Globally, digitalization is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Rapid internet revolution has made multi-sided platforms (MSPs) ubiquitous in our modern economy. In India, ride sharing within urban transportation is one sector that has been significantly upended with the entry of MSPs. Owing to their distinct features, these Online App-based Platforms (OAPs) exhibit significant competitive pressure on traditional players. Concurrently, the enforcement of competition law with

<p>By Soham Goswami, Research Fellow, CIIPC A Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi (hereinafter, the “Court”) pronounced judgement in Mahindra Electric Mobility v Competition Commission of India on 10 April 2019 (hereinafter, the “Decision”), bringing to an end a five-year long challenge to the constitutionality of several provisions of the Competition Act 2002.[1] &hellip; <a href="https://ciipc.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/what-is-the-ccis-real-role-a-discussion-of-the-del

Mr. Yogesh Pai, Co-Director, CIIPC, was part of a panel discussion titled ‘Alternatives to Copyright- Open Access, Creative Commons, Open Sources’ at the Brainstorming Session on the Future of Copyright, organised by the Inter-University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (IUCIPRS), Cochin University of Science and Technology, on February 27, 2019. This panel was chaired by &hellip; <a href="https://ciipc.wordpress.com/2019/03/08/panel-discussion-alternatives-copyright-o

<p>Mr. Yogesh Pai, the Co-Director of CIIPC, delivered a talk on ‘Patents and Competition Law in India’ at Sixth Annual National Workshop Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights – 2019 at Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology on 19th January, 2019. He started by narrating the Great Patent Debate and the relationship &hellip; <a href="https://ciipc.wordpress.com/2019/02/07/ciipc-co-director-makes-a-presentation-on-patents-and-comp

<p>Khushbu Kumari, Research Fellow, CIIPC, presented the paper titled “Competition Law in Agri-Biotech in India”, co-authored with Mr. Yogesh Pai, at the First IP &amp; Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference on 31 January – 1 February 2019 held at International Islamic University, Malaysia. The paper analyses the prima facie order of the Competition Commission of &hellip; <a href="https://ciipc.wordpress.com/2019/02/07/ciipc-research-fellow-presents-a-paper-at-first-ip-inn

<p>The Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC) is organising a special talk on &#8220;Online Platforms and Competition Law: Challenges for Competition Authorities and Policy Makers&#8221; by Prof. Renato Nazzini, Kings College, London and Mr. Ruchit Patel, Ropes and Gray, London.</p>

The objective of this article is to examine the CCI's reasoning and approach in patent—related cases, in light of (i) the legislative framework governing competition and patent law in India, (ii) the economic theories that govern the intersection between competition law and patent law, and (iii) the manner in which competition agencies in comparative jurisdictions have dealt ...

The objective of this article is to examine the CCI’s reasoning and approach in patent—related cases, in light of (i) the legislative framework governing competition and patent law in India, (ii) the economic theories that govern the intersection between competition law and patent law, and (iii) the manner in which competition agencies in comparative jurisdictions have dealt with similar agreements and conduct by patent holders. Section 1 of this article deals with an analysi