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17 Jan 2019

Privacy and antitrust: An overview of EU and national case law

Giuseppe Colangelo • Privacy and antitrust

The emergence of multi-sided media platforms occurred in parallel with the success of business models that revolve around the collection and use of personal data, generating revenue from user-data-based profiling and advertising. Given that only some of the firms elaborating those profiles hold (...)

1 Jan 2019

Frédéric Jenny Liber Amicorum The Antitrust Economics Treatment of Standard Essential Patents— the EU v. the US

Daniel Rubinfeld

121 The Antitrust Economics Treatment of Standard Essential Patents— the EU v. the US dAniel r ubinField * University of California, Berkeley and New York University Abstract This paper discusses antitrust economics issues underlying the EU and US treatment of the balance between the rights of (...)

1 Jan 2019

Frédéric Jenny Liber Amicorum New Challenges for Antimonopoly Regulation in the Digital Economy

255 New Challenges for Antimonopoly Regulation in the Digital Economy igor A rteMiev * Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation Abstract The Russian government pays special attention to the digitalisation of the global economy and the growing influence of transnational (...)

1 Jan 2019

Frédéric Jenny Liber Amicorum Data-Related Abuses in Competition Law

Gönenç Gürkaynak

293 Data-Related Abuses in Competition Law gönenç g ürKAynAK, e Sq.* Ali K AğAn U ҫAr ** ZEYNEP B UHARALI *** ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law Abstract This article examines data-related abuses in competition law within today’s datadriven economic world. There is no doubt that data has become an (...)

19 déc. 2018

Pratiques de prédation : Pratiques de prédation : La Cour d’appel de Paris confirme l’absence d’abus de position dominante, le seul exercice des droits de propriété intellectuelle tiré d’un brevet annulé un an plus tard ne pouvant pas caractériser celui-ci (Coyote System)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2018

Le 19 décembre 2018, la Chambre 5-4 de la Cour d’appel de Paris a rendu un fort intéressant arrêt, dans une affaire concernant la commercialisation, à l’origine de boîtiers avertisseurs radars, puis sous la pression des pouvoirs publics, à partir de 2011, de simple « outil d’assistance à la conduite (...)

11 Dec 2018

The EU Commission clears a merger subject to remedies in the data security solutions market (Gemalto / Thales)

European Commission • December 2018

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Gemalto by Thales, subject to conditions* The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Gemalto by Thales. The approval is conditional on the divestment of Thales’ general purpose hardware security (...)

22 Nov 2018

Standard-Essential Patents and Competition Law: An Overview of EU and national case law

Emily Luken, Jay Jurata • Standard Essential Patents

The extent to which competition law has shaped developments and understandings of standard-essential patents (SEPs) has increased substantially over the past fifteen years. When e-Competitions began publishing, there were very few cases and agency enforcement actions on the topic. The (...)

9 Nov 2018

The French Competition Authority carries out unannounced inspections in the sectors of engineering and technology consulting, IT services and software publishing

French Competition Authority • November 2018

The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence indicates that unannounced inspections have been carried out yesterday in the sectors of engineering and technology consulting, IT services and software publishing* Following authorization from the liberty and custody judge, the (...)

1^er nov. 2018

Droit de la concurrence et droit de la compliance

Marie-Anne Frison-Roche • N° 4-2018 • pp. 1-4

Le droit de la compliance est une branche du droit nouvelle, encore en construction. L’on peut en avoir une “définition restreinte”, consistant à la concevoir comme l’obligation qu’ont les entreprises de donner à voir qu’elles se conforment en permanence et d’une façon active au Droit. L’on peut en (...)

1 Nov 2018

The relevance of supply-side substitutability for “Big data”

Georg Clemens, Mutlu Özcan • N° 4-2018

This paper emphasizes the importance of including supply-side substitution when assessing mergers in data-driven markets. A review of three merger decisions involving big data giants such as Facebook and Google reveals that competition authorities have so far neglected important aspects of (...)

1 Nov 2018

Connecting competition law standards to the Internet of things

Aymeric de Moncuit • N° 4-2018 • pp. 85-94

The advent of the Internet of Things will entail a new Internet revolution and bring about profound changes that will rival the first wave of Internet innovation. This paper explores the competition law implications raised by this upcoming revolution. Starting by discussing the merits of open (...)

24 Oct 2018

Towards more competition in high-tech markets? European perspectives

Adina Claici, Alexis Walckiers, Claus Kastberg Nielsen, Colin Raftery, David A. Higbee, Elvira Aliende Rodriguez, Iulian Stanciu, Jakob Hald, Jonas Hedman, Marie Goppelsroeder, Natalia Przystasz, Noémie Papp, Norbert Maier, Tommaso Valletti, Witte Wijsmuller

This 2nd edition of the Competition in high-tech markets half-day conference was organized by Concurrences Review, in partnership with Copenhagen Economics and Shearman & Sterling.

19 Oct 2018

The EU Commission clears a merger in the market of software development (GitHub / Microsoft)

European Commission • October 2018

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft* The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft. The Commission concluded that effective competition in the relevant markets would continue and Microsoft would (...)

4 Oct 2018

Merger control in the IT sector: An overview of EU and national case law

Adrien Alberini • IT & Mergers

Competition law, and merger control in particular, is a prime location to observe and participate in the evolution of the IT sector from a technology, economic and legal perspective. From Microsoft to Google through Oracle/Sun Microsystems, it has been a fantastic – and sometimes hectic – (...)

26 Sep 2018

The EU Court of Justice partly upholds the judgement of the General Court in a cartel case but sends it back to reexamine the calculation of the fine (Infineon)

Richard Burton • September 2018

On 26 September 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) delivered two judgments on the appeals brought by Infineon and Philips against the General Court (“GC”)’s earlier judgments relating to the European Commission’s decision in Smart card chips cartel case. By way of background, (...)

19 Sep 2018

The Turkish Competition Authority follows the European Commission’s footsteps in the search engines’ battles (Google / Yandex)

Bahadır Balkı • September 2018

The tech giant Google has been under the Turkish Competition Authority’s (“TCA”) scrutiny due to its practices in the market for licensable mobile operating systems and under the judicial review since July 2015. In September 2018, the TCA has finally released its short decision and imposed a fine (...)

1 Sep 2018

The availability of injunctive relief under EU and US law for FRAND-encumbered patents

Lara Rachidi • N° 3-2018 • pp. 205-210

Although seeking an injunction might be a legitimate tool, threatening a willing licensee with an injunction to extract excessive royalties can be abusive under competition law. In these cases, patentees abuse their market power by using injunctive remedies to avoid their FRAND commitment. Even (...)

1 Sep 2018

Blockchain: Mind the gap! Lessons learnt from the net neutrality debate and competition law related aspects

Falk Schöning, Myrto Tagara • N° 3-2018

Blockchain is one of the breakthrough technologies of our times and has already started to penetrate into various industries across the globe. Given the growing recent interest in big data, algorithms as well as net neutrality, it is conceivable that blockchain technology might attract (...)

1 Sep 2018

Riccardo FALCONI, Uber: Has digital economy disrupted competition law?

David Tayar, Katrin Schallenberg, Riccardo Falconi • N° 3-2018

Interview conducted by Katrin Schallenberg, Partner, Clifford Chance and David Tayar, Partner, Clifford Chance. Digital actors and platforms have been disrupting markets by bringing together innovation and scalability to unprecedented levels and by unlocking efficiencies in various sectors. (...)

1 Sep 2018

The intricate tale of demand and supply of personal data

Paul Belleflamme, Wouter Vergote • N° 3-2018 • pp. 45-52

In this article, we develop some of the economics of the intricate relationship between the demand and the supply of personalized data. We first focus on one heavily debated use of personal data: differential pricing (price discrimination). This allows us to highlight the role played by privacy (...)

24 Jul 2018

The EU Commission fines consumer electronics’ manufacturers a total of €111 million for resale price maintenance, granting substantial reductions in the fines through the cooperation procedure (Asus / Denon & Marantz / Philips / Pioneer)

Richard Burton • July 2018

According to a press release and statement issued on 24 July 2018, the European Commission has, in four separate decisions, fined consumer electronics manufacturers Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer a total of €111 million for engaging in resale price maintenance during periods (...)

24 Jul 2018

The EU Commission fines four consumer electronics groups for restricting their online retailers’ ability to set their own retail prices for widely-used electronics products (Asus / Denon & Marantz / Philips / Pioneer)

Jacquelyn F. MacLennan, Marc Israel • July 2018

The Commission Decisions In February 2017, the Commission initiated proceedings against Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer following information obtained during the e-commerce sector inquiry. The Commission’s report had identified resale price maintenance as an area of concern, and (...)

19 Jul 2018

The EU Commission sends supplementary statement of objection to a manufacturer of LTE baseband chipsets for predatory pricing practices (Qualcomm)

Robert Bell • July 2018

QUALCOMM RECEIVES SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT OF OBJECTIONS FROM THE EU COMMISSION IN PREDATORY PRICING INVESTIGATION* Hot on the heels of the announcement of a record antitrust fine imposed by the European antitrust regulator upon another US technology company , the European Commission announced (...)

18 Jul 2018

The EU Commission fines a multinational technology company for abuse of dominance by imposing illegal restrictions on device manufacturers and mobile network operators (Google Android)

European Commission • July 2018

Antitrust: Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google’s search engine* The European Commission has fined Google €4.34 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Since 2011, Google has imposed illegal restrictions (...)

28 Jun 2018

The Moldovan Competition Authority prosecutes three companies for bid-rigging in public procurement of various software solutions (BTS PRO / MSA / Esempla Systems)

Alexandr Svetlicinii • June 2018

On 28 June 2018, the Competition Council of the Republic of Moldova (CC) found that three undertakings, BTS PRO SRL, MSA Grup SRL, Esempla Systems SRL, have engaged in bid-rigging practices at the public procurement of various software solutions for the use by the public authorities. The CC’s (...)

27 juin 2018

Notion d’entente : L’Autorité de la concurrence, après avoir refusé de caractériser l’abus de position dominante, décide, par voie de conséquence, de rejeter la qualification d’entente, établissant un lien pertinent entre les deux qualifications (Maintenance informatique)

Anne-Sophie Choné-Grimaldi • N° 4-2018 • pp. 110-111

L’origine de cette affaire réside dans le dépôt d’une plainte par plusieurs sociétés du groupe Econocom, actives dans le secteur de la maintenance informatique, à l’encontre de trois constructeurs de matériel informatique bien connus : IBM, HP et Oracle. À ce sujet, il convient de rappeler que l’activité (...)

27 juin 2018

Effet cumulatif : L’Autorité de la concurrence prononce une décision de non-lieu au sujet de pratiques mises en œuvre par des grands constructeurs informatiques dans le secteur de la maintenance de matériel informatique (Maintenance informatique)

Anne Wachsmann, Nicolas Zacharie • N° 4-2018 • pp. 117-119

Par une décision rendue le 27 juin 2018, l’Autorité de la concurrence (“l’Autorité”) a jugé qu’il n’y avait pas lieu à poursuivre la procédure ouverte à la suite de la saisine du groupe Econocom (“Econocom”) en ce qui concerne des pratiques qu’auraient mises en œuvre les constructeurs informatiques IBM, HP et (...)

22 Jun 2018

The Russian Competition Authority fines computer suppliers for cartel (Aquarius / National Computer Corporation)

Russian Competition Authority • June 2018

Fines to computer suppliers guilty of collusion* The total administrative fines exceed 179 million RUB The companies were found guilty of concluding an anticompetitive agreement that resulted in maintaining prices at an open electronic auction for supplying systems blocks of the “Elections” (...)

22 Jun 2018

The Russian Competition Authority fines several companies for participating in a bid-rigging cartel on supplies of technological equipment for the Ministry of Defence (SpetsTekhMash / ProfBusiness / Stillag)

Russian Competition Authority • June 2018

ST Petersburg companies are fined 200 million rub for a cartel* St Petersburg OFAS made decision with regard to “SpetsTekhMash” Trading House” Ltd., “ProfBusiness” Ltd. and two companies with the same name “Stillag” Trading House” Ltd., for participating in a bid-rigging cartel on supplies of (...)

31 mai 2018

Entreprise commune de plein exercice : L’Autorité de la concurrence publie une décision d’autorisation de concentration dans le domaine de la commercialisation de la fibre optique (Vitis)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2018

Ces derniers jours, l’Autorité de la concurrence a mis en ligne 7 nouvelles décisions d’autorisation d’opérations de concentration, dont 5 décisions simplifiées. Parmi ces décisions figure la décision n° 18-DCC-90 du 31 mai 2018 relative à la création d’une entreprise commune entre les sociétés Netgem (...)

14 May 2018

The UK Administration amends jurisdictional thresholds for changes in control over businesses that are active in certain specific sectors

Charles Bankes, Peter Broadhurst, Satyen Dhana • May 2018

On 14 May 2018, the Enterprise Act 2002 (Turnover Test) (Amendment) Order 2018 (SI 2018/593) and Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply Test) (Amendment) Order 2018 (SI 2018/578) were published. These amend the jurisdictional thresholds set out in section 23 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act) (...)

1^er mai 2018

L’ère de la concurrence molle

Robin Rivaton • N° 2-2018

Malgré le fait que les investissements réalisés par des fonds de capital-risque ont atteint 164 milliards de dollars à l’échelle mondiale, ils ne doivent pas masquer une réalité beaucoup moins positive : la concurrence est partout en train de mollir. L’innovation ne se traduit donc pas par autant de (...)

23 Apr 2018

The EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation concerning a merger in the market of music recognition for smartphones, tablets and PCs (Apple / Shazam)

European Commission • April 2018

Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into Apple’s proposed acquisition of Shazam* The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission is concerned that the merger could (...)

19 avr. 2018

Etats-Unis : Le Tribunal du district nord de Californie est saisi d’une class action accusant trois grands fabricants de puces à mémoire d’avoir conclu des accords anticoncurrentiels (Michele Jones and alii v. Micron Technology, Micron Semiconductor Products, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Semiconductor, Hynix, Hynix America)

Walid Chaiehloudj • N° 3-2018 • pp. 195-196

Le 19 avril dernier, le tribunal du district nord de Californie a été saisi d’une class action accusant Samsung, Hynix et Micron d’avoir conclu des accords anticoncurrentiels sur le marché des puces à mémoire, que les spécialistes qualifient de mémoires RAM dynamique. Aux États-Unis, on retrouve ces (...)

12 Apr 2018

Advocate General Wathelet recommends setting aside the General Court judgment that dismissed the claims brought by one participant to the smart card cartel case without carrying an extensive review of the conduct challenged by the undertaking and of the amount of the fine (Infineon)

Richard Burton • April 2018

On 12 April 2018, Advocate General (“AG”) Wathelet delivered an opinion in which he recommended that the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) set aside the General Court’s (“GC”) judgment which had dismissed the claims brought by Infineon in connection with its involvement in the smart card (...)

10 Apr 2018

The Spanish Supreme Court orders restarting the investigation of a complaint for abuse of dominant position (Oracle)

Pedro Callol • April 2018

On 26 February 2013, Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Packard Española, S.L. (jointly, HP) filed a complaint against Oracle Corporation and Oracle Ibérica, S.R.L. (jointly, Oracle) before the NMCC denouncing restrictive practices of competition in the field of relational database management systems, (...)

5 avr. 2018

Engagements : L’Autorité de la concurrence publie une proposition d’engagements visant à mettre fin à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur de la commercialisation des décodeurs de signaux de télévision par satellite par l’opérateur dominant du marché de la télévision payante (Canal Plus)

Laurent Binet • N° 3-2018 • p. 107

L’Autorité de la concurrence a publié le 5 avril 2018 sur son site internet la proposition d’engagements de la société Groupe Canal Plus (“GCP”) visant à répondre aux préoccupations de concurrence identifiées par les services d’instruction dans le cadre d’une plainte déposée en 2014. La société Aston, (...)

21 Mar 2018

The EU Commission fines 8 Japanese producers of capacitors involved in a cartel for the supply of aluminium and tantalum electrolytic capacitors (Elna / Hitachi / Holy Stone / Matsuo / NEC Tokin / Nichicon / Nippon Chemi-Con / Ruycom / Sanyo)

Richard Burton • March 2018

On 21 March 2018, the European Commission announced that it had adopted a decision fining eight Japanese producers of capacitors a total of € 253,935,000. The companies addressed by the decision, namely Elna, Hitachi, Holy Stone, Matsuo, NEC Tokin, Nichicon, Nippon Chemi-Con, Ruycom and Sanyo, (...)

1 Mar 2018

Dominance in the IT sector: An overview of EU and national case law

James S. Venit • IT & Dominance

A significant number of the Commission’s most prominent Article 102 landmark cases have targeted high tech companies – beginning with IBM in the 1980’s on down through Microsoft, Intel and now Google. National competition authorities are similarly focused on this area, most notably the German (...)

1 Mar 2018

Douglas H. Ginsburg Liber Amicorum : An Antitrust Professor on the Bench Merger Control in High-Tech Markets

Ilene Gotts, Joshua Hazan

257 Douglas H. Ginsburg | An Antitrust Professor on the BenchLiber Amicorum - Volume I Merger Control in High-Tech Markets ilEnE k nablE g otts Joshua h azan * Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Abstract The objective of antitrust law in the United States is the protection of consumer welfare. But (...)

