Sentences with phrase «abuses of a dominant position in»

The OFT alleges that these involved substantial payments from GSK to keep the generic versions off the market, and that GSK's conduct amounted to an abuse of its dominant position in the market.

In Case C - 170 / 13 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd v ZTE Corp & ZTE Deutschland GmbH, (Judgment of the 5th Chamber, CJEU, 16 July 2015) the CJEU was asked to rule for the first time on whether seeking an injunction and other associated remedies by the owner of a Standard Essential Patent (SEP) against a company in breach of the patent (but one willing to become a licensee) can amount to an abuse of a dominant position in breach of EU competition law (Article 102 TFEU).

Not exact matches

Regulators around the world are fining or investigating Qualcomm, supporting elements of Apple's claims in a lawsuit alleging Qualcomm abuses its dominant position in mobile chips.

Legal experts, speaking on a not - for - attribution basis because precise measures have not been announced, said one possibility is the government might change the Competition Act to say that «abuse of a dominant position» would include «exploitative pricing» or, in effect, charging too much.

The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.

«AT&T has been abusing its position as a dominant buyer of the Lower 700 MHz wireless devices,» C Spire's Graham said in a telephone interview.

The Commission will investigate whether such clauses may limit competition between different e-book distributors and may reduce choice for consumers.If confirmed, such behaviour could violate EU antitrust rules that prohibit abuses of a dominant market position and restrictive business practices.The opening of proceedings does not prejudge in any way the outcome of the investigation.

The Commission has concerns that certain clauses included in Amazon's contracts with publishers concerning such e-books could constitute a breach of EU antitrust rules that prohibit the abuse of a dominant market position and restrictive business practices.

In a statement, the association said that Amazon and Audible were abusing their dominant market position to force publishers to accept «unreasonable conditions» for the marketing of audiobooks, according to Reuters.

In turn, this would reduce choice for consumers and would constitute an abuse of a dominant market position and restrictive business practices.

The association said in a statement that Amazon and Audible were abusing their dominant market position to force publishers to accept «unreasonable conditions» for the marketing of audio books.

«It's an abuse of dominance allegation... being that TREB has a dominant position in [Multiple Listing Service] based real estate, and that it abused that dominant position by restrictions that it put on access to MLS data,» says Donald Houston, partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Toronto.

Representing Dwr Cyrmu Welsh Water before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal in relation to complaints of an abuse of a dominant position.

Any abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position within the internal market or in a substantial part of it shall be prohibited as incompatible with the internal market in so far as it may affect trade between Member States.

In a grand chamber judgment in case C ‑ 209 / 10, Post Danmark, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of abuse of a dominant position (Art. 102 TFEUIn a grand chamber judgment in case C ‑ 209 / 10, Post Danmark, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of abuse of a dominant position (Art. 102 TFEUin case C ‑ 209 / 10, Post Danmark, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of abuse of a dominant position (Art. 102 TFEU).

In 2009, in a case concerning the market for mobile telecom on the French Indian Ocean islands of la Réunion and Mayotte, the French competition authority imposed interim measures on a subsidiary of the French telecom operator SFR because of (alleged) abuse of a dominant position; I use the word «alleged», since the final decision is not given yet (cf. a second interim decision of 24 January 2012, paIn 2009, in a case concerning the market for mobile telecom on the French Indian Ocean islands of la Réunion and Mayotte, the French competition authority imposed interim measures on a subsidiary of the French telecom operator SFR because of (alleged) abuse of a dominant position; I use the word «alleged», since the final decision is not given yet (cf. a second interim decision of 24 January 2012, pain a case concerning the market for mobile telecom on the French Indian Ocean islands of la Réunion and Mayotte, the French competition authority imposed interim measures on a subsidiary of the French telecom operator SFR because of (alleged) abuse of a dominant position; I use the word «alleged», since the final decision is not given yet (cf. a second interim decision of 24 January 2012, par.

Not surprisingly, this leads to conflicts between those independents and manufacturers of appliances, because of the intellectual property rights over the machinery and consumables (e.g. generic producers offering coffee pads compatible with Nespresso [1]-- and Senseo [2]- coffee machines and contesting the IP - rights in question, or — in the alternative — claiming that the refusal to license the IP - right is an abuse of a dominant position [3]-RRB- and associated litigation (e.g. the Toshiba / Katun - case over advertisement of generic consumables which referred to the brand of the machinery).

