The antitrust books you should’ve read in 2023

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January 2024  |   <span class="state-aid feature sbc"><a class="sbc" href="/core-blog?filter_cat=63">Features</a></span> by <span class='sbc'>Friso Bostoen</span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-content-thumbnail"> <picture class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" title="The antitrust books you should’ve read in 2023 1"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mariia-zakatiura-t7zYZzO_CX0-unsplash.jpg.webp 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mariia-zakatiura-t7zYZzO_CX0-unsplash-225x300.jpg.webp 225w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/> <img data-no-lazy="" width="640" height="853" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mariia-zakatiura-t7zYZzO_CX0-unsplash.jpg" alt="antitrust books" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mariia-zakatiura-t7zYZzO_CX0-unsplash.jpg 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mariia-zakatiura-t7zYZzO_CX0-unsplash-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/> </picture> </div> <p>This fifth edition of ‘the antitrust you should’ve read last year’ has three entries. This is notably fewer than the four to six books included the previous years, which is due either to a slow year in antitrust publishing, or to my starting a new job and having less time to read. There were also some last-minute contenders such as Pablo Ibáñez Colomo’s <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/new-eu-competition-law-9781782259152/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The New EU Competition Law</em></a> but as it published just two weeks before year-end, you’ll forgive for not getting through it yet. And <em>someone</em> published a decent <a href="https://www.concurrences.com/en/all-books/abuse-of-platform-power-leveraging-conduct-in-digital-markets-under-eu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">book</a> about antitrust and digital platforms but by including it, I would be self-referencing (almost as great a <a href="https://twitter.com/CompetitionProf/status/1704461938866999786" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sin</a> as self-preferencing!). Without further ado, here are the three books on/relevant to antitrust, typically written for a wider audience, that I enjoyed in the past year.</p> <h1>‘Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology’ by Anu Bradford</h1> <p><strong>In short</strong>: Anu Bradford identifies three Digital Empires, each with their own regulatory model: the US has a market-driven model (centred on protecting free speech and incentives to innovate); China has a state-driven model (maximizing the country’s technological dominance and citizen control); the EU has a rights-driven model (founded on fundamental rights and the notion of a fair marketplace). While each model has pros and cons, they are now at the basis of imperial rivalries, which are fought both horizontally (between governments) and vertically (between governments and tech companies). Each empire seeks to extend its power via different methods: the US relies on private power, China on infrastructure power, and the EU on regulatory power. The stakes? The soul of the digital economy.</p> <p><strong>Favourite chapter</strong>: While the US–China battles on digital trade make headlines, regulatory relations between the US and EU are not exactly harmonious either. Chapter 6 (‘When Rights, Markets, and Security Collide: the US–EU regulatory battles’) addresses that disharmony. I particularly enjoyed the section the EU’s antitrust policy and the US’s allegations of digital protectionism (pp. 242–50) but I’m biased, having recently done some <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4232335" target="_blank" rel="noopener">empirical research</a> on the topic.</p> <p><strong>Quotable</strong>: Bradford spends some time refuting the argument that regulation explains the EU’s lack of home-grown tech giants (pp. 136–39 and 369–76). Her take? ‘Looking more closely, the EU’s innovation gap can be largely explained by other factors … including the fragmented digital single market, underdeveloped capital markets, punitive bankruptcy laws that deter risk-taking, and the absence of a proactive immigration policy that would allow the EU to harness foreign talent in the way the US has done over the past decades.’ (p. 371)</p> <p><strong>Further reading</strong>: To some extent, <em>Digital Empires</em> builds on Bradford’s previous book, <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-brussels-effect-9780190088583" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Brussels Effect</em></a>, which was on my <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/the-antitrust-books-you-shouldve-read-in-2020-part-2/">2020 list</a>. A worthwhile section is dedicated to common criticism of the Brussels Effect, and the countermeasures taken by government and tech companies (pp. 353–359). A recurring case study concerns microchips, a particularly heavy battle in the broader US–China trade conflict, on which <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Chip-War/Chris-Miller/9781982172008" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Chip War</em></a> is excellent (see below). If instead you’d like to read more on China, definitely pick up <em><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/chinese-antitrust-exceptionalism-9780198826569" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism</a></em> (a <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/antitrust-books-2021-part-1/">2021 recommendation</a>), written by Angela Zhang, whom Bradford thanks deeply in her acknowledgements.