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Dev. World Antitrust @DWAntitrust

Developing countries pose unique challenges to antitrust law. Tweeting about relevant news and academia.

Joined November 2014
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Russia: FAS opens case against Google over YouTube curbs reuters.com/technology/russi…

Russian competition watchdog opens case against Google over YouTube curbs

Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said on Monday it had initiated proceedings against U.S. tech giant Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google for allegedly abusing its dominant market position in...

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South Africa: New proposed merger rules for notification of tech transactions businesstech.co.za/news/it-s…

New rules will impact tech companies in South Africa – what you should know

The Competition Commission has invited public comment on proposed amendments to its Small Merger Guidelines, which expand the scope of potentially notifiable mergers in digital markets

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China: Antitrust Authority Orders Didi, Meituan to Rectify Ride-Hailing Abuses bloombergquint.com/global-ec…
China’s antitrust investigations into internet and tech scmp.com/tech/series/3133649… via @scmpnews

China’s antitrust investigations into internet and tech

This four-part series looks at the potential impact of China’s antitrust investigations into the nation’s internet and technology sectors on music streaming, video games, literature and ride-hailing.

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Brazil: CADE backs Telefónica, América Móvil network-sharing deal bnamericas.com/en/news/brazi…
Germany: Antitrust probe opened into Amazon using new legal powers iol.co.za/technology/softwar…

Antitrust probe opened into Amazon over ’anti-competitive practices’

Germany's competition authority said it had opened an inquiry into online retail giant Amazon over potential ’anti-competitive practices’, using a new law giving regulators more power to rein in big...

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China: Antitrust and IP Guidelines. English translation of the official document: academic.oup.com/grurint/adv…

Antitrust Guidelines of the Antitrust Committee of the State Council on the Field of Intellectual...

Antitrust and protection of intellectual property rights share the same goals, namely protecting competition and stimulating innovation, improving economic

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Developments in competition law in post-pandemic Africa africafeeds.com/2021/05/13/d…
Full details on Chinese court's antitrust ruling against patent owner Hitachi Metals iam-media.com/frandseps/full…

Full details on Chinese court's antitrust ruling against patent owner Hitachi Metals

Exclusive analysis of a decision holding that refusal to license patents can constitute IP abuse - even if the rights in question are not declared SEPs

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India: Mergers & Acquisitions Comparative Guide mondaq.com/india/corporateco…

Mergers & Acquisitions Comparative Guide

Mergers & Acquisitions Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of India, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

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Antitrust Merger Control Joint Statement: UK, Germany, Australia natlawreview.com/article/uk-…
China's Data Security Law: Comments until May 28 natlawreview.com/article/chi…

China Issues the Second Version of the Draft of Data Security Law

On April 29, 2021, China issued a second draft version of the Data Security Law (“Draft DSL”). The Draft DSL will be open for public comments until May 28, 2021. While the framework of this version...

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Innovation and privacy do not always go hand in hand. They often serve opposing interests, write Hemangini Dadwa & Aakarsh Narula. bloombergquint.com/technolog…
India: A Sound Data Protection Authority is the Need of the Hour theleaflet.in/a-sound-data-p…
Project Syndicate's "The Big Picture" on Big Tech @ProSyn prosyn.org/cYEvi1o
WhatsApp 2021 update - validity of @CCI_India order remains an open question lexology.com/library/detail.…

WhatsApp 2021 update - validity of CCI order remains an open question

Previously, we had critiqued an order passed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) directing the Director General (DG) to investigate the…

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Position statement from the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition on IPRs waivers for Covid 19 vaccines ip.mpg.de/en/nc/research/res…
China: Guidelines for the Application of Leniency Policy in Horizontal Monopoly Agreements of the Anti-Monopoly Commission (English translation of the official document) academic.oup.com/grurint/adv…

Guidelines for the Application of Leniency Policy in Horizontal Monopoly Agreements of the Anti-M...

According to Art. 46 para. 2 of the ‘Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Anti-Monopoly Law’), if an opera

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China: increased scrutiny of unreported mergers in digital markets str.sg/JtiR
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Tencent Faces $1.5 Billion Fine and Chinese Government Probe in Antitrust Scrutiny variety.com/2021/music/news/…

Tencent Faces $1.5 Billion Fine and Chinese Government Probe in Antitrust Crackdown

Tencent may face fines of $1.5 billion for anti-trust behavior as China investigates its music streaming business in particular.

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