Wessel Geursen is Senior Legal Counsel at the Dutch Competition Authority and affiliated PhD-fellow at VU University, Amsterdam where he researches the territorial scope of EU-Law. He studied tax law at Leiden University and EU-law at Université Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne. After his studies he worked for several years as a lawyer in EU-law and competition law.
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Three’s a charm for Intel: On judicial review of economic evidence to rebut a legal presumption* In 2009, the European Commission imposed what was then a record-breaking fine of EUR 1.06 billion on Intel for abuse of dominance. Intel’s initial action for annulment was dismissed by the (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2014 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. The EFIM-case: no dominant position of printer manufacturers on ink cartridge aftermarket* Ink in cartridges for printers is often called ‘black gold’, or (...)
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Post Danmark: does the ECJ take the effects based approach further than a mere price/cost-test and does it oblige the national judge to apply that effects based approach ex nunc?* In a grand chamber judgment in case C‑209/10, Post Danmark, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a (...)
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EU-Competition Law in the Overseas: some recent French precedents* Parts of the territory of some EU-Member States are situated overseas. Does EU-Competition law apply there? Some recent French precedents answer this question. According to Art. 52 TEU the EU-treaties apply to the 27 Member (...)
