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The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to add a new layer of complexity to the current practice of standard essential patents (SEPs) licensing. While until recently the debate centred on the...

Over the past few years, the Chinese authorities have been increasingly concerned about the enormous economic power and influence of the country’s big tech companies, especially those operating in...

Recent developments have placed antitrust law on a collision course with corporate purpose. In a new paper, I reveal the unforeseen negative impacts of this conflict and provide a roadmap for...

Around the globe, legislatures have become active in providing competition authorities with new tools and resources to curb the market power of Big Tech. Germany is one of the countries at the...

I. The current policy debate The European Commission will table two main legislative proposals on digital platforms: The Digital Markets Act (DMA) with new rules regarding the behaviour of gatekeeper...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Commission’s (Commission’s) science and knowledge service published a report on common shareholding in Europe in September 2020 (the Report). The...

The impact of technology on finance (FinTech) is one of the hottest topics in business, law, and regulation, with academics and practitioners considering many issues, including cryptocurrencies, robo...

Take a look at our full video interview with Professor Michal Gal about her research on 3D printing. Professor Gal focusses on the disruption 3D printing may cause to supply chains and market...

The digitalisation of production and distribution processes means that the (‘first-copy’) costs to develop and launch a product are preponderant in comparison to the following costs to actually...

In many markets, large institutional investors like BlackRock and Vanguard own significant stakes in most, if not all, horizontal competitors. Legal scholars have suggested that this pattern of...

The most important function of judges is to decide cases brought to them by litigants. By contrast, they are not commonly seen as participants in a market for litigation, competing to ‘sell’ their...

A recent criminal cartel case where sellers of posters used an algorithm to coordinate their prices on the Amazon platform created buzz in the competition community. While interesting with regard to...

Many of the largest and most successful businesses today rely on providing services at no charge to at least a portion of their users. Consider companies as diverse as Dropbox, Facebook, Google,...

The European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) featured a Focus Panel on ‘Common Ownership: Antitrust Meets Corporate Governance’ at their Annual Members’ Meeting in Berlin, in May 2018. The...

We are delighted to share the news about the publication of our new book, Behavioral Law and Economics (OUP 2018). This book aims to serve as a gateway into the world of behavioral analysis. It...

The recent AT&T and Amex decisions showcase the pitfalls of considering antitrust cases solely on the basis of economic analysis and may have the effect of immunizing tech giants from serious...

Like many other forms of economic regulation, the regulation of competition takes place, for the most part, at the national level. It’s no great surprise that efforts to develop international law in...

The explosion in the collection of ‘big data’ and the use of algorithms for pricing across many industries has generated intense discussion in recent years. Broadly speaking, there are two main areas...

The digital economy has boasted of 'unicorns', 'change agents' and 'disruption'. But the difficult question that competition law, and the European Commission, must grapple with is whether the nature...