The European Google Shopping Competition Saga, Compliance and the Rule of Law

Höppner, Thomas

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“…After years of negotiations, the European Commission accepted a settlement of its Google shopping case that allowed rival comparison shopping services to bid for placement in Google's shopping service. However, what the plaintiffs wanted was prominent placement in free search results, not the opportunity to bid for advertising space in Google's shopping service (Hoppner 2022). While the settlement achieved some measure of equal access (Graf & Mostyn 2020), it had little effect on competition because the sponsors of comparison shopping services did not require an antitrust victory to pay for the right to feature their websites in Google's advertising results.…”

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Antitrust Reform: An Economic Perspective

Gilbert

2023

Annual Review of Economics

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There is widespread dissatisfaction with existing antitrust enforcement. The European Union has enacted comprehensive legislation to address perceived antitrust limitations, and several proposals to amend US antitrust laws have followed its lead. Most of the actual and proposed laws target firms that dominate the digital economy, while others have measures to tighten antitrust enforcement more generally. Market power has increased in the United States and most advanced economies, but it has not been uniformly associated with higher prices or lower productivity. Nonetheless, antitrust reforms can benefit consumers and address concerns about the concentration and exercise of economic power. In the United States, legislation would be desirable to amend rulings that are excessively deferential to antitrust defendants. However, most enacted and proposed reforms include prohibitions or obligations that depart from traditional antitrust principles and create potential risks for consumer welfare. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Economics, Volume 15 is August 2023. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Section: Regulating the Conduct Of Large Tech Platformsmentioning

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Antitrust Reform: An Economic Perspective

Gilbert

2023

Annual Review of Economics

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“…Так, в 1994 году Министерство юстиции США подало первый иск против Microsoft, обвинив компанию, в том числе, в незаконном поддержании монополии на рынке операционных систем путем включения неконкурентных условий в лицензионные соглашения и соглашения с разработчиками программного обеспечения. Это дело так и не было рассмотрено по существу, так как стороны пришли к мировому соглашению 3 В данном деле Европейская комиссия выработала подход к практике, которую можно обозначить как self-preferencing (предоставление преимуществ собственным продуктам). Google как доминант на рынке поисковых систем использовал свою платформу поиска для преимущественного продвижения собственного сервиса по сравнению цен за счет применения специальных неорганических (т. е. сгенерированных не в соответствии с общими правилами ранжирования) элементов поисковой выдачи (технология OneBox).…”

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“…Например, по делу Google Android 10 , связанному со злоупотреблением доминирующим положением на рынке операционных систем, Еврокомиссия наложила на Google беспрецедентный на тот момент штраф в размере 4,34 млрд евро 11 . Однако эффективность таких штрафов вызывает обоснованные сомнения, поскольку они не способны повлиять на состояние конкуренции и для глобальных интернет-компаний хоть и являются значительными, но все же не создают серьезных стимулов для отказа от антиконкурентных действий в будущем (Höppner, 2022). Цифровое право.…”

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The evolution of antimonopoly regulation of digital platforms

Arutyunyan

Berbeneva²

2022

DLJ

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This paper provides comprehensive analysis of the evolution of approaches to antimonopoly regulation of digital market participants, the so-called “digital platforms”. So far business practices of digital platforms and their compliance with the antitrust rules have been widely studied by both the watchdogs of various countries and the expert community. However, a few years ago the research into these issues was not that thorough neither in science nor in practice Today, with sufficient experience on regulation of digital markets, legal acts are being drawn up in various jurisdictions that cover approaches to assessing the market position of digital platforms, as well as acceptable and unacceptable practices. Besides, specific control mechanisms are being designed to deter antitrust violations in digital markets. At the same time, digital technologies are evolving too fast. This will inevitably pose new challenges to regulators and science. New digital services, business models and options for expanding markets, for example, by developing ecosystem products, will appear. The paper presents analysis of the main stages in the development of antimonopoly regulation of digital markets: from the first antitrust cases against IT-companies to creation of special regulatory and control mechanisms of digital platforms. Furthermore, potential development of digital markets and their antitrust regulation both in Russia and abroad is considered. The paper offers review of legal acts and regulatory initiatives in the area of digital markets in different regions worldwide and refers to the key antitrust cases that have affected the regulatory approaches.

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The European Google Shopping Competition Saga, Compliance and the Rule of Law

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