This issue of The Forum looks at how competition policy is being tested across technology, firearms, and intellectual property.

Evan Swarztrauber examines Big Tech’s warnings about proposed antitrust legislation and calls for technology executives to substantiate those claims before Congress. Hudson Munoz looks at resale price maintenance in the gun industry and the relationship between pricing practices, industry profits, and political influence. Laurel Kilgour explores a closely watched patent dispute between Corteva and Inari and what it could mean for competition, innovation, and access to biological materials disclosed through the patent system.

Together, these articles explore how competition policy intersects with technology, political influence, intellectual property, and market access.

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