</p> <h1>‘Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology’ by Chris Miller</h1> <p><strong>In short</strong>: Chris Miller is a historian and his craft shows in <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Chip-War/Chris-Miller/9781982172008" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Chip War</em></a>, which takes the reader from the humble beginnings of the microchip after World War II all the way until today, when there is little in this world not powered by the tiny pieces of silicon. But Miller does much more than recount history; he explains the underlying technology, highlights questions of business strategy, and reflects on industrial policy. For EU competition lawyers, chips are everywhere: they are the subject of cartel and abuse of dominance investigations (e.g., <a href="https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-413/14" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Intel</em></a> and <a href="https://curia.europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?num=T-235/18" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Qualcomm</em></a>), of ‘important projects of common European interest’ (<a href="https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/state-aid/ipcei/approved-ipceis/microelectronics-value-chain_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IPCEIs</a>), of the <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/european-chips-act_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chips Act</a>, and perhaps of the enforcement under the Foreign Subsidy Regulation <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/five-industrie-need-watch-foreign-subsidies-rules/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soon</a>. In fact, if an antitrust scholar wanted to write a full book on chips, there would be enough material. Until then, reading Miller’s <em>Chip War </em>will serve you well.</p> <p><strong>Favourite chapter</strong>: The rise of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is unexplainable, at least from a narrow economic lens: a small island going from modest manufacturing base to the world’s most advanced chip-making hub in a couple of decades, propelled by State intervention? Other economists, like <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305469/the-entrepreneurial-state-by-mazzucato-mariana/9780141986104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mazzucato</a> and <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/177805/23-things-they-dont-tell-you-about-capitalism-by-chang-ha-joon/9780141047973" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chang</a>, would not be as surprised. But it’s a good story not only for its challenging of economic preconceptions. Miller describes how it started in Chapter 29, titled ‘We Want a Seminconductor Industry in Taiwain’.</p> <p><strong>Quotable</strong>: ‘Intel had been one of the world’s most valuable companies in the early 2000s, but had been overtaken by Apple, whose new mobile ecosystem didn’t rely on Intel’s chips.’ (p. 198) Miller traces the rise and decline (or at least stagnation) of many chip firms, but no story is more poignant than Intel’s. This is all the more so because Intel’s founder Andy Grove wrote <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/72469/only-the-paranoid-survive-by-andrew-grove/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Only the Paranoid Survive</em></a>, the Silicon Valley fixture about overcoming disruptive innovation. Steve Jobs called the book called ‘super-important’—and now the company he built is making its own Apple Silicon chips.</p> <p><strong>Further reading</strong>: If you just can’t get enough of chips, I highly recommend the podcast series <em>Acquired</em>, which has hour-long <a href="https://www.acquired.fm/search?query=chips" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episodes</a> on all the largest chip makers (Nvidia, TSMC, Intel, Qualcomm).</p> <h1>‘Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We’ll Win Them Back’ by Rebecca Giblin & Cory Doctorow</h1> <p><strong>In short</strong>: In <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710957/chokepoint-capitalism-by-rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Chokepoint Capitalism</em></a>, Giblin and Doctorow explore concentration and its consequences in creative labor markets. They argue that firms (often platforms) ‘have demonstrated particular ingenuity in finding ways of burrowing between audiences and culture producers to capture the value that flows between them.’ (p. 15) They support their thesis by examining a variety of creative industries including publishing (of books and news), music (streamed and live), television, and gaming. In the end, one has to agree that all is not well. But solving the problem is more difficult than diagnosing it. The authors argue that a combination of solutions is required, including transparency rights, collective action, minimum wages, copyright changes—and, of course, antitrust enforcement.</p> <p><strong>Favourite chapter</strong>: Chapter 9, ‘Why Seven Thousand Hollywood Writers Fired Their Agents’ describes how agents evolved from representatives of tv writers to just another chokepoint abusing their power to extract value at the expense of writers. The story shows the power of collective action: coordinated by the Writers Guild of America, 7.000 writers fired their agents for not abiding by union rules; in the end, agencies agreed to realign their incentives with those of the writers they represent.</p> <p><strong>Quotable</strong>: Collecting societies could be part of the solution but are currently too often part of the problem. In part due to mismanagement, in part due to siloed databases: ‘Up to 75 percent of music royalties can get swallowed elsewhere before copyright owners see a dime. And, because matching uses to owners is so difficult, an estimated 20–50 percent of what’s left won’t make it to the correct hands.’ (p. 224)</p> <p><strong>Further reading</strong>: The last few years have seen the publication of some great books on (competition in) creative industries. On the music industry, Alan Krueger’s <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564519/rockonomics-by-alan-b-krueger/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Rockonomics</em></a> (a <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/the-antitrust-books-you-shouldve-read-in-2019-part-2/">2019 recommendation</a>) is excellent, as is Patrik Wikström’s <a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-be/The+Music+Industry%3A+Music+in+the+Cloud%2C+3rd+Edition-p-9781509530144" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Music Industry</em></a>. On the gaming industry, Joost Van Dreunen’s <a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/one-up/9780231197526" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>One Up</em></a> (a <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/antitrust-books-2021-part-2/">2021 recommendation</a>) is unbeatable. I’ve also been enjoying Steven Kent’s <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/UHV/ultimate-history-of-video-games/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two volumes</a> on video game history. On concentration more generally, read <a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674237544" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Great Reversal</em></a> by Thomas Philippon (a <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/the-antitrust-books-you-shouldve-read-in-2019-part-1/">2019 recommendation</a>) or <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691214474/the-profit-paradox" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Profit Paradox</em></a> by Jan Eeckhout (a <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/antitrust-books-2021-part-1/">2021 recommendation</a>).</p> <p>.</p> <p>Picture via <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-wooden-book-shelves-with-books-t7zYZzO_CX0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unsplash</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <h3 class="bg-line"><span>Tags</span></h3> <div class="posttags_blog tags"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=323">Antitrust</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=950">books</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=1540">Bradford</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=1542">Brussels Effect</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=3663">Chip War</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=3664">Chokepoint Capitalism</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=3666">creative industries</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=3662">Digital Empires</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=3668">Doctorow</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=3665">microchips</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=3667">Miller</a> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/core-blog/?filter_tag=636">regulation</a> </div> <h3 class="bg-line"><span>About</span></h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3"> <picture class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" decoding="async"> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Friso-Bostoen-1.jpg-150x150.png.webp"/> <img width="150" height="150" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Friso-Bostoen-1.jpg-150x150.png"/><noscript><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Friso-Bostoen-1.jpg-150x150.png" alt="" decoding="async"/></noscript> </picture> </div> <div class="col-md-9"> <h4>Friso Bostoen</h4> <p><strong>Blog Editor</strong></p> <p>Assistant Professor of Competition Law and Digital Regulation, Tilburg University</p> <p>Friso Bostoen is an assistant professor of competition law and digital regulation at Tilburg University. Previously, he was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. He holds degrees from KU Leuven (PhD, LLM) and Harvard University (LLM). Friso’s research focuses on antitrust enforcement in digital markets. His work has resulted in numerous international publications, presentations, and awards (including the AdC Competition Policy Award 2019 and the Concurrences PhD Award 2022). In addition, Friso edits the CoRe Blog and hosts the Monopoly Attack podcast.</p> <p><a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/speaker/friso-bostoen-core-blog-editor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">>> Friso’s CoRe Blog posts >></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="single-core-blog-comments"> <div id="comments" class="comments-area"> <div id="respond" class="comment-respond"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">Leave a Reply <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/en/coreblogpost/antitrust-books-2023/#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel Reply</a></small></h3><p class="must-log-in">You must be <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lexxion.eu%2Fen%2Fcoreblogpost%2Fantitrust-books-2023%2F">logged in</a> to post a comment.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="single_rp"> <h3>Related Posts</h3> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="rp-wrapper container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="date_rp">08. 