Digital markets and online platforms

In the competition law world, you can hardly avoid the terms online platforms and digital markets these days. But why are there so many discussions around digital markets and why are there concerns around online platforms?

In our first DiGi POD episode, Roxana Kruse and Peter Giese will walk you through the most important competition law concepts concerning digital markets. They will introduce you to the competition lawyers' glossary around online platforms. Terms such as network effects, lock- in effect and gatekeeper will no longer be a mystery to you and you will find out what this has to do with the Commission's proposal for a Digital Markets Act.