Open Markets filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of the petitioner in Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Byrd asserting that the Supreme Court should restore the states’ full regulatory authority, under the Constitution, over alcohol production and distribution.
Read MoreToday, the Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of the respondents in Apple, Inc. v. Pepper. In this case, the Court will decide whether iPhone users can sue Apple for damages resulting from the company’s monopolization of the distribution of iPhone apps.
Read MoreRead the amicus curiae brief of the Open Markets Institute in UFCW v. Novartis here. The class action monopolization suit alleges that, in order to keep its monopoly over the cancer treatment drug Gleevec, Novartis illegally obtained a patent by submitting false information about the drug's active ingredient to the Patent Office.
Read MoreRead the amicus curiae brief filed by the Open Markets Institute amicus curiae in support of the U.S. government's appeal of the lower district court's decision allowing the merger.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief opposing Facebook’s motion to seal records in its case against the former startup Six4Three.
Read MoreBy introducing a special rule for “two-sided” markets, the Second Circuit needlessly departed from a longstanding approach to antitrust law. Its new rule greatly raises the burden that a plaintiff in the “twosided” market context must carry at the very earliest stage of litigation.
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