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6 Nov 2019

The US FTC confirms the initial decision that the acquisition of a rival lessens competition in the market for microprocessor-driven prosthetic knees (Otto Bock / Freedom)

Joel M. Mitnick, Ngoc Pham Hulbig • November 2019 - II

BUYER BEWARE: FTC ORDERS UNWINDING OF A CONSUMMATED TRANSACTION* What happened? On November 6, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 5-0 to uphold Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell’s initial decision that Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH’s (“Otto Bock”) acquisition of rival Freedom (...)

17 Oct 2019

Market definition in the digital economy: An overview of EU and national case law

Ulrich Schwalbe • Market definition in the digital economy

Many of the major recent European competition proceedings, which also attracted siginificant public attention, concerned companies in the digital economy. The most prominent cases include the mergers of Facebook with WhatsApp and Instagram, cases of abusive behavior such as the Google Shopping (...)

16 Oct 2019

The EU Commission imposes interim measures on a technology company suspected to have abused of its dominance in the TV and modem chipset markets (Broadcom)

European Commission • October 2019

Antitrust: Commission imposes interim measures on Broadcom in TV and modem chipset markets* The European Commission has ordered Broadcom to stop applying certain provisions contained in agreements with six of its main customers. This will prevent serious and irreparable harm to competition (...)

16 Oct 2019

The EU Commission imposes interim measures on a company for abuse of dominance in the TV and modem chipset markets (Broadcom)

Tim Kasten • October 2019

On 16 October 2019, the European Commission adopted a decision ordering Broadcom to stop applying certain provisions contained in agreements with six of its main customers in the TV and modem chipset markets. According to the Commission’s press release, Broadcom was prima facie found to be (...)

16 Oct 2019

The EU Commission imposes interim measures on a company for abuse of dominance in the TV and modem chipset markets (Broadcom)

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • October 2019

On 16 October 2018, the European Commission announced that, in the framework of its investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by Broadcom, it had imposed interim measures on the American company. This is the first time in 18 years that the Commission uses the power enshrined in (...)

16 Oct 2019

The EU Commission finds on a prima facie basis, that an undertaking abused its dominant position and orders to cease its prima facie abusive conduct in order to avert the risk of damage to competition (Broadcom)

Jacques Buhart, David Henry • November 2019 - II

INTERIM MEASURES IMPOSED ON BROADCOM: THE RE-AWAKENING OF A ONCE-DORMANT TOOL?* The European Commission (EC) has found, on a prima facie basis, that Broadcom abused its dominant position. In order to avert the risk of serious and irreparable damage to competition, Broadcom has been ordered to (...)

7 oct. 2019

Numérique et concurrence : Faut-il revoir les règles ?

Marie-Laure Denis, Daniel Fasquelle, Christian D’Cunha, Daniel Kanter, Timothy Lamb, Jacques Moscianese, Miranda Cole, Nicholas Banasevic, Oliver Bethell, Andrea Gomes da Silva, Michael Kefi, Thibault Schrepel, James Aitken, Isabelle de Silva, Gabriella Muscolo, Cristina Caffarra

1ère édition de la conférence "Numérique et concurrence" organisée par Concurrences, en partenariat avec Covington & Burling, CRA International, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Google et Intesa Sanpaolo.

16 Aug 2019

The UK Competition Authority raises competition concerns regarding a merger in the markets of supply of IT systems used by airlines and travel agents to sell airline tickets (Sabre / Farelogix)

UK Competition Authority • August 2019

Sabre’s takeover of Farelogix raises competition concerns* Sabre’s proposed takeover of Farelogix raises competition concerns in the supply of IT systems used by airlines and travel agents to sell airline tickets. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating the proposed (...)

9 Aug 2019

The Competition Commission of India orders investigation into multinational technology company with the aim of protecting Micro-processors importers from the company’s discriminatory practices (Intel)

Adrika Bisen • August 2019

On 9th August 2019, the Competition Commission of India directed the Director General to carry out investigations against Intel Corporation for allegedly violating Section 3 and 4 of the Indian Competition Act, 2002 (the ‘Act’). The case in hand was filed by Matrix Info Systems Pvt. Ltd. (the (...)

