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Exclusivity in High-Tech Industries: Evidence from the French Case


Patrice Bougette


University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis - Law, Economics, and Management Research Group (UMR CNRS 7321 GREDEG); LAMETA CNRS

Frédéric M. Marty


Research Group on Law, Economics and Management (UMR CNRS 7321 GREDEG)

Julien Pillot


Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion (GREDEG)

Patrice Reis


Law, Economics, and Management Research Group
April 1, 2012

European Competition Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 163-181, 2012

Abstract:     
The iPhone exclusivity deal illustrates the complex issue of exclusive arrangements in high-tech industries. Previous law cases on broadcasting right restrictions also highlighted the risk of anticompetitive foreclosure through such contractual clauses. This paper questions the French competition authorities’ decisions in the light of economic analysis. If such exclusive agreements foster incentives to invest and innovate, they may also be considered as exclusionary practices.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 19

Keywords: Exclusive agreements, Vertical restraints, Antitrust remedies, High-Tech industries, French case law

JEL Classification: K21, L42

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Date posted: May 20, 2012 ; Last revised: May 21, 2012

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Bougette, Patrice, Marty, Frédéric M., Pillot, Julien and Reis, Patrice, Exclusivity in High-Tech Industries: Evidence from the French Case (April 1, 2012). European Competition Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 163-181, 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2057214

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Patrice Bougette (Contact Author)
University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis - Law, Economics, and Management Research Group (UMR CNRS 7321 GREDEG) ( email )
250, rue Albert Einstein
Valbonne, 06560
France
HOME PAGE: http://www.gredeg.cnrs.fr
LAMETA CNRS ( email )
Faculté d'économie - Site de Richter
Avenue Raymond Dugrand
Montpellier Cedex 2, 34960
France
HOME PAGE: http://www.lameta.univ-montp1.fr
Frédéric M. Marty
Research Group on Law, Economics and Management (UMR CNRS 7321 GREDEG) ( email )
250, rue Albert Einstein
Valbonne, 06560
France
HOME PAGE: http://hp.gredeg.cnrs.fr/marty/
Julien Pillot
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion (GREDEG) ( email )
250, rue Albert Einstein
Valbonne, 06560
France
Patrice Reis
Law, Economics, and Management Research Group ( email )
250, rue Albert Einstein
Valbonne, 06560
France
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