SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentGraduate Institute of Technology, Innovation & Intellectual Property Management, MA Program(IPM), First Year Graduate Institute of Technology, Innovation & Intellectual Property Management, MA Program(IPM), Second Year
Course NameComparative Competition Law
InstructorCHUANG HUNG-YU
Credit2.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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Week

Topic

Content and Reading Assignment

Teaching Activities and Homework

Student workload expectation

In-class Hours

Outside-of-class Hours

1



(9/13)

Introduction

 

 

2

 

2



(9/20)

Goal

  • Competition Law and Antitrust: A Global Guide, Sec. 2-3 (p.11-28)

  • Comparative Competition Law, Sec.15.1.1-15.2.1 (p.415-417), 16.1.1-16.2.1 (p.443-450)




  • Google Digital Advertising

2

6

3



(9/27)

Institution, Procedure

  • Competition Law and Antitrust: A Global Guide, Sec. 4-7 (p.29-88), 8-10 (p.91-127)




  • Microsoft

2

6

4



(10/4)

Assignment 1

 

  • Google

2

6

5



(10/11)

Globalization

  • Competition Law and Antitrust: A Global Guide, Sec.11-12 (p. 137-168)

 

2

6

6



(10/18)

Enforcement

  • Comparative Competition Law, Sec.15.3 (p.428-439), 16.3 (p.462-471), 11 (p.271-300), 14 (p.384-412)

  • Apple v. Pepper

2

6

7



(10/25)

Assignment 2

 

  • Amazon

2

6

8



(11/1)

Market Definition

  •  

  • Comparative Competition Law, Sec.3 (p.27-55)

  • Google Search & Microsoft ChatGPT

2

6

9



(11/8)

Market Power

  • Comparative Competition Law, Sec.6 (p.109-140), 7 (p.141-170)

  • Google Android System

2

6

10



(11/15)

Assignment 3

 

  • FTC v. Facebook/Meta

2

6

11



(11/22)

Unilateral Conduct of Dominant Firm

  • Comparative Competition Law and Economics, Sec.7 (p.300-381)

  • Comparative Competition Law, Sec.15.2.5 (p.423-426), 16.2.3 (p.455-457), 7 (p.141-170)

  • Google Search



 

2

6

12



(11/29)

Unilateral Conduct of Dominant Firm

  • Comparative Competition Law and Economics, Sec.7 (p.300-381)

  • Comparative Competition Law, Sec.15.2.5 (p.423-426), 16.2.3 (p.455-457), 7 (p.141-170)

  • Epic v. Apple

2

6

13



(12/6)

Assignment 4

 

  • Qualcomm

2

6

14



(12/13)

Horizontal Restraint

  • Comparative Competition Law and Economics, Sec.3 (p.183-241)

  • Comparative Competition Law, Sec.15.2.2 (p.417-420), 16.2.2 (p.450-454), 4 (p.56-78), 5 (p.79-108)

  • HP v. Quanta Storage

2

6

15



(12/20)

Vertical Restraint




  • Comparative Competition Law and Economics, Sec.6 (p.242-299)

  • Comparative Competition Law, Sec.15.2.4 (p.422-423), 16.2.2 (p.450-454), 9 (p.219-244), 10 (p.245-268)

  • Expedia & Booking.com

  • Uber pricing Algorithm

2

6

16



(12/27)

Assignment 5

 

  • TFT-LCD Antitrust Litigation

2

6

17



(1/3)

Independent Study

 

 

2

6

18



(1/10)

Independent Study

 

 

2

6

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

The course evaluation is based on the following criteria:




  1. Assignment (60%): Students will have five assignments for the semester and can choose three of the five assignments for the course evaluation. Each assignment accounts for 20% of the semester. Each assignment should be written at most a 3-page paper. The students are necessary to present and discuss their assignments in class. The evaluation is based on the paper's content, as well as the presentation and performance in class.

  2. Course discussion (40%): The instructor will design some questions for the students to have group discussions in class. The students need to discuss and share their idea with classmates in class. The performance will account for 20% of the final score in the course evaluation.

  3. Participation and Attendance (10%): The instructor will offer extra credits for students who have active participation in class. The credits will account for at most 10 points for the final score. The students must ask for leaves if they cannot attend the class. Absence without permission will affect the final score.


Textbook & Reference

Textbook




  1. David J. Gerber, Competition Law and Antitrust: A Global Guide, Oxford University Press (2020)

  2. Roger Van den Bergh, Comparative Competition Law and Economics, Edward Elgar (2017)

  3. John Duns, Arlen Duke, Brendan Sweeney, Comparative Competition Law, Edward Elgar (2017)


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