The aftershocks of the European Court of Justice’s Google Shopping judgement were still noticeable over the last couple of weeks. Unsurprising given the decade-long run up and built-up suspense to the judgement. There could be no better time to interview Albrecht von Sonntag, internet pioneer and co-founder of the Berlin-based online price comparison platform idealo […]
Winners & losers: Game, set and match in Google Shopping?
Last week was the official conclusion to the Google Shopping Saga. The Court of Justice ruled that self-preferencing is indeed a stand-alone abuse by validating the theory of harm put forward by the Commission. With the ruling against Ireland in their long-running Apple state aid tax case, the week was a shining conclusion of Margrethe […]