18 juil. 2019

Notion d’abus : La Commission européenne inflige au fabricant dominant de circuits intégrés une amende de 242 millions d’euros pour une pratique de prix d’éviction (Qualcomm)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2019

Le 18 juillet 2019, la Commission européenne a annoncé qu’elle avait infligé à Qualcomm une amende de 242 millions d’euros, laquelle représente 1,27 % de son chiffre d’affaires, pour avoir abusé de la position dominante qu’elle occupait sur le marché des chipsets de bande de base 3G, lesquels permettent (...)

18 Jul 2019

The EU Commission fines a company €242 million for engaging in predatory pricing in the market for 3G baseband chipsets (Qualcomm)

Tim Kasten • July 2019

On 18 July 2019, the Commission announced that it had adopted a decision against Qualcomm for abusing a dominant position in the market for 3G baseband chipsets, and imposed a fine of € 242 million. According to the Commission, Qualcomm’s prices to certain key customers were below its costs with (...)

18 Jul 2019

The EU Commission fines a chipmaker company €242 million for predatory pricing in the market of 3G baseband chipsets (Qualcomm)

Maurits Dolmans, Wanjie Lin • July 2019

On 18 July 2019, the European Commission (“EC”) fined Qualcomm for abusing its market dominance by selling 3G baseband chipsets below cost, to force its competitor Icera out of the market. The EC found that Qualcomm sold three of its UMTS (a 3G standard) chipsets at predatory levels between (...)

17 Jul 2019

The Austrian Federal Competition Authority and the German Federal Cartel Office close their respective abuse of dominance investigations after the company committed to changing contract terms (Amazon)

Tim Kasten • July 2019

On 17 July 2019, the Austrian Federal Competition Authority and the German Federal Cartel Office closed their respective abuse of dominance investigations against Amazon, after Amazon committed to changing contract terms. Throughout the years 2017 and 2018, both competition authorities had (...)

12 juil. 2019

Appel d’offre : Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne confirme en tous points une décision de la Commission constatant une entente sur le marché des lecteurs de disques optiques (Sony ; Quanta Storage ; Hitachi-LG Data Storage ; Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2019

Le 12 juillet 2019, le Tribunal de l’Union a rendu cinq arrêts dans les affaires T-762/15 (Sony et Sony Electronics contre Commission européenne), T-763/15 (Sony Optiarc et Sony Optiarc America contre Commission européenne), T-772/15 (Quanta Storage contre Commission européenne), T-1/16 (Hitachi-LG (...)

11 Jul 2019

The Munich District Court issues an anti-suit injunction in patent litigation (Nokia)

Christian Dölling, Henrik Holzapfel • July 2019

On July 11 2019, the Munich I District Court (Landgericht) issued an anti-suit injunction in patent litigation, preventing an automotive company from further pursuing proceedings in the United States. The Munich decision might become a landmark case because German courts have historically not (...)

3 Jul 2019

The UK Competition Authority announces the start of a formal market study into online platforms and the UK market for digital advertising

Annalie Grogan, Peter Broadhurst, Satyen Dhana • July 2019

What is the Study about? The Study is broad in scope and aims to examine three potential sources of harm in connection with the digital advertising market: i) to what extent online platforms have market power in user-facing markets and what impact this has on consumers; ii) whether consumers (...)

1 Jul 2019

The Japanese Unfair Competition Prevention Act grants legal protection to big data

Tonomura Keiji • July 2019

On 1 July 2019 the Unfair Competition Prevention Act was amended to afford new legal protection to Big Data. The act regulates several types of unfair competition, including the new act of wrongfully acquiring, disclosing and using Big Data. Thus, parties should review their management systems, (...)

28 Jun 2019

The Shanghai IP Court holds that fictitiously increasing the number of views of videos is an act of false propaganda (Feiyi / IQiYi)

Wang Hanlu • June 2019

From the perspective of anti-unfair competition law, Feiyi Company fictitiously increased the video visits of IQiYi’s website by technical means - the first case of inflating traffic on video websites in China. In recent years, the excessive pursuit of traffic in the Internet industry has (...)

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission opens an investigation against a designer of integrated circuits for wired communication devices and sends a Statement of Objections seeking to impose interim measures in TV and modem chipsets markets (Broadcom)

European Commission • June 2019

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Broadcom may be restricting competition through exclusivity practices, in breach of EU rules. The Commission intends to impose interim measures during the investigation with regard to TV and modem chipsets (...)

