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.
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.
D&I assisted Eurocash Oy, an independent ATM operator, which submitted a complaint to the Finnish Competition Authority relating to
alleged abuse of joint
dominant position of Automatia Pankkiautomaatit Oy and certain Finnish banks which own Automatia.
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, par.
The bureau
alleges that these rules are contrary to section 79
of Canada's Competition Act, which forbids the
abuse of a
dominant market
position.
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.