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CJEU dismisses another power cables appeal: PrysmianCS
By decision dated 24 September 2020, the CJEU dismissed an appeal by PrysmianCS from the judgment of the EGC, by which the EGC found that PrysmianCS had participated in a cartel in the sector for (extra) high voltage underground and/or submarine power cables from 18...
UK Supreme Court confirms UK courts can award global FRAND licences: Unwired
By judgment dated 26 August 2020, the UK Supreme Court (the "Court") dismissed the appeals of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and its UK subsidiary Huawei Technologies (UK) Co Ltd (collectively "Huawei") and ZTE Corporation and its UK subsidiary ZTE (UK) Ltd (collectively...
ECJ confirmed Commission’s power to make copies of raid data for later examination: Nexans
By decision dated 16 July 2020 (C-606/18P), the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) dismissed the appeal made by the appellants, Nexans France SAS (“Nexans France”) and Nexans SA (“Nexans”) in its entirety. The appellants, Nexans...
Leave to issue third party proceedings granted in renovation cartel case: Fungs E&M Engineering
By decision dated 17 July 2020 ([2020] HKCT 4), the Tribunal dismissed the 1st respondent’s applications to substitute a third party (Pau) in its place and to join Pau as a respondent; but granted leave to issue a third party notice to Pau. The case concerns an...
ACCC says no to Hinderance of Ice Cream Competition
On 20 November 2020, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") announced that it had instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Peters Ice Cream ("Peters"). Between November 2014 and December 2019, Peters was allegedly engaged in conduct...
EU Commission sends Statement of Objections to Amazon for the use of non-public independent seller data and opens second investigation into its e-commerce business practices
On 10 November 2020, the EU Commission announced that it has informed Amazon of its preliminary view that it has breached EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in online retail markets because Amazon had systematically relied on non-public business data of...
PRC Anti-Monopoly Bureau Invites Feedback on its Draft Guidelines Concerning the Platforms Economy
On 10 November 2020, the 国家市场监督管理总局反垄断局 (“Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation”) invited the public for feedback on its newly proposed《关于平台经济领域的反垄断指南（征求意见稿）》(“Draft Guidelines”) by 30 November 2020. The Draft Guidelines aims to...
EU Commission sends Statement of Objections to České dráhy for alleged predatory pricing
On 30 October 2020, the EU Commission announced that it has informed the state-owned Czech rail incumbent České dráhy (ČD) of its preliminary view that ČD has contravened EU competition rules by charging prices below costs. In November 2016, the Commission opened a...