BP601Zk Competition Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Josef Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Dana Ondrejová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ing. Josef Šilhán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc.
Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Vladimíra Vraná
Supplier department: Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Thu 17. 2. 12:00–13:40 133, 14:00–15:40 133, Fri 4. 3. 10:00–11:40 126, 16:00–17:40 126, Fri 11. 3. 10:00–11:40 129, 12:00–13:40 129
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!OBOR(PR) && !OBOR(PR01) && !PROGRAM(N-VS)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Students will be able to identify cases of infringement of the rules of fair competition and to approximately discern unfair and fair competition. They will acquire orientation in enforcement the law. Students will be familiar with the structure of antitrust law and will be ready to identify obvious infringements of Czech Act on protection oc competition and the will principially know how to enforce the law.The course deals with economic competition, its concept and developments and the law against unfair competition and the sanctionong of the law against unfair competition.
Learning outcomes
In the area of knowledge, the output will be the ability to identify unfair competitive conduct, the ability to subsume certain conduct under the general clause of unfair competition or under defined particular conduct. The graduate will distinguish between types of unfair commercial practices. The student will also identify potentially dangerous agreements of competitors distorting competition, including bid rigging, and distinguish between fair use of economic power and the prohibited abuse of dominance. Distinguish between practices and conduct constituting a concentration of competitors. In the area of skills, the trainee will be able to draft a restraint order against unfair competitive practices, against the use of unfair commercial practices and provide basic indicative advice to competitors and consumers on anti-competitive practices. It will identify potentially anti-competitive actions by public administration bodies (state, local and self governing-professional authorities). Once having identified a potentially dangerous agreement distorting competition, the trainee will be able to prevent the client from engaging in it; he/she will be in a position to call on the competitor allegedly abusing a dominant position to remedy the situation and to notify the regulator. Ability to have basic communication with regulators in the area of competition advocacy is presumed, too.
Syllabus
  • Concept of economic competition Law againts unfair competition General clause against unfair competition Deceptive advertising Deceptive marking of goods and services Conduct contributing to mistaken identity Parasitic use of reputation of another rival Bribery Disparagement Other unfair conmpetition delicts Agreements distorting competition Prohibition of an abuse of market position Control of concentrations (mergers)
Literature
    not specified
  • BEJČEK, Josef, Petr HAJN, Jarmila POKORNÁ, Jaromír KOŽIAK, Radek RUBAN, Josef ŠILHÁN, Eva TOMÁŠKOVÁ and Eva VEČERKOVÁ. Obchodní právo. Obecná část. Soutěžní právo. 1. vyd. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2014, xxvii, 383. ISBN 9788074005473. info
Teaching methods
Lectures; case law and its generalization; solving of model case situations
Assessment methods
The exam is oral. Mastering of the theoretical foundations and the ability to apply it to particular situation is to be assessed(general practical case solution).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod. přednášek za semestr / 12 hrs of lectures per semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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