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The article examines the practice of the European Union legal structure regarding the conflict between the protection of intellectual property and antitrust law. The author examines the practice of the European Commission and courts in requiring licensing of intellectual property.

(The following article is adapted from remarks delivered at the Food Safety Summit in Washington, D.C. in March. Stephen Clapp is Food Traceability Report managing editor.) Traceability has become the [...]

Euro Coop, a federation of consumer advocacy organizations, says European Commission proposals for regulating bioengineered foods need to be tightened rather than undermined. Noting that some food industry representatives had [...]

The European Commission has delayed its ruling on the future of block exemption for several weeks. A crucial Commission draft proposal was expected later this month or in early December, [...]

Brussels The European Commission (EC) gave the go-ahead on September 5 for the proposed acquisition of the U.K.'s Tempus Group by French advertising network Havas Advertising. The decision comes a [...]

Some easing of the cost discrimination against UK beef processors and retailers resulting from the BSE crisis appears a possible outcome of new cattle testing rules proposed by the European [...]

WASHINGTON -- The quiet wars have begun -- and the United States is speaking up. At issue are European rules mandating that aircraft be equipped with noise reduction devices, a [...]

Mounting pressure from the United Parcel Service and other private courier services and doubts over the Deutsche Post Group's financial capability to undertake a $3-billion acquisition spree, spurred the European Commission to investigate whether the postal company received illegal aid from the German government. The investigation has underscored the importance of adopting transparent accounting practices as privatization increases in popularity. Meanwhile, the Deutsche has denied that it has received government aid or that its recent acquisitions have been funded by mail revenue.

THE European Commission is investigating Denmark over the Danish Act on certain games, lotteries and bets. The Danish law, adopted in March 2003, bans gambling service providers legally operating elsewhere [...]

The European Commission (EC) announced that it is launching an investigation into the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement carrier's TACA-2 agreement. Although the EC said that TACA-2's provision for requiring member carriers not to price inland services below cost when offering inland transport as part of a multimodal transport operation, it is doubtful about the part of the agreement that concerns the exchange of information on contracts and other aspects of the member carriers' operations. According to the TACA-2 agreement, carriers may exchange information on tariffs and service contracts in aggregate form.

The Trans-Atlantic Agreement (TAA) is seeking a political solution to its legal struggle involving the European Union's anti-cartel law. According to the European Commission, the TAA's practices involving intermodal service pricing run counter to the Union's anti-cartel law. The TAA aims to solve its legal problems through political means, such as participation in a two-day oral hearing on Apr. 28-29, 1994, which gave TAA the chance to answer a number of EC charges on its pricing policies and capacity management program., Brussels hearing moves legal process along. Backroom negotiations continue. Can the two fronts ever be reconciled? In late April the 15 members of the Trans-Atlantic Agreement had their last chance [...]