Patent Enforcement Spiralling Out of Control: What Happens When Injunctions Are Taken Away?
In a recent Insight, we argued that weakening injunctive relief through a reform of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) is wrong. An argument against injunctive relief that has been kicking around the...
Summer Reading List 2026
The rising temperatures may have told us that summer arrived some time ago, but the holiday season is now just around the corner – bringing with it the perfect opportunity to find a good...
Beijing Is Not Coercing Spain: Madrid Is Providing the Influence for Free
In 2025, Spain became one of the primary targets of Chinese investments in Europe, with EV-related commitments up 147 per cent – third in Europe – anchored by CATL’s €4 billion battery plant. At...
The Commission’s DMA Specification Decisions on Google: A Case of Regulatory Privilege Escalation
It is understood and accepted by most experts and observers that platform companies like Apple, Google, and Meta are large, systemic, and should be subject to competition disciplines. It is therefore a mystery that,...
Steering into Price Control: Why the CMA’s App-Store Proposals Go beyond What is Necessary
There is a conceptual problem right at the heart of the consultations on proposed steering conduct requirements (CRs) for Apple and Google by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK. On the...
Holiday Break
The Editorial Team Dear readers, We will be taking a short break for summer holidays. We will resume our regular publishing schedule in early September 2026. In the meantime, we are always open to...