In that respect, the difference, in this case, focuses primarily on the question whether the Commission had to identify an actual or potential abuse of the dominant position by the applicant, or whether it was sufficient for it to establish that the State measures in question distorted competition by creating an inequality of opportunities between economic operators, in favour of the applicanIn that respect, the difference, in this case, focuses primarily on the question whether the Commission had to identify an actual or potential abuse of the dominant position by the applicant, or whether it was sufficient for it to establish that the State measures in question distorted competition by creating an inequality of opportunities between economic operators, in favour of the applicanin this case, focuses primarily on the question whether the Commission had to identify an actual or potential abuse of the dominant position by the applicant, or whether it was sufficient for it to establish that the State measures in question distorted competition by creating an inequality of opportunities between economic operators, in favour of the applicanin question distorted competition by creating an inequality of opportunities between economic operators, in favour of the applicanin favour of the applicant.

The rule changes ushered in by the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which came into force in October 2015, should result in an increase in claims arising out of infringement of competition law (for example damages claims relating to cartels, anti-competitive agreements, or abuse of a dominant market position).

The commission yesterday accused the search engine of abusing its dominant position in internet search to steer European consumers to its own in - house shopping service.

EU legal professional privilege has developed in a particular field of EU law, namely EU competition law, in the context of investigations carried out by the competent EU competition law authority, the European Commission (the Commission) into violations of the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union prohibiting anticompetitive agreements and abuse of a dominant position (although, in principle, the privilege could protect communications relating to other proceedings brought by the Commission in which the rights of defence arise).

In the field of competition law, Jean - François Bellis has advised international clients in numerous cases at EU and national level involving a broad range of antitrust issues, including cartels, abuses of a dominant position, mergers, distribution and licensinIn the field of competition law, Jean - François Bellis has advised international clients in numerous cases at EU and national level involving a broad range of antitrust issues, including cartels, abuses of a dominant position, mergers, distribution and licensinin numerous cases at EU and national level involving a broad range of antitrust issues, including cartels, abuses of a dominant position, mergers, distribution and licensing.

Advising the British Horseracing Authority in its successful appeal against a decision by the High Court that it abused its dominant position in the supply of UK pre-race data to bookmakers.

Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. is reporting that on May 16, 2017, Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition issued a decision stating that firm client Sofia Airport's conduct in the ground handling services market can not be defined as an abuse of dominant position.

Successfully defending Cardiff Bus against a multi-million damages action brought by the liquidator of a competitor following an OFT finding that Cardiff Bus had abused a dominant position in the Cardiff bus market.

In particular Alcon has been ordered to produce various documents to the Commissioner regarding allegations they have abused their dominant position by «Product Switching» that disrupted the «supply of Patanol for the purpose of deterring the entry of generic [in particular Apotex] versions of Patanol» (Federal Court File NIn particular Alcon has been ordered to produce various documents to the Commissioner regarding allegations they have abused their dominant position by «Product Switching» that disrupted the «supply of Patanol for the purpose of deterring the entry of generic [in particular Apotex] versions of Patanol» (Federal Court File Nin particular Apotex] versions of Patanol» (Federal Court File No.

The European Commission has informed Google of its preliminary view that the company has, in breach of EU antitrust rules, abused its dominant position by imposing restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators.

According to section 79 of the Competition Act, the «abuse of dominant position» violation is open - ended in its definition (although some examples are provided at section 78):

Google and Apple are abusing their dominant mobile market position by pushing their own products and services at the expense of those developed by independent companies, several European startups including Spotify, Rocket Internet, and Deezer wrote in a letter sent to the European Commission on Thursday.

Earlier this week, European regulators formally accused Google of «abusing its dominant position» in the EU mobile market with Android, but the timing of today's announcement is apparently coincidental, as both companies say that they've been in talks to drop their mutual complaints since before those charges were filed.

«With respect to abuse of dominant position, Tribunal erring as to test applicable under s. 79 (1)(c)-- Tribunal conducted analysis from narrow, absolute perspective of whether program prevented entry, competition when should have addressed whether competitiveness substantially lessened in presence of program..»

That being said and accepted as being correct, what has CREA agreed to in order to get the bureau off of its back... the promise that CREA won't abuse its dominant position?

That «agreement» in and of itself is a form of «abuse of dominant position» in an economic sense, formulated and initiated at the outset by CREA to let underlings in, but not let them out.

Therefore, Ms Aitken used the commissioner's new found power in a most abusive manner, in a manner mirroring «abuse of dominant position» if you will, due to her actions and application of the AMPs being unconstitutional.

Even if CREA is judged to be in a «dominant position», the crux of the matter is whether CREA is abusing its alleged position within the marketplace.

It appears that now that times have changed, that CREA feels that the «dominant position» scenario and alleged abuse thereof will be judged in a different light, by a court of law if need be, due to the recent relative birth of alternative models now at play, in addition to those continuing to come onto the scene across Canada.

I guess we'll just never find out what could have evolved (competitively speaking of course) between Melanie and me on the floor, in the upright, non abuse of dominant position, of course.

I'm back in the kiosk again, scrolling through our terrible «abuse of dominant position» CREA, M.L.S. site, when what do I find?