. They discuss recommendations of Raghavan Committee Report; Section 21 and 21 A of Indian Competition Ac...

In this episode, Raveena Sethia, Associate, Competition team, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Delhi discusses with Aditya Trivedi and Rishika Jain about the competition law concerns in food sector in India. They discuss genetically modified seeds, IP and CCI's role; role of competition policy in increasing farmer's income; impact of covid on food industry and alleged practices followed by online...

In this episode, Mr Juan David Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Associate Professor at Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia discusses with Aditya Trivedi about the origin and development of antitrust laws in Latin America; impact of pandemic on market competition; leniency regime; digital markets and competitive landscape; merger control regime and competition law compliance in Latin America

In this episode, Isheta Boruah along with Sonal Sinha, hosts Isheta T Batra, IP & Media Counsel & Founder of TrailBlazer Advocates. They discuss about the need of the hour of a codified law of Personality & Celebrity rights within Intellectual Property Law Regime; how famous cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar & Kapil Dev have protected their image rights; also how in Europe, Organizations have used...

In this episode, Odie Strydom, Economist and CEO, Betweenity (Pty) Ltd from South Africa discusses with Aditya Trivedi about the Futures studies in competition law. They discuss legal provisions related to impact studies in South Africa; impact studies and market inquiries; shortcomings of impact study tests; welfare standards for developing countries, et al.

In this episode, Arushi Gupta, Founder and Partner, Satyaki Legal discusses with Isheta Boruah about Intellectual property rights of movie scripts, especially under copyright laws in India; essentials to get Copyright protection; idea expression dichotomy; role of trademarks; rights of the author; role of Script Writers Association et al.

In this episode, Dr Amber Darr, Lecturer in Competition Law, University of Manchester discusses with Mrigank Patel and Aditya Trivedi about competition law issues in South Asia. They discuss the development of competition law, emerging trends in the developing economies, et al. Tune in to listen to the full podcast.

In this episode, Ilia Dubovtsev, from Russia discusses with Aditya Trivedi about information asymmetry as criticism of Bigtech and antitrust cases against them. They discuss provisions of EU Competition law on regulation of fintech, access to data, potential competition threats. They also discuss open banking model and its competitive landscape.

This is the monthly digest of Indian Competition law cases hosted by Aditya Trivedi, Founder and host of the podcast. It includes the antitrust orders and combination cases reviewed by Competition Commission of India in January 2022.