Above the Law Series:
Why does your company pay through the nose for hardware and software maintenance?
Has competition law failed the sector?
Join Guy Tritton, General Counsel, Origina, and IP/IT barrister with appearances in front of the European Court of Justice, Supreme Court of UK, and his special guest, founder of Cabinet Shefet to discuss the implications of competition law for enterprises.
Key takeaways include:
How competition law applies to hardware and software maintenance markets
How US and EU competition law tackles software owners who dominate the maintenance market for their own software
Whether tying in the right to upgrades with a maintenance contract with the software owner is unlawful
Whether high pricing in software and hardware maintenance markets is evidence of anti-competitive behaviour
The road forward including the right to fix your own software
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