Harmonisation by Example: European Laws against Unfair Commercial Practices

Are Unfair Import Laws Unfair to Developing Countries : Evidence from U . S .

This paper investigates the effects of U.S. AD actions on DCs. It first considers administrative actions by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which decides AD margins for countries. It then considers decision making by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which determines injury to domestic industry. The econometric results show that USDOC actions lead to significantly higher AD margins for ...

Batch Code Obliteration Violates Trademark and Unfair Competition Laws by Causing "Likelihood of Consumer Confusion"

European medical laboratory accreditation. Present situation and steps to harmonisation.

Accreditation of medical laboratories in Europe is primarily according to ISO15189. The percentage of accredited laboratories is still small. The time spent on an assessment is quite different between countries. More important is the way the assessment process is carried out. Harmonisation in accrediting medical laboratories is the main task of the Health Care Committee within EA (European coop...

protection of trade marks against unfair competition

the law of prohibition of unfair competition prohibits any deed or action which is against the normal competition in the market. before emergence of special laws for protection of intellectual property rights, including trademarks, such right could be protected either by tort law claims or law of unfair competition. however, the law of prohibition of unfair competition covers a wider area than ...

A fuzzy logic based reputation model against unfair ratings

Reputation systems have become more and more important in facilitating transactions in online systems. However, the accuracy of reputation systems has always been a concern for the users due to the existence of unfair ratings. Though many approaches have been proposed to mitigate the adverse effect of unfair ratings, most of them use the credibility of the rating provider alone to decide whethe...