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission opens a formal investigation to assess whether a producer of integrated circuit abused its dominant position (Broadcom)

Tim Kasten • June 2019

On 26 June 2019, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced that it had opened a formal investigation to assess whether integrated circuit (“IC”) provider Broadcom may be abusing its dominant position, in breach of Article 102 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. In parallel, (...)

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission opens investigation and sends statements of objections on interim measures in TV and modem chipsets markets (Broadcom)

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • June 2019

The Commission has opened an investigation into Broadcom’s commercial practices over a number of competition concerns. Broadcom is one of the world’s largest designers, developers and providers of key components of wired communication devices and is a global leader in the markets of (...)

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission announces it will use its interim measures in investigating a major chipmaker’s abuse of dominance (Broadcom)

Alec J. Burnside, Clemens Graf York von Wartenburg, Adam Kidane • June 2019

Key Takeaways In a potentially ground-breaking move, the European Commission recently announced its intention to use its powers to impose interim measures in an investigation targeting chipmaker Broadcom. If it does impose such measures, it would be the first use of these powers in 18 years. (...)

25 Jun 2019

The Danish Competition Authority clears a merger subject to remedies in the market of retail provision of TV services via fibre optic infrastructure (SE / Eniig)

Danish Competition Authority • June 2019

The Danish Competition Council has approved the merger between SE a.m.b.a and Eniig a.m.b.a. subject to remedies* On 21 December 2018 the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority (hereinafter “DCCA”) received a complete notification of the merger between SE a.m.b.a. (hereinafter “SE”) and Eniig (...)

13 Jun 2019

The Austrian Competition Authority conditionally clears a merger in the hardware and software sector (Carl Zeiss/GOM)

Porter Elliott • June 2019

On 13 June 2019, the Austrian Federal Competition Authority cleared the acquisition of GOM, a supplier of hardware and software for automated 3D-coordinate metrology, by Carl Zeiss, a technology company in the optical and optoelectronic industry. The clearance is subject to commitments. Among (...)

7 Jun 2019

The German Competition Authority announces the withdrawal of a merger notification between companies in the information technology sector (IBM / T-Systems)

German Competition Authority • June 2019

IBM withdraws notification of its acquisition of staff, hardware and software from T- Systems’ mainframe business after the Bundeskartellamt expressed concerns* Bonn, 7 June 2019: IBM Deutschland GmbH, Ehningen, has withdrawn its notification of plans to acquire essential hard and software as (...)

22 May 2019

The French Competition Authority fines a company for obstructing the conduct of inspections in the sectors of engineering and technology consulting, IT services and software publishing (Akka technologies)

French Competition Authority • May 2019

Engineering, IT services and software oublishing* The Akka technologies Group is fined a total of 900 000 euros for obstructing the conduct of inspections made by the Autorité On 8 November 2018, the Autorité de la concurrence have raided the premises of companies and organisations in the (...)

22 mai 2019

Visite et saisie : L’Autorité de la concurrence adopte sa première décision d’obstruction pour bris de scellés (Akka)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2019

Le 22 mai 2019, l’Autorité de la concurrence a adopté la décision n° 19-D-09 à la faveur de laquelle elle sanctionne pour la première fois des pratiques d’obstruction tenant à des bris de scellés et à l’altération du fonctionnement d’une messagerie lors d’opérations de visites et saisies (OVS). Les faits (...)

22 mai 2019

Sanction : L’Autorité de la concurrence sanctionne pour la première fois une obstruction à l’instruction tenant à un bris de scellés et à l’altération du fonctionnement d’une messagerie (Akka)

Christophe Lemaire, Julie Bousin • N° 3-2019 • pp. 160-164

La présente affaire mérite d’être signalée à plusieurs égards. D’une part, il s’agit d’une nouvelle décision de sanction pour une infraction de type “procédural”. Ces décisions – que ce soit au niveau national ou au niveau européen, et qu’il s’agisse du contrôle des pratiques anticoncurrentielles ou du (...)

13 May 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court rejects an attempt to block consumer claims against a big tech company under indirect purchaser rule (Apple / Pepper)

Harrison J. McAvoy • May 2019

Apple v. Pepper: Supreme Court Rejects Attempt to Block Consumer Claims Under Indirect-Purchaser Rule* The Supreme Court on Monday issued a much-anticipated decision in the Apple v. Pepper case, where iPhone owners are accusing Apple of monopolizing the retail market for iOS applications, or (...)