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The recent preliminary procedure in the case of Google Android Auto will inevitably become part of this process, which may have some significant consequences in the context of digital platforms. […]</div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="comment_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/the-essential-facility-doctrine-and-google-android-auto-case-c-233-23-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comments">0 Comments</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="readmore_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/the-essential-facility-doctrine-and-google-android-auto-case-c-233-23-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/">read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="rp-wrapper container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="date_rp">07. Nov 2024</div> <div class="cat_rp"><span class='state-aid feature ebg'>Features</span> by <span class='sbc'>Daniel Mandrescu</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"><picture class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" decoding="async" title="Case C-264/23 Booking.com – Ancillary restraints and market definition in the platform economy 3"> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mfn.jpg.webp 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mfn-300x188.jpg.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/> <img width="640" height="400" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20640%20400'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="hotel booking platform" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mfn.jpg 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mfn-300x188.jpg 300w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-lazy-src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mfn.jpg"/><noscript><img width="640" height="400" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mfn.jpg" alt="hotel booking platform" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mfn.jpg 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mfn-300x188.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/></noscript> </picture> </div> <div class="col-sm-9"> <div class="title_rp"><h2>Case C-264/23 Booking.com – Ancillary restraints and market definition in the platform economy</h2></div> <div class="content_rp">The recent judgment of the CJEU in Booking.com represents yet another development in the long series of cases concerning price parity clauses in the platform economy. 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Mar 2024</div> <div class="cat_rp"> by <span class='sbc'>Daniel Mandrescu</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"><picture class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" decoding="async" title="The Apple App Store – A New Kind of Hallmark Case 4"> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-jonas-svidras-576739.jpg.webp 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-jonas-svidras-576739-300x169.jpg.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/> <img width="640" height="360" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20640%20360'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="competition law, abuse of dominance, apple app store, the digital markets act" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-jonas-svidras-576739.jpg 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-jonas-svidras-576739-300x169.jpg 300w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-lazy-src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-jonas-svidras-576739.jpg"/><noscript><img width="640" height="360" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-jonas-svidras-576739.jpg" alt="competition law, abuse of dominance, apple app store, the digital markets act" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-jonas-svidras-576739.jpg 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-jonas-svidras-576739-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/></noscript> </picture> </div> <div class="col-sm-9"> <div class="title_rp"><h2>The Apple App Store – A New Kind of Hallmark Case</h2></div> <div class="content_rp">After almost three years since the Commission sent Apple its statement of objections, which was significantly trimmed down, the Commission reached a finding of abuse for which it imposed a whopping fine of 1.8 billion euros. Alongside this case, Apple was also involved in an almost identical case running parallel in the Netherlands, with similar findings. Meanwhile, during these procedures, […]</div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="comment_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/the-apple-app-store-a-new-kind-of-hallmark-case/#comments">0 Comments</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="readmore_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/the-apple-app-store-a-new-kind-of-hallmark-case/">read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="rp-wrapper container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="date_rp">07. Nov 2023</div> <div class="cat_rp"><span class='state-aid feature ebg'>Features</span> by <span class='sbc'>Daniel Mandrescu</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"><picture class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" decoding="async" title="The ACM vs. Apple AppStore – A Second Chance To Get It Right 5"> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-1024x768.jpg.webp 1024w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-300x225.jpg.webp 300w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-768x576.jpg.webp 768w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-1536x1152.jpg.webp 1536w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-2048x1536.jpg.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"/> <img width="750" height="563" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20750%20563'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="app store, apple, abuse of dominance, platforms, ACM, art. 102 TFEU." decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" data-lazy-src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-1024x768.jpg"/><noscript><img width="750" height="563" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-1024x768.jpg" alt="app store, apple, abuse of dominance, platforms, ACM, art. 102 TFEU." