In recent years, market definition has come under attack as an analytical tool of competition law. Scholars have increasingly questioned its usefulness and feasibility. That criticism comes into sharper relief in dynamic, innovation-driven markets, which do not correspond to the static markets on which the concept of the relevant market was modelled. This book explores that controversy from a comparative legal perspective, taking into account both EU competition and US antitrust law. It examines the manifold ways in which courts and competition authorities in the EU and US have factored innovation-related considerations into market delineation, covering: innovative product markets, product differentiation, future markets, issues going beyond market definition proper - such as innovation competition, innovation markets and potential competition -, intellectual property rights, innovative aftermarkets and multi-sided platforms. This book finds that going forward, the role of market definition in dynamic contexts needs to focus on its function of market characterisation rather than on the assessment of market power.
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This is a comprehensive and timely book on an important topic that is often overlooked in the literature ... Professor Robertson has made a valuable contribution to the field ... For anyone interested in the agency decisional practices, guidelines and case law on market definition in the European Union and the US, this is the go-to resource. -- Thomas Cheng, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong * Modern Law Review * The author provides a deep analysis of case-law, law and soft law in order to clarify how the definition of relevant market as we know it may be aligned with the specific characteristics of dynamic markets ... an extraordinarily interesting comparative study. -- Antonia Ferreira de Almeida, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa * Market and Competition Law Review * A most timely and important book ... the planned revision of the 1997 Notice is a complex endeavour, which can significantly benefit from Professor Robertson's careful reflections. -- Simonetta Vezzoso, Trento University * European Competition and Regulatory Law Review * Viktoria Robertson wrote an insightful book on market definition and innovation, which underpins analyses of both tech monopolization and mergers. -- Friso Bostoen * CoRe Blog *
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Viktoria H S E Robertson is Associate Professor at the University of Graz.
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Vienna University of Economics and Business
PART I
MARKET DEFINITION AND INNOVATION
1. Introduction
I. Innovation and the Relevant Market: The Issues at Stake
II. The Parameters of this Study
III. The Course of this Study
2. The Functions of the Relevant Market in EU Competition and US Antitrust Law
I. The Relevant Product Market under US Antitrust Law
II. The Relevant Product Market under EU Competition Law
III. The Functions of the Relevant Product Market in the EU and the US: A First Comparative Look
IV. No More Antitrust Market Definition?
V. Conclusion
3. Innovation and Competition Law
I. The Notion of Innovation
II. Distinctive Features of Innovative Markets as Challenges for Antitrust Market Definition
III. Perspectives on Incorporating Dynamic Competition into Antitrust
IV. Conclusion
PART II
THE INNOVATION FACTOR IN MARKET DELINEATION UNDER EU COMPETITION AND US ANTITRUST LAW
4. Innovative Product Markets
I. Innovative Products as a Challenge for Market Definition
II. Product Differentiation Based on Innovation
III. Innovation and the Time Horizon for Market Definition
IV. The Definition of Future Markets
V. Conclusion
5. Beyond Marked Definition: Potential Competition, R&D Markets and Innovation Competition
I. Potential Competition in Innovative Markets
II. The US Innovation Market Approach
III. The Emergence of Innovation Competition
IV. Conclusion
6. Intellectual Property Rights
I. Market Definition and Intellectual Property Rights
II. The Move Away from Intellectual Property Rights Seen as Conferring Market Power
III. Market Definition in the Presence of Intellectual Property Rights
IV. Technology Markets and the Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights
V. Standard-Essential Patents and Product Market Definition: Just Another Technology Market?
VI. Conclusion
7. Innovative Aftermarkets
I. Policy Documents on Delineating Aftermarkets
II. The Relationship between Primary and Secondary Markets
III. Proprietary Primary Markets and Proprietary Aftermarkets
IV. The Special Case of Aftermarkets in Franchises
V. Conclusion
8. Platform Markets
I. Market Definition in Platforms
II. Free Services in Innovative Platform Markets
III. Delineating Multi-sided Markets
IV. Conclusion
9. Further Issues Concerning Innovation and Market Delineation
I. Standard Economic Tests and Innovation
II. Innovation and Geographical Market Definition
III. Conclusion
Conclusions on Part II: Accounting for Innovation When Delineating
PART III
RECONCEPTUALISING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DELINEATING ANTITRUST MARKETS IN DYNAMIC CONTEXTS
10. An Antitrust Framework for Delineating Dynamic Markets
I. A Typology for Reconceptualising the Market Definition Framework
II. Options for Market Definition Guidance in the Presence of Innovation
III. Choosing a Market Definition Framework
IV. The Guidance Options as a Way Towards Convergence in Market Definition?
V. Conclusion
11. Reflections: Is Market Definition Too Big to Fail - or is it Failing Innovation?