13 May 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court holds that the claims of consumers purchasing apps from a big tech app store may proceed as they are direct purchasers of the big tech company (Apple / Pepper)

Thomas Barnett • May 2019

Appellate and Supreme Court On May 13, 2019, the Supreme Court (“the Court”) announced its 5-4 decision in Apple, Inc. v. Pepper, permitting iPhone users to proceed with an antitrust suit against Apple alleging that it monopolized the retail market for iPhone apps. The Court emphasized that it (...)

13 May 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court rejects an attempt to block consumer claims against a big tech company under the indirect-purchaser rule (Apple / Pepper)

Craig Waldman, J. Bruce McDonald, Kate Wallace, Thomas Forr • May 2019

In May 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5–4 decision in Apple v. Pepper, one of the Court’s most significant antitrust rulings of the last several years. In a majority opinion authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the Court held that iPhone owners who purchased software applications (“apps”) from (...)

10 May 2019

The Mexican Competition Authority submits to public consultation the draft modifications to the guidelines for concentration notification via electronic means and the draft modifications of the regulatory provisions on the use of electronic means

Mexican Competition Authority • May 2019

COFECE submits for public consultation the modification to the Guidelines for Concentration Notification via Electronic Means and the Regulatory Provisions on the Use of Electronic Means* • The consultation period for the Guidelines is 30 working days, while the period for the Provisions is 20 (...)

8 May 2019

The Belgian Markets Court dismisses an appeal against Belgian Competition Authority’s interim measures decision and explains limits of its jurisdiction (The Great Circle)

Richard Burton • May 2019

On 8 May 2019, the Markets Court of the Brussels Court of Appeal rejected as inadmissible the appeal lodged by The Great Circle against the decision of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) to reject its request for interim measures against the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (...)

7 May 2019

The Hague Court of Appeal delivers its judgment on an alleged infringement of patent essential to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System standard (Philips / ASUS)

Peter L’Ecluse • May 2019

On 7 May 2019, the Court of Appeal of the Hague delivered its judgment in a case pitting Philips against ASUS regarding the alleged infringement of Philips’ European patent EP 1 623 511, which was considered essential to the High Speed Uplink Packet Access (“HSUPA”) protocol of the Universal (...)

18 Apr 2019

Discrimination and Rebates: An overview of EU and national case law

Maria Maher, Lorenzo Vasselli • Rebates

Rebates are a common commercial practice in business and can have efficiency enhancing effects, leading to lower overall prices for customers and consumers. In addition, they might be used to stimulate downstream competition. However, rebates also have the potential to exclude rivals from a (...)

16 Apr 2019

The Paris Court of Appeal delivers the first judgement on FRAND terms and applies the French legislation implementing the trade secrets directive (Conversant / LG)

Peter L’Ecluse • April 2019

On 16 April 2019, the Paris Court of Appeal delivered a judgment in Conversant v. LG, a case dealing with the concept of licensing under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) terms. While the court did not set a much-anticipated FRAND royalty rate, the case is noteworthy because of (...)

9 Apr 2019

The EU General Court dismisses appeal against Commission’s request for information (Qualcomm)

Martin Favart • April 2019

On 9 April 2019, the General Court (“GC”) dismissed the appeal lodged by Qualcomm against the Commission’s decision of 31 March 2017 requesting information in the context of an investigation against Qualcomm for alleged predatory pricing contrary to Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of (...)

4 Apr 2019

The EU Commission publishes a report on competition policy for the digital era

Peter Broadhurst, Satyen Dhana, Nathdwarawala Shachi • April 2019

On 04 April 2019, the European Commission (EC) published a report commissioned by the EU’s Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager. The report looks at how competition policy should continue to evolve in the digital age and is written jointly by an economist, a lawyer and an engineer. The (...)

4 Apr 2019

The EU Commission publishes the final report on competition policy for the digital era

Martin Favart • April 2019

On 4 April 2019, the European Commission published a special report commissioned by Commissioner Margrethe Vestager on how competition policy should evolve to continue promoting pro-consumer innovation in the digital age (“Competition Policy for the Digital Era”). The report is grounded in three (...)

