application of competition policy to online markets. At issue is whether the collection of large amounts of data — sometimes …

of competition law. This raises difficult questions about the relationship between competition and innovation as well as … what kind of assessment concepts competition authorities should use for investigating innovation effects, e.g., in merger … cases. This paper, on one hand, reviews briefly our economic knowledge about competition and innovation, and claims that it …

anticompetitive effects of mergers, is insufficient to capture innovation competition in its full extent. As a consequence, the aim of … none of the existing approaches seems to be appropriate to fully account for innovation competition. However, the …

competition as the brand personality cannot be duplicated. In addition, this practice can be understood as a product … the others in that market space. In other words, brands have important effects on competition and the marketplace. Given … that both trademark law and antitrust law address business competition, one might expect them to address brands as they fit …

disruptive incumbent is an established firm — often another platform — that introduces fresh competition in an adjacent market …

Under EU competition law it is prohibited to conclude anti-competitive agreements. If found, such conduct warrants … restrictive agreements and practices under EU competition law …

decision to host a conference in Brussels in January 2019 on “Shaping competition policy in the era of digitisation”, seeks to … by digital platforms are multi-fold and complex, the goal of competition authorities should be to protect innovation … offered for free, competition is based on quality, but also very largely on innovation. Thus, consumer welfare is served by …

While competition between firms producing substitutes is well understood, less is known about rivalry between … to raise prices, even if all browser competition exits. This may seem surprising since it runs counter to the traditional …

majority share of the markets for general-search results and advertising, prompting antitrust and competition-law scrutiny of …. This type of steering forecloses competition in markets not immediately adjacent to the platform itself. Current antitrust …