We have been closely following the case of Yutai v. Hainan Provincial Price Bureau, the first dispute involving the legality of a resale price maintenance program brought by China’s antitrust enforcement agency, the State...more
Today, product manufacturers doing business in China face uncertainty with regard to resale price maintenance (“RPM”). For more than five years, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and Chinese courts have...more
On 24 July 2018, in four separate decisions, the European Commission (“Commission”) levied fines totalling EUR 111 million on four well-known manufacturers of consumer electronic products for imposing fixed or minimum resale...more
8/8/2018
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ,
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Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
This upcoming November, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government will co-host China’s first-ever International Import Expo (the “Expo”)....more
At first blush, Article 14 of the 2007 Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China (“AML”) appears straightforward — resale price maintenance (“RPM”) is strictly prohibited in China. Not so fast....more
Product manufacturers are always looking to increase revenue by tapping into new markets. In recent years, they’ve begun to focus their efforts on driving sales in Asia. ...more