Geo-blocking practices for video gaming clearly regarded as restricting competition in the EU
In January 2021, the European Commission fined Valve and five video game publishers EUR 7.8 million for geo-blocking practices. The General Court has now upheld the EC's characterisation of geo-blocking practices as being a "by object" restriction of competition violating Article 101(1) TFEU. This article looks at the case and how the court balanced the interplay between IP and competition law.
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