Om LIDC

LIDC, International League of Competition Law, är en schweizisk oberoende vetenskaplig förening som bildades 1930 och verkar för en tillbörlig konkurrens på den gemensamma marknaden. Föreningen anordnar bland annat en årlig internationell kongress och tar beslut i frågor relaterade till otillbörlig konkurrens och konkurrensrätt. LIDC publicerar även tidskriften ERIC som innehåller artiklar om den senaste utvecklingen inom konkurrensrätten.

2025 – Congress in Vienna 9-12 October

We pleased to share with you the summary of the LIDC Congress 2025 in Vienna, kindly prepared by the Austrian Group.

This document provides an excellent overview of the conference and will also be used for promoting our upcoming Congress.

Please find the summary attached. We hope you find it useful and informative.

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2024 – Congress in London 7-9 November

The LIDC is delighted to announce that this year is the UK’s turn to host the Annual European LIDC Congress in London on 7-9 November and that registration is now open.

The questions that will be discussed are set out as follows:

Question A

WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, AND IS STILL TO BE MADE, IN ENSURING EFFECTIVE REDRESS FOR HARM RESULTING FROM INFRINGEMENTS OF COMPETITION LAW?

Question B

HOW SHOULD WE APPROACH ‘COPYCAT’ PACKAGING?

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2023 – Congress in Gothenburg 21-24 September

The questions that will be discussed are the followings:

Question A

DO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ENFORCEMENT, CASE-LAW, AND GUIDANCE FROM COMPETITION AUTHORITIES AND REGULATORS MAKE THE DELINEATION BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AND EFFICIENT PURCHASING AND SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS AND INFRINGING CONDUCT SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR IN PRACTICE THAT BUSINESSES AND THEIR ADVISORS KNOW HOW TO STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW?

International Rapporteur: Jean-Louis Fourgoux

Question B

WHAT MECHANISMS EXIST TO AVOID OVER-BROAD TRADEMARKS AND ADDRESS CONCERNS THAT THE TRADEMARK REGISTERS ARE CLOGGED (E.G. BAD FAITH IN SKY V SKYKICK; REQUIREMENTS FOREVIDENCE OF USE), AND ARE THESE MECHANISMS EFFECTIVE?‘

International Rapporteur: Ingrida Karina-Berzina

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2021 – Congress in Brussels 22 – 24 September

Due disruptive innovations call for disruptive competition law enforcement?

Welcome to the LIDC Congress 2021! This year the event is organized both virtually and physically in order to offer everyone the opportunity to participate. The following questions will be discussed:

Question A
“Tasks and competences of NCA’s in a data driven society”?
International Rapporteur: Dominik Schäfers

Question B
“Influencers, native advertising and the use of AI for marketing – how can it be controlled by law?”
International Rapporteur: Marta Delgado Echevarria

To read more about LIDC, click here.

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2019 – Congress in Paris 7th – 10th October 

The following questions were processed:

Question A: “To what extent should competition law be concerned with differences in prices, terms and conditions, or quality offered by suppliers to different purchasers”

International Rapporteurs: Christophe Lemaire and David Sevy 

Question B: “Should there be legal restrictions on the ability of persons who claim, without sufficient justification, to hold IP rights that have been infringed to bring, or to threaten to bring, legal proceedings based on such claims against their competitors or others?”

International Rapporteur: Mark Anderson

2022 – Congress in Milano 20-23 October

The questions that will be discussed are the followings:

Question A

WHAT COULD/SHOULD SUSTAINABILITY GOALS PLAY IN COMPETITION POLICY AND ENFORCEMENT AND HOW ARE COMPETITION AUTHORITIES ADDRESSING THIS?

International Rapporteur: Julian Nowag

Question B

‘GREEN IP’: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN SUSTAINABILITY?

International Rapporteur: Christopher de Mauny

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CANCELLED – 2020 – Congress in Brussels 15th – 18th October

The questions that will be discussed are the following :

Question A : “Tasks and competences of national competition law authorities in a data driven society”

For Question, A the international reporter is Jens Gaster, policy officer at the European Commission.

Question B : Influencers, native advertising and the use of AI for marketing – how can it be controlled by law? 

For Question B, the international reporter is Marta Delgado Echevarría, Partner at JONES DAY

—– This event was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic —–