The Paris Court of Appeal limits the scope of the essential facilities theory by declining to consider abusive a refusal to access a software (NMPP / MLP)

Ancelin, Ombline; Saumon, Charles

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31 Jan 2006

The Paris Court of Appeal limits the scope of the essential facilities theory by declining to consider abusive a refusal to access a software (NMPP / MLP)

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Reference

Paris Court of Appeal, NMPP / MLP, RG n° 2005/14782, 31 January 2006 (French)

Background In 2003 Messageries Lyonnaises de Presse (MLP), a press distributor, filed a complaint with the French Competition Council (hereinafter "the Council") against Nouvelles Messageries de Presse Parisienne (NMPP) on the grounds that the latter was conducting an anti-competitive practice insofar as it refused access to its Presse 2000 software, protected by intellectual property law. This software enables the provision of information to distributors relating to titles and unsold

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Auteurs

Ombline Ancelin
Simmons & Simmons (Paris)

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Charles Saumon
Hewlett Packard (Boulogne-Billancourt)

France 30 contributions 89905 visites

Citation

Ombline Ancelin, Charles Saumon, The Paris Court of Appeal limits the scope of the essential facilities theory by declining to consider abusive a refusal to access a software (NMPP / MLP), 31 janvier 2006, e-Competitions January 2006, Art. N° 485

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