The ubiquitous process of digitization changes economic competition on markets in several ways and leads to the emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two relevant examples. These developments challenge competition...

Can competition law also take into account effects on privacy or should privacy concerns of data-collecting behaviour only be dealt with by data protection law? In this paper we are analysing the German Facebook case, in which certain terms of service (that force consumers to give consent for...

Das Spannungsfeld zwischen dem geistigen Eigentum und den Bedingungen, die für einen freien Wettbewerb erforderlich sind, stellt die Wissenschaft vor große Herausforderungen. Die Beiträge dieses Sammelbandes spiegeln Facettenreichtum und Tiefe der damit angesprochenen Problematik wider....