Luxury goods, online marketplaces & a heated antitrust debate

01 August 2017 00:00

Duration: 12:45

The campaign by German antitrust authorities against luxury goods manufacturers that ban the use of online marketplaces such as Amazon.com and eBay is under threat, with an opinion prepared for the EU's highest court suggesting such restrictions should be allowed. This would mean allow the makers of top-shelf products to continue deciding which platforms can carry their goods.

Listen in as MLex experts discuss the non-binding court opinion and examine the debate raging across Europe over whether luxury goods producers should be allowed to defend their brands' reputation – even at the expense of competition concerns.

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James Panichi
Matthew Newman

James Panichi Senior Editor, Asia Pacific

James Panichi

James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the... Read more

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Matthew Newman Global Chief Correspondent

Matthew Newman

Matthew Newman is a chief correspondent for MLex and writes about data protection, privacy, telecoms, cyber security and artificial intelligence. Matthew began his journalism career in 1991 in community newspapers. He worked as a reporter in Riga, Latvia in 1993 and then moved to Chicago where he covered local news. In 1995, he became a personal finance reporter for Dow Jones Newswires, and was then transferred to Brussels in 1999. He specialized in EU regulatory... Read more

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