Suchergebnisse für digitaler Binnenmarkt

Multitasking in der Missbrauchsaufsicht: Die Kompensationsfunktionen von Artikel 7 Kartellgesetz

Market economies are based on competition. In the absence of competition, prices rise, factor allocation is not optimal and the incentives to increase productivity and to innovate are impaired. In order to avoid these disadvantages, Article 7 Cartel Act complements the control by competition with a special abuse control. The basic function of this rule is thus to compensate for a lack of…

Relative Marktmacht, Geoblocking und Digitalisierung

The rules on relative market power, recently introduced into Swiss competition law, generate far-reaching overlaps with the geo-blocking prohibition that took effect in parallel, as part of Swiss unfair competition law. This contribution analyses these overlaps, with a focus on the “shop like a local” principle which is also known from EU geo-blocking rules. Furthermore, the provision…

Open Finance und Decentralized Finance – Entwicklungen in einem disruptiven Finanzmarktumfeld

The recent technological developments not only impact society in general but they also strongly influence financial markets, even in a disruptive way. Open finance and decentralized finance cause an opening of the financial ecosystem and challenge existing notions; for example, new concepts are needed for the regulation of data access/portability and of digital identity as well as for the…

Europareport

In einem Urteil vom 28. März 2019 hatte der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) Gelegenheit, sich mit der Frage zu beschäftigen, ob bereits aus dem materiellen Kartellrecht der Europäischen Union (hier Art. 102 AEUV, Verbot des Missbrauchs einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung) abzuleiten ist, dass im nationalen Zivilrecht eine hinreichend lange Verjährungsfrist vorgesehen sein muss, innerhalb derer…