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 on which the concept of the relevant market was modelled. 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 competition, innovation markets and potential competition -, intellectual property rights, innovative aftermarkets and multi-sided platforms. This book 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781509931897
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26046364114
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Commercial Law
Author
Viktoria HS E Robertson
Publication Name
Competition Law's Innovation Factor: the Relevant Market in Dynamic Contexts in the Eu and the Us
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
728g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Viktoria HS E Robertson
Series Title
Hart Studies in Competition Law
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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