RPM is one of the hottest areas of competition law in the world. A recent Chinese landmark case—Johnson & Johnson—was not only the first significant case won by a private…

Ding Wenlian, Oct 28, 2013 There are two main views espoused by scholars on how to apply Article 14 of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law, which covers vertical agreements. The first view…

Chunfai (CF) Lui, Oct 28, 2013 In this article, I will examine the landmark case where the Shanghai High People’s Court ruled against the Chinese subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson…

Yan Yu, Oct 28, 2013 This paper revisits the economics of resale price maintenance, comments on the extent to which economic principles were embraced by the Shanghai High People’s Court…

Ken Dai, Oct 28, 2013 China just celebrated the 5-year anniversary of the Anti-Monopoly Law, which took effect on August 1, 2008. The anti-monopoly enforcement agencies in China seem to…

Julie Clarke, Philip Clarke, Oct 28, 2013 The prohibition of RPM occupies a special position in Australian competition law. It was the first anticompetitive practice to be specifically outlawed when…

Heather Irvine, Oct 28, 2013 The South African Competition Act imposes an outright prohibition on minimum resale price maintenance, and even a first time offense is punishable by an administrative…

Ana Paula Martinez, Mariana Tavares de Araujo, Oct 28, 2013 Resale price maintenance is one of the current hot topics in the antitrust community, not only in the Europe and…

Clara Ingen-Housz, Oct 28, 2013 Resale price maintenance is the practice whereby suppliers of goods or services specify a fixed, minimum, or maximum resale price to their resellers. If the…