Tag: Big Data
Unpacking Data Portability
Data portability has become a hot topic in competition law. Although some commentators have suggested that data portability represents low hanging fruit compared with...
The Impact of Data Portability on Platform Competition
Data (number) portability increased switching activity in telecoms markets, but not so far in banking. Data portability is, however, particularly relevant in platform markets...
Data Access and Portability and EU Competition Law
This short paper will discuss the right to access and port data under EU Competition Law and EU sector-specific regulations. While general Competition Law...
The ICN Scoping Paper on Big Data and Cartels: The Impact...
By Marianne Faessel (Autorité de la concurrence)1
As a global competition network, the International Competition Network (“ICN”) is keen to keep up with emerging competition...
Antitrust Regulation in the Digital Economy
I distinguish between data-based digital antitrust cases and non data-based cases. So far, the emphasis has been on traditional cases where data did not...
Revising the Competition Law Rulebook for Digital Markets in Europe: A...
By Kris Van Hove & Argyrios Papaefthymiou1
Introduction
It is a truism to say that digitalisation has brought with it a revolution in economic life and...
What next for Monsanto? Exploring a Competition Theory for IP and...
By Swarnim Shrivastava (Global Antitrust Institute)1
Monsanto’s battle over licensing its technology to India’s seed manufacturers resurfaced recently when the Delhi High Court held that...
Algorithms & Competition Law
This article considers how algorithms affect competition and what their implications are for competition policy. With the economy going digital a huge number of...
Digital Platforms and Self-Preferencing
Due to their global economic significance and their attitude to concentrating economic power, digital platforms have triggered an unprecedented competition policy debate, fragmented and...
Amazon’s tightrope: Balancing Innovation and competition on Amazon’s Marketplace
Sam Bowman (Truth on the Market)
The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon employees have been using data from individual sellers to identify products to compete with...