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-brett-jordan-5444435-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"/></noscript> </picture> </div> <div class="col-sm-9"> <div class="title_rp"><h2>The ACM vs. Apple AppStore – A Second Chance To Get It Right</h2></div> <div class="content_rp">The Dutch case concerning the Apple App Store appears to make a (welcome) comeback. The case that started in 2019 came to a rather disappointing end in the summer of 2022 when the Dutch competition authority issued a public statement that gave the impression that it was satisfied with Apple’s adjustments to the App Store front in the Netherlands. This […]</div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="comment_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/the-acm-vs-apple-appstore-a-second-chance-at-getting-it-right/#comments">0 Comments</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="readmore_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/the-acm-vs-apple-appstore-a-second-chance-at-getting-it-right/">read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="rp-wrapper container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="date_rp">26. Oct 2023</div> <div class="cat_rp"> by <span class='sbc'>Daniel Mandrescu</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"><picture class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" decoding="async" title="Booking / eTraveli: assessing envelopment strategies and mixing up market power thresholds 6"> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/galleon-1666084_640.jpg.webp 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/galleon-1666084_640-300x199.jpg.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/> <img width="640" height="424" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20640%20424'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="airport travel, competition law, platforms, antitrust, EUMR, booking.com, etraveli" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/galleon-1666084_640.jpg 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/galleon-1666084_640-300x199.jpg 300w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-lazy-src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/galleon-1666084_640.jpg"/><noscript><img width="640" height="424" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/galleon-1666084_640.jpg" alt="airport travel, competition law, platforms, antitrust, EUMR, booking.com, etraveli" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/galleon-1666084_640.jpg 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/galleon-1666084_640-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/></noscript> </picture> </div> <div class="col-sm-9"> <div class="title_rp"><h2>Booking / eTraveli: assessing envelopment strategies and mixing up market power thresholds</h2></div> <div class="content_rp">About a month ago the European Commission announced that it was prohibiting the acquisition of eTraveli by Booking Holdings (Booking.com). The prohibition, which is a rare occurrence in itself, did not attract much attention beyond comments on the ‘ecosystem’ theory of harm which it may have introduced. But this case offers more than that. First, it shows that current practice […]</div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="comment_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/booking-etraveli-assessing-envelopment-strategies-and-mixing-up-market-power-thresholds/#comments">0 Comments</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="readmore_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/booking-etraveli-assessing-envelopment-strategies-and-mixing-up-market-power-thresholds/">read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="rp-wrapper container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="date_rp">12. Sep 2023</div> <div class="cat_rp"><span class='state-aid feature ebg'>Features</span> by <span class='sbc'>Daniel Mandrescu</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"><picture class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" decoding="async" title="Microsoft III – Paving The Way To A Tying Trilogy? 7"> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/office-1356793_640.png.webp 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/office-1356793_640-300x212.png.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/> <img width="640" height="452" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20640%20452'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Microsoft teams antitrust claim, abuse of dominance, European commission" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/office-1356793_640.png 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/office-1356793_640-300x212.png 300w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-lazy-src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/office-1356793_640.png"/><noscript><img width="640" height="452" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/office-1356793_640.png" alt="Microsoft teams antitrust claim, abuse of dominance, European commission" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/office-1356793_640.png 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/office-1356793_640-300x212.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/></noscript> </picture> </div> <div class="col-sm-9"> <div class="title_rp"><h2>Microsoft III – Paving The Way To A Tying Trilogy?