In recent years, several competition authorities around the world have announced majorinvestigations into potential anti-competitive behaviour by digital platforms. Not all ofthat behaviour harms downstream consumers. This has contributed to a growing ‘existentialcrisis’ at the foundation of...

This publication (of 64 pages) represents the proceedings of a roundtable on general cartel bans and the criteria for exempting small and medium-sized enterprises. This roundtable was held at the OECD in April 1996. The proceedings include a background note from the German delegation and...

This publication (of 119 pages) represents the proceedings of a roundtable on the application of competition policy to high-tech markets that was held at the OECD in April 1996. The proceedings include a background note from the US FTC and submissions from 2 OECD countries outlining the issues...

This publication (of 138 pages) represents the proceedings of a roundtable on the competition issues related to sports that was held at the OECD in October 1996. The proceedings include submissions from 13 OECD countries outlining the competition issues that have arisen in the sports sector in...

This publication (of 261 pages) represents the proceedings of a roundtable on the application of competition law and policy to the electricity sector that was held at the OECD in October 1996. The proceedings include submissions from 18 OECD countries outlining the regulatory regime for...

This publication (of 251 pages) represents the proceedings of a seminar on judicial enforcement of competition law held at the OECD in October 1996. The proceedings include a background paper prepared by the OECD Secretariat and papers from 24 judges and antitrust enforcers from across the OECD...

Antitrust violations in the field of intellectual property rights are particularly difficult to detect because practices like cross licensing, patent pools or refusal to deal are not prohibited as such. Furthermore, more than in any other field of antitrust enforcement, decisions by competition...