October 16, 2019

Does Apple’s “Discrimination” Against Rival Apps in the App Store harm Consumers?

Ben Sperry

For most people, the word discrimination has a pejorative connotation of animus based upon prejudice ... but another definition is a lot less charged: the act of making or perceiving a difference.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

September 3, 2019

The District Court’s FTC v. Qualcomm Decision Rests on Impermissible Inferences and Should Be Reversed

Geoffrey A. Manne & Ben Sperry

Contrary to established Supreme Court precedent, the district court’s decision relies on mere inferences to establish anticompetitive effect. The decision, if it stands, would render a wide range of potentially procompetitive conduct presumptively illegal and thus harm consumer welfare.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

July 10, 2017

The Washington Post editorial board understands online competition better than the European Commission does

Geoffrey A. Manne

Last week the editorial board of the Washington Post penned an excellent editorial responding to the European Commission’s announcement of its decision in its Google Shopping investigation. Here’s the key…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 30, 2017

A few thoughts on the European Commission decision against Google

Nicolas Petit

Regardless of the merits and soundness (or lack thereof) of this week’s European Commission Decision in the Google Shopping case — one cannot assess this until we have the text…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 9, 2017

Assessment of Procompetitive Effects of Organizational Restructuring in Ag-Biotech

Geoffrey A. Manne & Allen Gibby

The agriculture sector has seen significant technological innovation and organizational change over the last two decades, leading to increases in both farm productivity and profitability.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 2, 2017

Are rules incompatible with the web? Let’s hope not: A response to Tim Wu

Geoffrey A. Manne & Neil Turkewitz

According to Cory Doctorow over at Boing Boing, Tim Wu has written an open letter to W3C Chairman Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, expressing concern about a proposal to include Encrypted Media Extensions…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 31, 2017

Innovation-driven market structure in the ag-biotech industry [Ag-Biotech Symposium]

Geoffrey A. Manne

Geoffrey A. Manne is Executive Director of the International Center for Law & Economics Dynamic versus static competition Ever since David Teece and coauthors began writing about antitrust and innovation in high-tech…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 21, 2017

Significant Impediment To Industry Innovation: A novel theory of harm in EU merger policy?

Nicolas Petit

Thanks to Truth on the Market for the opportunity to guest blog, and to ICLE for inviting me to join as a Senior Scholar! I’m honoured to be involved with…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 25, 2016

Opening Pandora’s set-top box: ICLE’s comments on the FCC’s “unlocking the box” NPRM

Geoffrey A. Manne

On Friday the the International Center for Law & Economics filed comments with the FCC in response to Chairman Wheeler’s NPRM (proposed rules) to “unlock” the MVPD (i.e., cable and…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection