Edited by Josef Drexl, Director, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany and Fabiana di Porto, University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza, Italy

‘For years, the pendulum between competition law and regulation used to be at full swing between ex ante and ex post intervention. The oscillation now is shorter and the two edges more intertwined. This highly topical edited volume includes contributions at the 8th ASCOLA conference from eminent experts in the field, practitioners and academics. The contributors and the editors have succeeded in producing a coherent, thought-provoking, cutting-edge analysis of an area of law that is continuously changing.’

• Contents:PART IFOUNDATIONS OF THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP OF COMPETITION LAW AND REGULATION1. The Regulatory Breakthrough of Competition Law: Definitions and WorriesMariateresa Maggiolino2. Anti-Anti Regulation: The Supplanting of Industry Regulators with Competition Agencies and how Antitrust Suffers as a ResultAdi Ayal3. (Re-)Joining The Regulatory Fold? Problem-Solving Innovations in Competition EnforcementYane SvetievPART IINEW FORMS OF ADVOCY POWERS OF COMPETITION AGENCIES4. New Powers - New Vulnerabilities? A Critical Analysis of Market Inquiries Performed by Competition AuthoritiesTamar Indig and Michal S. Gal5. New Frontiers for Competition Advocacy and the Potential Role of Competition Impact AssessmentNicoletta RangonePART IIICOMPETITION LAW ENFORCEMENT IN REGULATED INDUSTRIES IN GENERAL 6. A Reassessment of the Relationship Between Competition Law and Sector-Specific RegulationMario Siragusa and Fausto Caronna7. Regulatory Approach to Competition Law in the Practice of the Polish Competition Authority – A Critical AssessmentKrystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk8. Enforcement of Competition Rules in Regulated Industries: Abuse-of-dominance Practices in the New EU Member States, Candidate Countries and Potential CandidatesAlexandr Svetlicinii and Marco BottaPART IVINFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION MARKETS9. From Competition Law to Sector-Specific Regulation in Internet Markets? A Critical Assessment of a Possible Structural ChangeRolf H. Weber10. The Regulatory Approach in Competition Law Enforcement for Innovation-Intensive Industries: The Case of Broadband Access Regulation in JapanToshiaki Takigawa11. Abuses of Information and Informational Remedies: Rethinking Exchange of Information under Competition LawFabiana Di PortoPART VCOMPETITION LAW AS REGULATION IN IP-RELATED MARKETS12. Competition Law as an Instrument of IP Regulation? The Case of Strategic Patent FilingsEmanuela Arezzo13. Competition Law as the Limit to Standard-SettingBjörn LundqvistIndex

Edited by Josef Drexl, Director, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany and Fabiana di Porto, University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza, Italy

‘For years, the pendulum between competition law and regulation used to be at full swing between ex ante and ex post intervention. The oscillation now is shorter and the two edges more intertwined. This highly topical edited volume includes contributions at the 8th ASCOLA conference from eminent experts in the field, practitioners and academics. The contributors and the editors have succeeded in producing a coherent, thought-provoking, cutting-edge analysis of an area of law that is continuously changing.’

• Contents:PART IFOUNDATIONS OF THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP OF COMPETITION LAW AND REGULATION1. The Regulatory Breakthrough of Competition Law: Definitions and WorriesMariateresa Maggiolino2. Anti-Anti Regulation: The Supplanting of Industry Regulators with Competition Agencies and how Antitrust Suffers as a ResultAdi Ayal3. (Re-)Joining The Regulatory Fold? Problem-Solving Innovations in Competition EnforcementYane SvetievPART IINEW FORMS OF ADVOCY POWERS OF COMPETITION AGENCIES4. New Powers - New Vulnerabilities? A Critical Analysis of Market Inquiries Performed by Competition AuthoritiesTamar Indig and Michal S. Gal5. New Frontiers for Competition Advocacy and the Potential Role of Competition Impact AssessmentNicoletta RangonePART IIICOMPETITION LAW ENFORCEMENT IN REGULATED INDUSTRIES IN GENERAL 6. A Reassessment of the Relationship Between Competition Law and Sector-Specific RegulationMario Siragusa and Fausto Caronna7. Regulatory Approach to Competition Law in the Practice of the Polish Competition Authority – A Critical AssessmentKrystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk8. Enforcement of Competition Rules in Regulated Industries: Abuse-of-dominance Practices in the New EU Member States, Candidate Countries and Potential CandidatesAlexandr Svetlicinii and Marco BottaPART IVINFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION MARKETS9. From Competition Law to Sector-Specific Regulation in Internet Markets? A Critical Assessment of a Possible Structural ChangeRolf H. Weber10. The Regulatory Approach in Competition Law Enforcement for Innovation-Intensive Industries: The Case of Broadband Access Regulation in JapanToshiaki Takigawa11. Abuses of Information and Informational Remedies: Rethinking Exchange of Information under Competition LawFabiana Di PortoPART VCOMPETITION LAW AS REGULATION IN IP-RELATED MARKETS12. Competition Law as an Instrument of IP Regulation? The Case of Strategic Patent FilingsEmanuela Arezzo13. Competition Law as the Limit to Standard-SettingBjörn LundqvistIndex