Google Android: unpacking the ECJ Judgment

2026-09-25T15:59:36+00:0025 September 2026|Categories: Case reports, Competition, EU Law|Tags: , , , |

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has delivered its long-awaited judgment in the Google Android case. The judgment upholds the General Court's 2022 ruling, which had largely confirmed the European Commission's 2018 decision against Google for abusing its multiple dominant positions in relation to the Android mobile operating system. The Read More

Inspection by a competition authority and seizure of business emails

2026-09-25T16:03:12+00:0016 July 2026|Categories: Case reports, Competition, EU Law|Tags: , , , |

As part of an investigation into anticompetitive practices, the Portuguese competition authority seized, from the premises of the undertakings under investigation, emails exchanged between the employees of those undertakings. The undertakings contested the seizure of emails, arguing that it should have been authorised by an investigating judge rather than by Read More

Storing cookies requires internet users’ active consent

2019-11-06T15:13:31+00:002 October 2019|Categories: EU Law, IP Law|Tags: , , , |

The German Federation of Consumer Organisations has challenged before the German courts the use by the German company, Planet49, of a pre-ticked checkbox in connection with online promotional games, by which internet users wishing to participate consent to the storage of cookies. The cookies in question aim to collect information Read More

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