The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2017 – United States: Technology Mergers
"Investigating and challenging mergers in high-tech industries continues to be a high priority for US federal antitrust enforcers. High-tech industries are often defined by unique characteristics that impact merger analysis, including the rapid pace of innovation, the importance of research and development, and the potential for massive disruption, which makes predicting the future difficult, as well as – in some industries – the significance of intellectual property and presence of network effects."
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