This seminar organized by Concurrences Review is a follow up of a similar event held in Brussels on 4th Feb. This seminar will present the set of short papers published in Concurrences N° 2010-1 on open standards and competition law.

The aim of this seminar is to give competition lawyers and enforcers a better understanding of the issues raised by open standards. Each speaker will be asked to answer a basic question: "Do open standards promote competition, and if yes, how? What are their limits". These simple questions will allow each of the authors to raise various topics amongst which will be: Dissemination of knowledge, interoperability, creation of new products/services, costs, technical reliability, legal certainty, role of public bodies.  As the subject may give rise to substantially different point of views, the Concurrences Editorial Board has carefully selected six speakers/authors known for their credentials in this area of the law. In doing this, the Board has done its best to reach a balance between proponents and opponents of the open source/ open standards model.

This is a personal invitation; you should answer by the 15 Feb. in order to secure a place if you are interested in attending the seminar.