Play Store billing: Competition panel refuses to grant start-ups interim protection

[ad_1] In a setback for startups, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday rejected their interim relief application to restrain Google from collection of fees under the tech giant’s updated payments policy.  The move comes close on the heels of...

Play Store billing: Competition panel refuses to grant start-ups interim protection

[ad_1] In a setback for startups, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday rejected their interim relief application to restrain Google from collection of fees under the tech giant’s updated payments policy.  The move comes close on the heels of...

Centre moots new exemptions framework for M&A deal reporting to CCI

[ad_1] In what is seen as a huge relief for the industry, the Centre proposes to exempt reporting certain notifiable M&A transactions to the Competition Commission of India (CCI). This is expected to reduce the industry’s compliance burden and facilitate ease...

Digital panel calls for pre-emptive regulations and separate Digital Competition Law for Big Tech

[ad_1] Notwithstanding the stiff resistance from Big Tech, the Centre-appointed 16-member Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL) has recommended that a separate Digital Competition Act be enacted that enables the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to selectively regulate large digital...

CCI expected to soon clarify regulations on fines under new competition law amid Google’s billing dispute

[ad_1] Amidst the ongoing legal tussle between tech giant Google and domestic Startups over Play Store Billing policy, the Centre has notified a new provision in the recently amended Competition law that would lead to the levy of penalty on...

Centre implements competition law penalty provision on ‘global turnover’ basis

[ad_1] Amidst the ongoing legal tussle between tech giant Google and domestic Startups over Play Store Billing policy, the Centre has notified a new provision in the recently amended Competition law that would lead to the levy of penalty on...