Dr Anca Chirita a.d.chirita@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Google's Anti-competitive and Unfair Practices in Digital Leisure Markets
Chirita, Anca Daniela
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to reflect on the critical use of commitments in the Google case and to analyse and review the matrix of facts that have been highlighted in the academic and practitioner literature. Therefore, the core areas of reflection in this contribution are: relevant markets; barriers to entry; network and lock-in effects; dominance; and, potential anticompetitive, as well as unfair practices as regards commercial advertisements. The analysis of the online search-engine market is complemented by the comparative insights offered by the US class action against Google’s Android mobile applications. In the EU, a similar trend is noticeable in the complaining tone of Google’s competitors. When this is coupled with the transitional period of the mandate of the newly appointed Commissioner for Competition and the political sensitivity over the potential to misuse search-engine users’ personal data to serve commercial purposes, such as boosting its advertising revenues, the giant Google swims in uncertain waters.
Citation
Chirita, A. D. (2015). Google's Anti-competitive and Unfair Practices in Digital Leisure Markets. Competition law review, 11(1), 109-131
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 1, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 1, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jul 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Jun 23, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 21, 2014 |
Journal | Competition Law Review |
Electronic ISSN | 1745-638X |
Publisher | Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLaSF) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 109-131 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1449702 |
Publisher URL | http://clasf.org/browse-the-complrev/ |
Related Public URLs | http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/files/program-xxiii-clasf-madrid.pdf |
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