IP Literature Watch: February 2024
In this month’s IP Literature Watch we include an article evaluating synthetic data and the future of artificial intelligence; a systematic literature review...
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CRA assists clients seeking clearance for proposed mergers and acquisitions from competition authorities around the world. We also assist third parties and government agencies in connection with mergers and acquisitions. Our vast expertise is reflected by our involvement in landmark cases that have set the course of merger review around the world. We provide practical support and rigorous analysis to help navigate the merger review process from initial discussions to final clearance.
Our expertise in economic theory, advanced econometric approaches, and other empirical analysis allows us to assess the competitive implications of mergers. We define relevant product and geographic markets, measure market concentration and competitive intensity, evaluate conditions of entry and efficiencies, and assess horizontal and vertical competitive effects. As appropriate, we employ advanced econometric and economic approaches—many of which were developed by CRA economists—to assess the competitive implications of mergers.
Our experience in collecting, combining, and processing large datasets for merger review minimizes the burden on internal business teams. If a merger is challenged by a government agency, CRA experts also can provide expert testimony on the competitive effects of horizontal and vertical mergers.
CRA also advises companies in many industries to assess whether potential acquisition targets are likely to trigger investigations by competition authorities. We can also construct and assess remedies packages that will help reduce or eliminate the potential concerns of competition authorities.
In this month’s IP Literature Watch we include an article evaluating synthetic data and the future of artificial intelligence; a systematic literature review...
In this month’s IP Literature Watch we include a paper examining the proposal to introduce essentiality checks, a certification scheme for declared SEPs; an...