While the US Supreme Court, throughout its judgment in Trinko, rejects the essential facilities doctrine, in the European Union it is not only accepted but even extended to intangible assets. Two contradictory conceptions of competition prevail on either sides of the Atlantic, with regard to the...

L'affaire de l'exclusivité d'Orange sur les terminaux iPhone met en relief la problématique des clauses d'exclusivité dans le domaine des industries de haute technologie. Les contentieux déjà noués sur les droits audiovisuels avaient illustré les risques induits par ces dispositifs...

The 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...

While the European Commission have imposed a huge fine on Intel (almost €1.07 billion) for having abused of its dominance on the microprocessor's industry, US antitrust authorities seem much more reluctant to settle suits brought by AMD - the Intel's sole serious competitor on this market - in...

L'Autorité de la Concurrence a eu à traiter de pratiques concertées conduisant à des refus d'accès opposés à des tiers d'équipements essentiels pour l'exercice de leur activité. La question de l'opportunité de traiter de tels cas sur la base de la controversée théorie des facilités...

The Essential Facilities Doctrine, albeit an American case-law creation, is also implemented in the European Union. While, since Trinko (2004), the US Supreme Court seems to challenge its implementation, European antitrust authorities tend to extend this doctrine to intangible assets. Focusing...

Economists are particularly familiars with market standard holder?s advantages. The same goes for means and strategies to success in such attempt. However, in the context of standardization in the high definition sector (Blu-Ray Disc versus HD-DVD), traditional explanatory factors do not seem to...