On behalf of the LIDC (the International League of Competition Law), we are
delighted to present the seventh edition of LIDC Contributions on Antitrust Law,
Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition, which captures the reports prepared by
the international and national reporters at the League’s Annual Congress held in
October 2018 in Budapest, Hungary. We would like to thank the Hungarian group of
the LIDC of this event and for their dedication and enthusiasm in putting together
such a strong programme.
The Congress is, in the editors’ opinion, a real ‘one of a kind’ event, bringing
together leading practitioners across the antitrust and intellectual property fields from
a wide variety of jurisdictions across the globe, with detailed national reports on two
topics chosen by the LIDC’s Scientific Committee and an international comparative
report on each topic.
It takes a huge amount of work and commitment from the national reporters, and
particularly the international reporters, to produce their studies, and we would like to
thank them for their enormous contribution, which is greatly appreciated. This year’s
Congress brought together delegates from across the world, with national reports
from jurisdictions including Brazil and Hong Kong, as well as from across the
European Union and Switzerland. The purpose of this book is to share their learning
with a wider audience across the members of the LIDC and its constituent national
organisations and with academics, practitioners and students across the world. We
hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed listening to the debate and
discussions that took place in Budapest.