Highlights of the recent case law of the Bundeskartellamt (Germany) on online platforms

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José Rubens Battazza Iasbech
Igor Marques Caldas Machado

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This article aims to highlight the performance of the German competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt (“BKartA”), with regard to the analysis of merger cases involving online platforms. To this end, dozens of decisions handed down by the German authority between 2015 and 2022, con cerning online platforms and digital markets, were examined. After a thorough evaluation, eight cases were highlighted that address relevant and innovative aspects for the jurisprudential construction of BKartA on the subject. The main themes and main concerns related to the digital economy are approached through the report of each case, without leaving aside the discussion on the advances of the German competition legislation, aimed at providing a more adequate treatment to the subject.

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Iasbech, J. R. B., & Machado, I. M. C. (2023). Highlights of the recent case law of the Bundeskartellamt (Germany) on online platforms. Revista Do IBRAC, (1), 239–260. Retrieved from https://revista.ibrac.org.br/index.php/revista/article/view/12
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Author Biographies

José Rubens Battazza Iasbech

Advogado Sênior de Pinheiro Neto Advogados. Tem experiência na área de Direito, com ênfase em Direito da Concorrência e Direito Civil. Possui graduação em Direito pelo Centro Universitário de Brasília (2012), Pós-Graduação em Direito Processual Civil pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa - IDP (2017) e em European Union Competition Law pela King's College London (2019), e Mestrado em Direito pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa - IDP (2022).

Igor Marques Caldas Machado

Integrante de Pinheiro Neto Advogados. Estudante de Direito da Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Editor de Artigos da Revista dos Estudantes de Direito da UnB, Fundador e Gestor da SINC, pesquisador bolsista pela FAP-DF e pesquisador voluntário pelo CNPq

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