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Back to Microsoft I and II: Tying and the Art of Secret Magic
Petit, Nicolas; Neyrinck, Norman
2011In Journal of European Competition Law and Practice, 2 (2), p. 117-121
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Keywords :
Tying; Behavioral economics; Coercion
Abstract :
[en] This paper seeks to uncover an inconvenient truth. The Microsoft decisions are not tying cases. Rather, the two decisions taken by the EU Commission against Microsoft – i.e. the Windows Media Player (“WMP”) case of 2004 and the Internet Explorer (“IE”) case of 2009 – mark departures from conventional tying analysis (I). First, they deviate from standard tying law in that in the Microsoft cases, a key component of abusive tying, namely coercion, is missing (II). Second, the Microsoft decisions share many analogies with “essential facility” cases. One may thus question to what extent the Commission has not pursued disguised refusal to supply cases (III).
Research center :
Institut d'Etudes Juridiques Européennes
Precision for document type :
Analysis of case law/Statutory reports
Disciplines :
European & international law
Author, co-author :
Petit, Nicolas ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de droit > Droit européen de la concurrence
Neyrinck, Norman ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de droit > Droit européen de la concurrence
Language :
English
Title :
Back to Microsoft I and II: Tying and the Art of Secret Magic
Alternative titles :
[fr] Retour sur Microsoft I et II : le jumelage et l'art de la magie clandestine
Publication date :
April 2011
Journal title :
Journal of European Competition Law and Practice
ISSN :
2041-7764
eISSN :
2041-7772
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
2
Issue :
2
Pages :
117-121
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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