By John Wileur, Jennifer Boudet, and Miranda Cole The European Commission published for consultation its proposal for revisions to the EU technology transfer competition regime yesterday. The Commission is consulting on its proposals until 17 May 2013. The EU’s approach to the application of competition law to technology transfer agreements is set out in two… Continue Reading
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E-Books Pricing: The EU Antitrust Chapter Is About To Close
Posted in UncategorizedThe EU E-books antitrust probe is quasi-closed: the EU Commission announced yesterday that it accepted and made legally binding the commitments offered by Apple and four publishers to settle the investigation that was opened in December last year. The Commission was investigating whether the publishers may have colluded, with Apple’s facilitation, to jointly switch from… Continue Reading
E-Books Pricing: Far from the End of the Story
Posted in UncategorizedE-book pricing is under antitrust review on both sides of the Atlantic. The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against two publishers and Apple on 11 April 2012 in the Southern District of New York Federal Court, while settling with three other publishers (the settlement was approved by the court on 6 September 2012). On… Continue Reading