International audienceThe essential facilities doctrine (EFD) involves antitrust liability for a dominant firm, when an access refusal to one of its asset could exclude an actual or a potential competitor from the market. First used for network industries' infrastructures, the EFD was progressively extended to intangible assets, as intellectual property rights. The European practices sharply contrast with US Antitrust positions. Mandatory access decisions could induce significant adverse effects on investment incentives for both dominant firm and its competitors. In order to assess such risks, we analyzed in this paper the criteria used in the European competition case law. We highlight the potential consequences of their ambiguity and thei...
International audienceThis article raises the question of the implementation of principles related t...
The relationship between competition law and intellectual property (IP) rights is often viewed as ad...
In recent years, platform economy has been raising competition concerns around the globe. In the Eur...
International audienceThe essential facilities doctrine (EFD) involves antitrust liability for a dom...
The Microsoft case judgements have highlighted some differences between American and European compet...
During the last decade, the so-called essential facilities doctrine has been present in EC competiti...
International audienceThe Essential Facilities Doctrine, albeit an American case-law creation, is al...
One of the main objectives of the European Community (EC) is to avoid the distortion of competition ...
This paper investigates the evolution of competition policy decisions in the US and, particularly, i...
This paper investigates the evolution of competition policy decisions in the US and, particularly, i...
The issue of essential facilities has attracted renewed attention in Europe in recent years because ...
Introduction. The essential facilities doctrine may be seen as the ‘extra weight’ which is put onto...
International audienceWhile the US Supreme Court, since its decision in Trinko, tends to jettison th...
International audienceWhile the US Supreme Court seems to reject the Essential Facilites Doctrine, i...
This paper investigates the economic rationale in defining an essential facility also considering th...
International audienceThis article raises the question of the implementation of principles related t...
The relationship between competition law and intellectual property (IP) rights is often viewed as ad...
In recent years, platform economy has been raising competition concerns around the globe. In the Eur...
International audienceThe essential facilities doctrine (EFD) involves antitrust liability for a dom...
The Microsoft case judgements have highlighted some differences between American and European compet...
During the last decade, the so-called essential facilities doctrine has been present in EC competiti...
International audienceThe Essential Facilities Doctrine, albeit an American case-law creation, is al...
One of the main objectives of the European Community (EC) is to avoid the distortion of competition ...
This paper investigates the evolution of competition policy decisions in the US and, particularly, i...
This paper investigates the evolution of competition policy decisions in the US and, particularly, i...
The issue of essential facilities has attracted renewed attention in Europe in recent years because ...
Introduction. The essential facilities doctrine may be seen as the ‘extra weight’ which is put onto...
International audienceWhile the US Supreme Court, since its decision in Trinko, tends to jettison th...
International audienceWhile the US Supreme Court seems to reject the Essential Facilites Doctrine, i...
This paper investigates the economic rationale in defining an essential facility also considering th...
International audienceThis article raises the question of the implementation of principles related t...
The relationship between competition law and intellectual property (IP) rights is often viewed as ad...
In recent years, platform economy has been raising competition concerns around the globe. In the Eur...