Friso Bostoen

Tilburg University - TILT

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Tilburg, 5037

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“  Currently working on - competition law & digital platforms, with a focus on creative industries (gaming & music) - competitive dynamics of (generative) AI - platform regulation beyond Europe (Africa, Asia, Latin-America)  ”

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Assessing Abuse of Dominance in the Platform Economy: A Case Study of App Stores

European Competition Journal 2020, Vol. 16(2-3), 431-491
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 10 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2020
Friso Bostoen and Daniel Mandrescu
Tilburg University - TILT and Leiden University, Leiden Law School, Europa Institute
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app stores, abuse of dominance, market definition, market power, theories of harm, objective justification, P2B Regulation

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Understanding the Digital Markets Act

Antitrust Bulletin 2023, Vol. 68(2), 263–306, Tilburg Law School Research Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 May 2023 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2024
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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Digital Markets Act, fairness, contestability, abuse of dominance, gatekeepers

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Online Platforms and Vertical Integration: The Return of Margin Squeeze?

Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 2018, Vol. 6(3), 355-381, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University Research Paper No. 42
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2019
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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margin squeeze, vertical integration, telecom, online platforms, Apple, Google, Amazon

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Artificial Intelligence and Competition Law

Chapter in Nathalie Smuha (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook on the Law, Ethics and Policy of Artificial Intelligence (Cambridge University Press 2025), 174–191, Tilburg Law School Research Paper
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2025
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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artificial intelligence, competition law, algorithmic collusion, hub-and-spoke collusion, autonomous agents, recommender systems, personalized pricing

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Neutrality, Fairness or Freedom? Principles for Platform Regulation

Internet Policy Review 2018, Vol. 7(1), 1-19
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 03 May 2018
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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Platforms, Regulation, Fairness, Neutrality, Transparency, Non-discrimination

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Most Favoured Nation Clauses: Towards an Assessment Framework Under EU Competition Law

European Competition and Regulatory Law Review 2017, Vol. 1(3), 223-236
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 16 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2020
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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Most Favoured Nation Clauses, MFNs, Online Platforms, Hotel Booking, Booking.com, Amazon, Apple, E-Books

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Margin Squeeze: Where Competition Law and Sector Regulation Compete

Jura Falconis 2016-2017, Vol. 53(1), 3-60
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2018
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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EU Competition Law, Competition Law, Antitrust Law, Sector regulation, Margin squeeze, Telecommunications, Telecom

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Online Platforms and Pricing: Adapting Abuse of Dominance Assessments to the Economic Reality of Free Products

Computer Law & Security Review 2019, Vol. 35(3), 263-280
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2019
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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online platforms, two-sided markets, free, freemium, abuse of dominance, predatory pricing, excessive pricing, data protection, privacy

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Competition Law in the Digitized Music Industry: The Winners Take It All — But Should They?

CPI Antitrust Chronicle 2021, February, 30-38
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 Jun 2021
Friso Bostoen and Jozefien Vanherpe
Tilburg University - TILT and Consumer Competition Market (CCM)
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antitrust, competition law, music industry, digitization, consolidation

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The General Court’s Google Shopping Judgment: Finetuning the Legal Qualifications and Tests for Platform Abuse

Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2022, Vol. 13(2), 75-86
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2022
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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General Court, Google Shopping, discrimination, leveraging, favouring, legal test, appeal

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Regulating Competition in Generative AI: A Matter of Trajectory, Timing and Tools

Concurrences N° 2-2024 – AI & Antitrust, 27–33, TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2024-02
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2025
Friso Bostoen and Anouk van der Veer
Tilburg University - TILT and European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW)
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Generative AI, artificial intelligence, competition, regulation

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The Rhyme and Reason of Gatekeeper Designation under the Digital Markets Act

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2024-16
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Aug 2024
Friso Bostoen and Giorgio Monti
Tilburg University - TILT and Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)
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Digital Markets Act, designation, presumptions, rebuttal, gatekeeper, challenger, ecosystem, economic dependence

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The Uber-Grab Merger and the Potentially Anti-Competitive Consequences of the Battle for Ride-Hailing Dominance

European Competition and Regulatory Law Review 2020, Vol. 4(1), 74-78
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 08 May 2020
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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Uber, Grab, Ola, ride-hailing, merger, acquisition, common ownership, horizontal shareholding

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Antitrust Rules and Remedies Against Platforms' Treacherous Turns

