Topic: Tying

The Department of Justice has urged the Supreme Court to deny Comcast’s request to review revived tying and refusal-to-deal claims brought against the company by Viamedia.

28 May 2021

Korea’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the country’s competition watchdog against a decision by a lower court to suspend the agency’s abuse of dominance finding against naval engineering company Gaztransport & Technigaz.

20 May 2021

Epic Games has continued its global battle against Apple by filing a complaint with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority, nearly a month after the enforcer launched an investigation into the alleged conduct.

30 March 2021

Apple has illegally tied its dominance over mobile software to thwart competition for a service that allows users to sign in to multiple accounts with a single username and password, the app developer Blix has said.

22 February 2021

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office is expanding its investigation into Facebook for allegedly tying its virtual reality products to its social media platform, by using new competition powers for the first time that could allow it to prohibit the conduct without establishing abuse of dominance.

28 January 2021

The Seoul High Court has suspended a decision by Korea’s competition watchdog finding that naval engineering company Gaztransport & Technigaz illegally tied its technology licences with engineering services for liquified natural gas storage tanks.

19 January 2021

Chile’s antitrust watchdog has asked its internal tribunal to fine a local football broadcaster US$24 million for setting minimum prices and forcing cable providers to tie its television channel to their cable packages.

18 December 2020

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has opened a new investigation into Facebook to determine whether it has abused its dominance by forcing users of its Oculus virtual reality products to set up an account with its main social media platform.

10 December 2020

A federal appellate court has questioned the Department of Justice's antitrust chief on what precedent should guide its evaluation of whether Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida should be immune from an antitrust lawsuit brought by a rival insurance company.

23 November 2020

The UK’s competition enforcer has censured Lloyds Banking Group for unlawfully making small business owners open business bank accounts to access a coronavirus-related government loan scheme.

08 September 2020