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Research Associate

Paula Pernas joined ICLE as a Research Associate in March 2021. She holds a double bachelor’s degree in Law and International Relations from the University of Deusto, Spain. She is currently pursuing an LLM in IP and Competition Law at the University of Liege, in Belgium.

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Antitrust

European Commission Objection to App Store Rules Lack Empirical Support

Paula Pernas Castrillo May 27, 2021

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The European Commission recently issued a formal Statement of Objections (SO) in which it charges Apple with antitrust breach. In a nutshell, the commission argues that Apple prevents app developers—in this case, Spotify—from using alternative in-app purchase systems (IAPs) other than Apple’s own, or steering them towards other, cheaper payment methods on another site. This, the commission says, results in higher prices for consumers in the audio streaming and ebook/audiobook markets.

Read the full piece here.