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Google has monopoly over relevant product markets for general search services and general search text advertisements: US District Court

U.S. Department of Justice and several States homed in on Google’s distribution agreements and in late 2020 filed lawsuits alleging that the agreements and certain other conduct violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

Case Briefs High Courts

[LPG Cylinders Tender] Delhi HC upholds restriction to prevent single entity with common ownership from submitting multiple bids and monopolizing the market

“The aim of fostering diverse supplier base can serve as counterbalance to intrinsic challenges posed by oligopsonistic market. By discouraging market domination by single entity, tender conditions are designed to mitigate the risks associated with limited buyer options, thereby creating more level playing field for all market participants.”

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

HIGH COURTS JULY 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on Rights of HIV Patients; 2002 Godhra Riots; WB Teachers’ Recruitment Scam and many more| SCC Blog

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Can’t claim exclusive monopoly on generic word ‘VASUNDHRA’”; Delhi High Court refuses to grant interim injunction to Vasundhra Jewellers

“A party that has made an assertion that its mark is dissimilar to a cited mark and obtains a registration based on that assertion, is not to be entitled to obtain an interim injunction against the proprietor of the cited mark, on the ground that the mark is deceptively similar.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Forcing buyers to purchase insurance policies? Even if dealers offer to sell insurance policies to customers, customers may yet have option to buy such policies from alternative channels: CCI

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) addressed a

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Apple charging a commission of up to 30% on all payments made through its in-app purchase system, is a violation of its dominant position? CCI orders investigation

Competition Commission of India (CCI): Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma, Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) directs the investigation in

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Apple: A monopolist under Federal or State Law? A win for Epic or Apple? Read to know

United States District Court, North District of California: While issuing a permanent injunction, stating Apple could no longer prohibit developers linking to

Experts Corner Murali Neelakantan

The Monopoly Purple – Colours, Shapes and Sizes in the Pharmaceutical World

by Murali Neelakantan† and Swaraj Paul Barooah††

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

[Monopoly] CCI | State of Uttarakhand created monopolies by canalising liquor procurement || Detailed Order on Abuse of dominance by Uttarakhand Agricultural Produce Marketing Board denying market access to others

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, (Members) expressed that:

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Neither Sunfeast Yippie Noodles nor Maggi Noodles can have monopoly over the words “Magic” and “Masala” as these words are common to the packaged food industry

Madras High Court: While deciding the question that whether the expression “Magic Masala” can qualify as a trademark and that whether it