</h2></div> <div class="content_rp">This summer the European commission (finally) announced it will start a formal investigation against Microsoft following Slack’s complaint concerning the (abusive) tying or bundling or Teams to the Microsoft and Office 365 suites. Not long after, Microsoft came out with an official statement concerning the changes in its pricing and distribution strategy of Teams it will introduce in order to […]</div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="comment_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/microsoft-iii-paving-the-way-to-a-tying-trilogy/#comments">0 Comments</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="readmore_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/microsoft-iii-paving-the-way-to-a-tying-trilogy/">read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="rp-wrapper container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="date_rp">18. Jan 2023</div> <div class="cat_rp"><span class='state-aid feature ebg'>Features</span> by <span class='sbc'>Daniel Mandrescu</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"><picture class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" decoding="async" title="Case C-42/21P Lithuanian Railways – another clarification on the Bronner case law and the non-exhaustive character of art. 102 TFEU 8"> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-1024x678.jpg.webp 1024w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-300x199.jpg.webp 300w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-768x509.jpg.webp 768w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280.jpg.webp 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"/> <img width="750" height="497" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20750%20497'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="competition law, abuse of dominance, refusal to supply, Lithuanian railways, bronner, essential facility, art. 102 TFEU" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-768x509.jpg 768w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280.jpg 1280w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" data-lazy-src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-1024x678.jpg"/><noscript><img width="750" height="497" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-1024x678.jpg" alt="competition law, abuse of dominance, refusal to supply, Lithuanian railways, bronner, essential facility, art. 102 TFEU" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280-768x509.jpg 768w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/train-gf1b1a611c_1280.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"/></noscript> </picture> </div> <div class="col-sm-9"> <div class="title_rp"><h2>Case C-42/21P Lithuanian Railways – another clarification on the Bronner case law and the non-exhaustive character of art. 102 TFEU</h2></div> <div class="content_rp">The recent case of Lithuanian Railways provides yet another clarification on the scope of application of the Bronner case law. The Judgement of the CJEU reconfirms exceptional character of the Bronner case law and the type of situations it is intended to apply to. By doing so the CJEU potentially helps prevent future disputes of a similar nature in the […]</div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="comment_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/case-c-42-21p-lithuanian-railways-another-clarification-on-the-bronner-case-law-and-the-non-exhaustive-character-of-art-102-tfeu/#comments">0 Comments</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="readmore_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/case-c-42-21p-lithuanian-railways-another-clarification-on-the-bronner-case-law-and-the-non-exhaustive-character-of-art-102-tfeu/">read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="rp-wrapper container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="date_rp">03. Jan 2023</div> <div class="cat_rp"><span class='state-aid feature ebg'>Features</span> by <span class='sbc'>Daniel Mandrescu</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"><picture class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" decoding="async" title="On-platform Tying or Another Case of Leveraging- A Discussion on Facebook Marketplace 9"> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/facebook-g854e84260_640.png.webp 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/facebook-g854e84260_640-300x199.png.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/> <img width="640" height="425" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20640%20425'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="facebook, competition law, abuse of dominance, art. 102 TFEU, multisided platforms, dominant position, tying and bundling, unfair trading conditions, competition economics, european commission," decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/facebook-g854e84260_640.png 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/facebook-g854e84260_640-300x199.png 300w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-lazy-src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/facebook-g854e84260_640.png"/><noscript><img width="640" height="425" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/facebook-g854e84260_640.png" alt="facebook, competition law, abuse of dominance, art. 102 TFEU, multisided platforms, dominant position, tying and bundling, unfair trading conditions, competition economics, european commission," decoding="async" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/facebook-g854e84260_640.png 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/facebook-g854e84260_640-300x199.