Tag: Agriculture
South Africa: Competition Commission pursues prosecution of seed potato supplier
The Competition Commission has asked the Competition Tribunal to prosecute Netherlands-based seed potato breeder HZPC Holland and its exclusive South African distributor Wesgro Potatoes...
APR-10(2)
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The intersection of agriculture and antitrust is the subject of recent high-level attention, as the DOJ and USDA look to unearth facts...
Competition and Dynamics in Market Structure in Corn and Soybean Seed
Bruce Dahl, William Wilson, Apr 29, 2010
There has been a sharp increase in planting of genetically modified ("GM") crops in the past decade and...
The Packers and Stockyards Act: A History of Failure to Date
Peter Carstensen, Apr 29, 2010
Congress adopted the Packers and Stockyards Act ("PSA") in 1921 to achieve two goals that antitrust law and state market...
Transgenic Seed: The High Technology Test of Antitrust?
Diana Moss, Apr 29, 2010
The recent flurry of publicity in transgenic (also known as genetically modified or "GM") seed reveals a broader controversy over...
Concentration, Contracting and Competition: Problems In Using The Packers & Stockyards...
Michael Sykuta, Apr 29, 2010
The past two decades have witnessed significant changes in the structure and organization of the agriculture sector. Virtually every stage...
Judicial Decision in Argentina Tackles the Interplay between Enforcing Patent Rights...
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Jun 13, 2009
The conjunction between intellectual property rights and antitrust law has recently...
