Overview
- Explores the challenges raised by competition on the Internet
- Involves an assessment of platform competition issues from a legal as well as an economic point of view
- Provides an analysis of recent developments in the most relevant competition law cases in a digital environment on both sides of the Atlantic (the EU and the US)
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law (MSIP, volume 23)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Undeniably widespread and powerful as it is, the Internet is not almighty: it can reach as high as the skies (cloud computing), but it cannot escape competition. Yet, safeguarding competition in “the network of networks” is not without challenges: not only are competitive processes in platform-based industries complex, so is competition law analysis. The latter is often challenged by the difficulties in predicting the outcome of competition, in particular in terms of innovation. Do the specific competition law issues in a digital environment presuppose a reconsideration of competition law concepts and their application? Can current competition law tools be adjusted to the rush pace of dynamic industries? To what extent could competition law be supplemented by regulation – is the latter a foe or rather an ally? This book provides an analysis of recent developments in the most relevant competition law cases in a digital environment on both sides of the Atlantic (the EU and theUS) and assesses platform competition issues from a legal as well as an economic point of view.
Reviews
“Analysing some key recent cases and developments in this field, the essays seek to tackle from a legal or economic perspective the broader question of whether the unique features of digital markets require a reconsideration of competition law concepts and tools and their application. … provide a wealth of ideas of what the Commission should be thinking about in the context of its latest investigations. From a practitioner’s perspective, the book is of largely general or academic interest … .” (Gabriela da Costa, European Competition Law Review, Issue 11, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Competition on the Internet
Editors: Gintarė Surblytė
Series Title: MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55096-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-55095-9Published: 04 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52548-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-55096-6Published: 24 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2191-5822
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5830
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 108
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, Legal Aspects of Computing, Innovation/Technology Management, e-Commerce/e-business