4 Apr 2019

The EU Commission publishes a report on competition policy for the digital sector

Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte, Raphael Fleischer, Matthew Giles • April 2019

On 4 April 2019, the European Commission published the much anticipated Report Competition Policy for the digital era (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"). Authored by a panel of special advisers (all academics) appointed by Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, the Report explores (...)

4 Apr 2019

The EU Commission publishes a report on competition policy for the digital era

James R. Modrall • April 2019

“Digital Era” Report Bolsters Commissioner Vestager’s Digital Legacy* On April 4, 2019, the European Commission published a report by Jacques Crémer, Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, and Heike Schweitzer on competition policy for the digital era (the Digital Era Re port, or the Report), the culmination (...)

20 mars 2019

Dîner en l’honneur d’Isabelle de Silva, Présidente de l’Autorité de la concurrence

David Sevy, Isabelle de Silva, Yann Utzschneider

Dîner-débat organisé par la Revue Concurrences en l’honneur d’Isabelle de Silva, Présidente de l’Autorité de la concurrence, en partenariat avec White & Case et Compass Lexecon.

20 Mar 2019

The EU Commission conditionally approves a merger in the market for aircraft slat systems (Spirit / Asco)

Porter Elliott • March 2019

On 20 March 2019, the Commission conditionally approved the acquisition of Asco by Spirit. The Commission was concerned that the deal would reduce competition in the market for aircraft slat systems. These parts allow the wing of an aircraft to operate at a higher ‘angle of attack’, which (...)

12 Mar 2019

The Turkish Competition Authority launches an investigation into a search engine company for alleged abuse of dominance in the online search market (Google)

Ahmet Fatih Ozkan • Old articles

Background Competition authorities all over the world, including the European Commission, German, French, Italian and Indian competition authorities, have launched many investigations against the well-known online search engine company Google, many of which ended with imposition of huge (...)

19 Feb 2019

The French and German governments publish a joint manifesto calling for a new European industrial policy with changes to merger control and State aid rules

Martin Favart • February 2019

On 19 February 2019, the French Minister of Economy, Mr Bruno Le Marie, and the German Minister of Economy, Mr Peter Altmaier, published a joint manifesto which calls for the development of a European industrial policy to ensure the global competitiveness of European manufacturing industries. (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority finds the merging of user data from multiple sources to be both anti-competitive and in breach of the GDPR (Facebook)

Caroline Henzell • February 2019

In one of the first decisions to consider data protection and competition issues side by side, the German competition regulator (the Bundeskartellamt) last week found that Facebook had both abused its market power in Germany and breached EU data protection laws in the way in which it collects (...)

1 Feb 2019

The implications of bitcoin for competition, antitrust, and regulation in the banking industry

Guillaume Duquesne, Karthik Balisagar, Miguel de la Mano, Renato Nazzini, Thomas P. Brown • N° 1-2019 • pp. 26-43

This series of articles explores the implications of blockhain for competition in the banking industry. Each of the articles takes a slightly different perspective on the issue. The first explores whether existing antitrust doctrine is suitable for assessing the potential benefits and harms (...)

1^er févr. 2019

L’innovation prédatrice en droit de la concurrence. Analyses croisées en droit européen et nord-américain de la concurrence, Thibault SCHREPEL

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 1-2019 • p. 246

Cette rubrique recense et commente les ouvrages et autres publications en droit de la concurrence, droit & économie de la concurrence et en droit de la régulation. Une telle recension ne peut par nature être exhaustive et se limite donc à présenter quelques publications récentes dans ces (...)

30 Jan 2019

The UK Court of Appeal confirms jurisdiction over a standard essential patents dispute (Huawei / ZTE)

Peter L’Ecluse • January 2019

On 30 January 2019, the UK Court of Appeal issued a judgment in the case pitting Conversant Wireless against two telecommunications companies, Huawei and ZTE. In this case, Conversant was seeking injunctive relief and damages against both companies in relation to the alleged breaches of its (...)

18 Jan 2019

The Romanian Competition Authority fines a company operating in the retail market of IT products, home appliances and marketing via e-commerce platforms for gun jumping (Corsar Online)

Romanian Competition Authority • January 2019

The Competition Council sanctioned Corsar Online Srl with fines of 1.6 million lei * The Competition Council sanctioned the company Corsar Online SRL with fines of approximately 1.6 million lei for the implementation of a merger before being authorized by the Competition Authority. In the (...)

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