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Technology based sectors remain an extremely high priority for EU competition law enforcement.  This unsettling focus reflects a perception that a company in control of technology - in particular where this equates to controlling access to an essential market input - will enjoy market power, coupled with a recognition that regulation and competition are complementary instruments.  Businesses active in these sectors need to understand how the competition authorities characterise technology markets and what aspects of their activities are most likely to come under scrutiny.

In this breakfast briefing we shall look at:

• the importance of competition law in technology and communication sectors
  
  • the rules
  • the competition authorities' enforcement
  • priorities
  • the approach to market definition
  • dominance issues
• access to technology markets
  
  • exclusivity, tying, essential facilities,
  • patent ambushes
• pricing abuses

Please save the date for Wednesday 20 October when our competition breakfast briefing will focus on contact with competitors.

Further details and invitations will be sent out nearer the date of each briefing.

We look forward to meeting you for a lively debate on "Competition issues in technology and communications" on Wednesday 15 September.

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CMS Cameron McKenna Competition team: 
Susan Hankey, David Marks, John Markham, Caroline Hobson, Siobhan Costello, Alex Howe, Philip Deja, Elizabeth Fowler

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8.30am - 9.00am  Registration with breakfast
9:00am Seminar starts
10:30am Close with tea and coffee

If you have any queries on registration for any of these breakfast briefings, please contact Andrea Hegarty on 020 7367 3492.

If you have any queries on the content of these breakfast briefings, then please contact Susan Hankey on 020 7367 2960 or David Marks on 020 7367 2136 or John Markham on 0207 367 3109