German Abstract: Der Artikel untersucht Fragen der Marktbeherrschung und des Machtmissbrauchs auf den Suchmaschinenmärkten mit einem besonderen Fokus auf Google. Es wird erörtert, ob Google Search eine "essential facility" ist, was Suchneutralität bedeutet, inwieweit der Universal...

The paper examines whether the royalty-free distribution of the Android OS and the Google Mobile Applications Suite (GMS) is in line with competition law, in particular with Article 102 TFEU. The author takes a look at Google's business model and at the contractual framework of Android mobile OS...

In its “Discussion Paper for Interim Report No. 5” of February 2022, the ACCC asked for suggestions on updating competition and consumer law for digital platform services. This paper addresses the larger issues involved from a specifically “European perspective”. To these ends, the...