US-based Microsoft is reportedly facing an antitrust investigation in China after reports emerged Monday that the company’s offices in the Asian nation were searched by government officials.
Local media reported Monday that China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce conducted surprised searches at Microsoft offices in four Chinese cities over the …read more
July 21 – The Channel Islands names Michael Byrne as its new competition chief.
July 22 – Hong Kong’s new Competition Commission will be led by Stanley Wong.
July …read more
US-based tech conglomerate Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of mobile chips, continues to face a crackdown by Chinese antitrust officials just days after the company was labeled a monopoly by the National Development and Reform Commission.
According to reports, the NDRC has seized documents pertaining to Qualcomm sales data through dawn …read more
Advertising and antitrust have been inextricably linked in New Zealand since at least 1986. That year both the Fair Trading Act (which prohibits misleading and deceptive conduct) and the Commerce Act (the antitrust legislation) were enacted. Significantly, both pieces of legislation are enforced by the Commerce Commission (New Zealand’s antitrust …read more