Théorie des facilités essentielles et utilisation stratégique du droit de la concurrence: le cas du secteur de la diffusion de la presse en France

Julien Pillot ()

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Abstract: While the US Supreme Court seems to reject the Essential Facilites Doctrine, in the European Union this rule is not only implemented but even extended to intangible assets. In a context characterized by a latent legal uncertaintylikely to make the strategic use of antitrust laws easier, opportunistic undertakings might prefer subvert the competition in bringing a lawsuit against the leader rather than undertake their own investments in R&D. As an illustration of this phenomenon, we provide an economic analysis – carried out through the firms' legal strategies prism – of the recent litigation relative to the French press distribution service industry.

Keywords: Essential Facilities Doctrine; Legal Uncertainty; Strategic use of antitrust laws; Innovation incentives; Intangible assets; Intellectual Property; Interoperability; Competition Policies.; Facilités essentielles; insécurité juridique; utilisation stratégique du droit de la concurrence; incitations à l'innovation; actifs intangibles; propriété intellectuelle; interopérabilité; politiques de concurrence. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-12-01
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Published in Économie appliquée : archives de l'Institut de science économique appliquée, 2009, 62 (4), pp.5

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