Competition Law, Regulation and Digital Platforms

This book confronts and analyses how competition law in its present form is unable to deal with the new advances in digital technology that have made tech giants not subject to national jurisdictions as they straddle the world, with a particular focus on Japan, China, UK, EU and USA.

Autorentext

Ruth Taplin (PhD London School of Economics and Political Science [LSE] and Graduate Diploma in Law) is Director of the Centre for Japanese and East Asian Studies, London, Editor/Founder of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law (IJEBL), Professor Taplin is the author/editor of 28 books and over 200 articles. Early on in her career she was chosen as a future leader in the Japanese field for the UK.

Kazuhiko Fuchikawa is an Associate Professor of Competition Law at Keio University, Japan. Professor Fuchikawa is a winner of the Masatoshi Yokota Memorial Award (New Face Award of the Japan Association of Economic Law), 2015.

Inhalt

1. Overview 2. Regulating Non-Price Exclusionary Conducts and Preferential Treatments in the Digital Economy 3. Fair Competition and Appropriate Use of Data and Algorithms in the Digital Platform Business-Case Studies and Policy Approaches in Japan 4. Cloud Computing and Competition Law 5. Regulation and Competition: A Study on Competition Regulation among Digital Platforms in China 6. Addendum- Excessive Patenting in Big Pharma: Should This Strategy be Regulated by Competition Law as Big Tech Targets Healthcare? 7. Conclusion