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Competition law
Basic concepts
	History of competition law; Monopoly Coercive monopoly; Natural monopoly; ; Barriers to entry; Market power; SSNIP test; Relevant market; Merger control;
Anti-competitive practices
	Monopolization; Collusion Formation of cartels; Price fixing; Bid rigging; ; Product bundling and tying; Refusal to deal Group boycott; ; Exclusive dealing; Dividing territories; Conscious parallelism; Predatory pricing; Misuse of patents and copyrights;
Laws and doctrines
	United States Sherman Antitrust Act; Clayton Antitrust Act; Robinson-Patman Act; FTC Act; Hart-Scott-Rodino Act; Merger guidelines; Essential facilities doctrine; Noerr-Pennington doctrine; Parker immunity doctrine; Rule of reason; Europe UK competition law; Irish competition law; Australia Trade Practices Act 1974;
Enforcement authorities and organizations
	International Competition Network; List of competition regulators;
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The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 (15 U.S.C §§ 41-58, as amended) established the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a bipartisan body of five members appointed by the President of the United States for seven year terms. This Commission was authorized to issue Cease and Desist orders to large corporations to curb unfair trade practices. This Act also gave more flexibility to the US congress for judicial matters.

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