European Law Journal 2024, Vol. 30(4), 24 p.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2025
Friso Bostoen and Nicolas Petit
Tilburg University - TILT and European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW)
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digital platforms, relation-specific investments, opportunism, open early closed late, disruption of supply

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Opening the Black Box: Uncovering the European Commission’s Cartel Fining Formula through Computational Analysis

Stanford Computational Antitrust 2023, Vol. 3, 158–197
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2023
Bruno Van den Bosch and Friso Bostoen
Independent and Tilburg University - TILT
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cartel, European Commission, fine calculation, machine learning, computational antitrust

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Competition Law in the Peer-to-Peer Economy

Chapter in Bram Devolder (ed.), The Platform Economy (Intersentia 2019), 143–172
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2025
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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Competition Law, Antitrust, Sharing Economy, Peer-to-Peer Economy, P2P, Gig Economy, Algorithmic Collusion, Exploitative Abuse, Horizontal Shareholding, Unfair Competition

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Dell – A Case Study of Dynamic Competition

DCI Case Study, CS#2 October 27, 2022
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 12 Dec 2022
Linus J. Hoffmann, Anouk van der Veer, Friso Bostoen, Bowman Heiden and Nicolas Petit
University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Law School, European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW), Tilburg University - TILT, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW)
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Dynamic Capabilities, Competition Policy, Dell, Computer Industry

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The Digital Markets Act: A Partial Solution to Antitrust's Remedy Problem

Common Market Law Review 2024, Vol. 61(6), 1575-1606
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2024
Friso Bostoen and David van Wamel
Tilburg University - TILT and Leiden University
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Antitrust Remedies: From Caution to Creativity

Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2023, Vol. 14(8), 540-552, TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2023-19
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2024
Friso Bostoen and David van Wamel
Tilburg University - TILT and Leiden University
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The Netherlands: DMA Enforcement Paradise?

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2024-06, Tilburg Law School Research Paper , Forthcoming in Gabriella Muscolo and Alessandro Massolo, The DMA and More – Future Application and Margin of Manoeuvre for National Jurisdictions (Concurrences 2024)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Jun 2024
Jasper van den Boom, Friso Bostoen and Giorgio Monti
Tilburg University, Tilburg University - TILT and Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)
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Netherlands, Digital Markets Act, Authority for Consumers & Markets, Enforcement

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Servitization and Competition Law

Chapter in Bert Keirsbilck and Evelyne Terryn (eds), Servitization and Circular Economy: Economic and Legal Challenges (Intersentia 2023), 69–91
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2025
Friso Bostoen, Liesbet Van Acker and Wouter Devroe
Tilburg University - TILT, KU Leuven - Institute for Consumer, Competition & Market and KU Leuven - Institute for Consumer, Competition & Market
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Servitization, vertical integration, vertical agreements, motor vehicles, competition law

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Not ‘Big is Bad’ but ‘Closed is Bad’: Reviewing The New Goliaths by James Bessen

DCI Book Review #1
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2024
Friso Bostoen, Lola Montero Santos and Anouk van der Veer
Tilburg University - TILT, European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW) and European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW)
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New Goliaths, Dynamic Competition, Competition Policy, Proprietary Software

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Corona and EU Economic Law: Competition and Free Movement in Times of Crisis

European Competition and Regulatory Law Review 2020, Vol. 4(2), 72-95
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2020
Friso Bostoen, Nina Colpaert, Wouter Devroe, Joris Gruyters, Joris Gruyters, Lennard Michaux and Liesbet Van Acker
Tilburg University - TILT, KU Leuven - Institute for Consumer, Competition & Market, KU Leuven - Institute for Consumer, Competition & Market, KU Leuven - Faculty of LawKU Leuven - Institute for Consumer, Competition & Market, KU Leuven - Institute for Consumer, Competition & Market and KU Leuven - Institute for Consumer, Competition & Market
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corona, COVID-19, European economic law, competition law, restrictive agreements, abuse of dominant position, merger control, State aid, free movement, public procurement

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Reviewing Mergers Under Article 102 TFEU: Proximus/EDPnet (Belgium)

Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2024, Vol. 15(4), 258–262, Tilburg Law School Research Paper
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2024
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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merger control, Article 102 TFEU, Towercast

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Creation and Competition in the Metaverse

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 18 Nov 2024
Friso Bostoen
Tilburg University - TILT
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