6 Feb 2018

The EU Commission decides to review a merger in the market of music recognition applications for smartphones (Apple / Shazam)

European Commission • February 2018

Mergers: Commission to assess the acquisition of Shazam by Apple* The European Commission has accepted a request from Austria, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Spain and Sweden to assess under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple. The Commission considers the (...)

1 Feb 2018

Intel: The long awaited ECJ ruling

Cristina Caffarra, Damien Neven, David Sevy, Laurence Idot, Marixenia Davilla, Miguel Rato, Paul Lugard • N° 1-2018 • pp. 14-41

It was questionable whether this important judgment would close the debate on the interpretation of Article 102 TFEU. Will it put an end to the controversial and even polemical topics related to the interpretation of Article 102 TFEU and in particular to the debate on the effects-based (...)

24 Jan 2018

The EU Commission fines a manufacturer of LTE baseband chipsets for abuse of dominance (Qualcomm)

European Commission • January 2018

Antitrust: Commission fines Qualcomm €997 million for abuse of dominant market position* The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €997m for abusing its market dominance in LTE baseband chipsets. Qualcomm prevented rivals from competing in the market by making significant payments to a key (...)

24 Jan 2018

The EU Commission fines a company for abuse of dominance on the market for baseband chipsets for smartphones and tablets (Qualcomm)

Tim Kasten • January 2018

On 24 January 2018, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced that it had imposed fines totalling € 997.439 million on chipset producer Qualcomm for abusing a dominant position contrary to Article 102 TFEU. While the public version of the decision has not yet been published, the (...)

18 Jan 2018

The EU Commission clears a merger subject to remedies in the market of semiconductors (Qualcomm / NXP)

European Commission • January 2018

Mergers: Commission approves Qualcomm’s acquisition of NXP, subject to conditions* The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of NXP, based in the Netherlands, by Qualcomm of the US. The approval is conditional on full compliance with (...)

18 Jan 2018

The EU Commission conditionally clears a merger in the market of semiconductors (Qualcomm / NXP)

Porter Elliott • January 2018

On 18 January 2018, the European Commission (the “Commission”) conditionally approved the acquisition of NXP by Qualcomm. Both companies are important producers of chipsets used for smartphones and other applications. During an in-depth merger review, the Commission identified three competition (...)

21 Dec 2017

The Turkish Competition Board closes a pre-investigation on possible collusion on the construction sector and fines one undertaking for hindering on-the-spot inspection (Nuhoğlu)

Ercüment Erdem • December 2017

The Competition Board (“Board”), in its decision dated 21.12.2017 and numbered 17-42/669-297 (“Decision”), has imposed an administrative monetary fine on Nuhoğlu İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (“Nuhoğlu”) for hindering on-the-spot inspections in accordance with Art. 16 (1) (d) of Act No. 4054 on the (...)

20 déc. 2017

Procédure : La Chambre criminelle de la Cour de cassation confirme que l’annulation de la saisie se limite aux seules pièces obtenues de façon irrégulière et ne saurait remettre en cause la validité de l’ensemble des opérations de visite et des autres saisies (Apple/Tech Data)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2018

Le 20 décembre 2017, la Chambre criminelle de la Cour de cassation a rendu deux arrêts en matière d’opération de visite et saisie, à la faveur desquels elle confirme sa jurisprudence limitant l’annulation de la saisie aux seules pièces obtenues de façon irrégulière, lesquelles doivent alors être (...)

20 déc. 2017

Prix : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne précise les obligations imposées en matière de prix par l’autorité réglementaire nationale à l’encontre de l’opérateur disposant d’une puissance significative sur un marché (Polkomtel)

Francesco Martucci • N° 2-2018 • pp. 168-169

Par un arrêt en date du 20 décembre 2017, la Cour de justice a précisé l’étendue des pouvoirs exercés en matière de prix par l’autorité réglementaire nationale à l’encontre de l’opérateur désigné comme disposant d’une puissance significative en vertu de la directive “Accès” (directive 2002/19/CE du Parlement (...)

14 déc. 2017

Haut-débit et très haut-débit : L’Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes adopte le cadre de la régulation ex ante du haut-débit et du très haut-débit fixe pour la période 2017-2020 (ARCEP)

Orion Berg • N° 1-2018 • pp. 171-172

Par quatre décisions du 14 décembre 2017 (n° 2017-1347, n° 2017-1348, n° 2017-1349 et n° 2017-1488), l’ARCEP a fixé le cadre de régulation ex ante des marchés de gros du haut et du très haut-débit fixe pour les trois prochaines années. Ces décisions sont importantes pour la structuration de ces marchés (...)

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