Utilising its full force of glamour, diplomacy, and Parigian style, France rang the wake-up bell for Europe in the race to Artificial Intelligence with the AI Action Summit in Paris. Maybe this came a bit late – but it came with a bang. Emmanuel Macron announced an investment package of 109 billion Euros for AI […]
Platform for the study of systemic risk: Art. 40(4) DSA and the draft delegated act
In this week’s blog, we put the DMA’s little sister into the spotlight, the Digital Services Act (DSA), and explore an important topic for the academic community: Art. 40(4) DSA. This provision grants researchers the right to request data from very large online platforms and search engines in order to study systemic risks. Juliane Mendelsohn, […]
Navigating Digital Markets: A Challenge for Turkish Competition Law
This week’s contribution is by Gülce Korkmaz, PhD student and Fellow at the Joachim Herz Doctoral School of Law at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. She will walk us through the proposed amendments to the Turkish Competition Act, and shed some light on the heavily amended E-commerce Law. Her analysis reveals the content, progressive nature, […]
Japan’s Enactment of the Smartphone Act
This July, Japan regulated the most impactful piece of consumer electronics since the invention of the computer (or for some, since the lightbulb): the smartphone. Japan‘s new laser focused regulation tackles competitive issues related to mobile OS, browsers, app stores and search engines. So, is this Act a new marvel of Japanese inventiveness, the Japanese […]
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 […]