The French Competition Authority fines a leading video game producer for imposing to its distributors the implementation of recommended resale prices through reminders, surveillance and threats of stopping deliveries (Bandai)
Description of the impugned case
The present case deals with Bondai’s price maintenance system for its video game console and software (principally the Nintendo one) in France in 1989.
Investigations have showed that Bondai has regularly addressed recommended prices to its distributors by (...)