by bacenter | Jul 24, 2024 | Working Papers
Disruptive innovation is relevant for antitrust policy, yet it has received scant attention in the literature and in the decision practice. Building on previous work, this paper seeks to provide an expanded analysis of how disruptive innovation can be integrated more...
by bacenter | Jul 17, 2024 | Working Papers
New Perspectives on Potential Competition, Monopoly, and Market Power This paper puts forward the thesis that monopoly is not a situation of high market share; nor is it simply characterized by high profits or prices above marginal cost. The monopoly of concern...
by bacenter | Jul 15, 2024 | Working Papers
A New Wave Of Competition Law Jurisprudence? South Africa is currently experiencing a new surge of interim relief applications that has followed the 2019 Amendment to the Competition Act. The work of this paper is to review the jurisprudence of notable cases handed...
by bacenter | Jul 15, 2024 | Data, Trade & National Security, Working Papers
The Commission found that Apple’s ‘anti-steering provisions’ effectively banned music streaming app developers from fully informing iOS users about alternative and cheaper music subscription services available outside the app and from providing any instructions about...
by bacenter | Jul 8, 2024 | Data, Trade & National Security, Intellectual Property Rights, Working Papers
EU has opened an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s policy of including the communication software Teams in its Office 365 packages. Very little is known about the case and the alleged grievances, as only a short press statement is available. This...
by bacenter | Jul 8, 2024 | AI Policy & Regulation, Working Papers
The application of the principle of proportionality in competition law enforcement is of utmost importance. However, there are concerns regarding its effective implementation under the DMCC Bill, primarily due to the restricted extent of judicial review. The lack of a...
