Sentences with phrase «claiming abuse of a dominant position»

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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.

Its decision not to investigate claims Fonterra was abusing its dominant position to keep prices artificially high, followed a similar «no worries» verdict delivered recently by the Australian Consumer and Competition over pricing practices of mega-retailer Coles.

The directive's aim is to make it easier for consumers and businesses to claim for loss caused by cartel and concerted practices or abuse of dominant market place positions.

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).

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).