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/></noscript> </picture> </div> <div class="col-sm-9"> <div class="title_rp"><h2>On-platform Tying or Another Case of Leveraging- A Discussion on Facebook Marketplace</h2></div> <div class="content_rp">Just before 2022 ended the Commission sent a statement of objections to Meta regarding the potential abusive behaviour of Facebook. According to the statement of objections, Facebook may be engaging in (i) abusive tying practices with regard to Facebook Marketplace as users (i.e. consumers) that log into Facebook and are automatically also offered access to the Facebook Marketplace, without the […]</div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="comment_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/on-platform-tying-or-another-case-of-leveraging-what-to-do-with-facebook-marketplace/#comments">0 Comments</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="readmore_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/on-platform-tying-or-another-case-of-leveraging-what-to-do-with-facebook-marketplace/">read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="rp-wrapper container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="date_rp">15. Nov 2022</div> <div class="cat_rp"><span class='state-aid feature ebg'>Features</span> by <span class='sbc'>Daniel Mandrescu</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"><picture class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" decoding="async" title="Case C-721/20 – DB Station & Service – Can secondary legislation limit the private enforcement of art. 102 TFEU? 10"> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rail-g3168823ed_640.jpg.webp 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rail-g3168823ed_640-300x225.jpg.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/> <img width="640" height="480" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20640%20480'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="abuse of dominance, competition law, art. 102 TFEU, railways, regulation, DMA, excessive pricing, unfair pricing, private enforcement, stand alone claims" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rail-g3168823ed_640.jpg 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rail-g3168823ed_640-300x225.jpg 300w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-lazy-src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rail-g3168823ed_640.jpg"/><noscript><img width="640" height="480" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rail-g3168823ed_640.jpg" alt="abuse of dominance, competition law, art. 102 TFEU, railways, regulation, DMA, excessive pricing, unfair pricing, private enforcement, stand alone claims" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rail-g3168823ed_640.jpg 640w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rail-g3168823ed_640-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"/></noscript> </picture> </div> <div class="col-sm-9"> <div class="title_rp"><h2>Case C-721/20 – DB Station & Service – Can secondary legislation limit the private enforcement of art. 102 TFEU?</h2></div> <div class="content_rp">Last month the CJEU delivered an interesting ruling on the scope of application of art. 102 TFEU when dealing with excessive or unfair prices in the railway sector. A first reading of the final conclusion of the CJEU would give the impression that the scope of application of art. 102 TFEU is being unduly restricted with this case by making […]</div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="comment_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/case-c-721-20-db-station-service-can-secondary-legislation-limit-the-private-enforcement-of-art-102-tfeu/#comments">0 Comments</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="readmore_rp"> <a href="https://www.lexxion.eu/en/coreblogpost/case-c-721-20-db-station-service-can-secondary-legislation-limit-the-private-enforcement-of-art-102-tfeu/">read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="rp-wrapper container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="date_rp">26. Sep 2022</div> <div class="cat_rp"> by <span class='sbc'>Carlo Monegato</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3"><img width="750" height="393" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20750%20393'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The modernisation of EU merger control - State Aid Uncovered SM posts 1 2" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Aid-Uncovered-SM-posts-1-2-1024x536.png 1024w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Aid-Uncovered-SM-posts-1-2-300x157.png 300w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Aid-Uncovered-SM-posts-1-2-768x402.png 768w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Aid-Uncovered-SM-posts-1-2.png 1200w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" title="The modernisation of EU merger control 11" data-lazy-src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Aid-Uncovered-SM-posts-1-2-1024x536.png"><noscript><img width="750" height="393" src="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Aid-Uncovered-SM-posts-1-2-1024x536.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The modernisation of EU merger control - State Aid Uncovered SM posts 1 2" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Aid-Uncovered-SM-posts-1-2-1024x536.png 1024w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Aid-Uncovered-SM-posts-1-2-300x157.png 300w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Aid-Uncovered-SM-posts-1-2-768x402.png 768w, https://www.lexxion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/State-Aid-Uncovered-SM-posts-1-2.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" title="The modernisation of EU merger control 11"></noscript></div> <div class="col-sm-9"> <div class="title_rp"><h2>The modernisation of EU merger control</h2></div> <div class="content_rp">THE MODERNISATION OF EU MERGER CONTROL The long-awaited judgment in the Illumina/Grail art. 22 EUMR dispute was announced on 13 July 2022. The General Court confirmed that the European Commission has the power to decide on a merger, referred to it by a Member State, that does not meet the EU thresholds nor was it notified nationally. 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