Competition law's innovation factor : the relevant market in dynamic contexts in the EU and the US / Viktoria Robertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robertson, Viktoria, author.

Series:

Hart studies in competition law; ; volume 23.

Hart studies in competition law ; volume 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antitrust law--United States.

Antitrust law.

Antitrust law--European Union countries.

Technological innovations--Law and legislation--United States.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Markets--Law and legislation--United States.

Markets.

Markets--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages).

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Hart, 2020.

Summary:

"In recent years, market definition has come under attack as an analytical tool of competition law. Scholars have increasingly questioned its usefulness and feasibility. That criticism comes into sharper relief in dynamic, innovation-driven markets, which do not correspond to the static markets that the concept of the relevant market was modelled on. This book explores that controversy from a comparative legal perspective, taking into account both EU competition and US antitrust law. It examines the manifold ways in which courts and competition authorities in the EU and US have factored innovation-related considerations into market delineation, covering innovative product markets, product differentiation, future markets, issues going beyond market definition proper - such as innovation markets, potential competition and innovation competition -, intellectual property rights, innovative aftermarkets and multi-sided platforms. It finds that going forward, the role of market definition in dynamic contexts needs to focus on its function of market characterisation rather than on the assessment of market power"-- ǂc Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The Functions of the Relevant Market in EU Competition and US Antitrust Law

Innovation and Competition Law

Innovative Product Markets

Beyond Market Definition: Potential Competition, R&D Markets and Innovation Competition

Intellectual Property Rights

Innovative Aftermarkets

Platform Markets

Further Issues Concerning Innovation and Market Delineation

An Antitrust Framework for Delineating Dynamic Markets

Reflections : Is Market Definition Too Big to Fail

or is it Failing

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781509931910

1509931910

9781509931927

1509931929

9781509931903

1509931902

OCLC:

1135665539