Aug 31, 2020 New Friday after-work drink: A pint of Beijing Export (List) By Alex Roberts Late last Friday, the Chinese government released a revised list of technologies that are restricted or banned for export from mainland...
Aug 28, 2020 WeChat ban: survey results raise another question on domestic security vs overseas competitiveness By Alex Roberts With over 1 billion users, WeChat is omnipresent in mainland China. Regardless of race, gender, age or occupation, just about everyone is...
Aug 27, 2020 Who will guard the gatekeepers? The Commission, the Digital Economy and the proposed New Competition Tool By Linklaters Big tech has been firmly in the sights of competition authorities around the world for a decade. The European Commission is consulting on...
Aug 20, 2020 Doomed if you do and doomed if you don't? (when) should platforms regulate prices? By Bernd Meyring Competition authorities like being seen to protect consumers and to keep big businesses in line. There is nothing wrong with that. In...
Aug 18, 2020 No FRAND proceeding before the CJEU for the automotive industry (yet?) By Bolko Ehlgen 2020 has already been busy on the patent front so far, both in Germany and in Europe. The dispute between Nokia and Daimler over...
Aug 11, 2020 Tick tock, tick tock: Trump's headache-inducing executive order aimed at WeChat By Alex Roberts With 280 characters, Mr Trump can shake globe markets. With 992 words, you would expect earthquakes that rock the very foundations of...
Aug 05, 2020 Policy papers into practice: Google / Fitbit is a test case for future data-heavy mergers By Verity Egerton-Doyle Another day, another development in antitrust enforcement against Big Tech, as Google's acquisition of fitness tracker Fitbit was...