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Data-sharing in loT ecosytems from a competition law perspective: The example of connected cars

This paper analyses whether competition law can help to solve problems of access to data and interoperability in IoT ecosystems, where often one firm has exclu-sive control of the data produced by a smart device (and of the technical access to this device). Such a gatekeeper position can lead to the elimination of competition for after-market and other complementary services in such IoT ecosystems. This problem is ana-lysed both from an economic and a legal perspective, and also generally for IoT ecosys-tems as well as for the much discussed problems of "access to in-vehicle data and re-sources" in connected cars, where the "extended vehicle" concept of the car manufac-turers leads to such positions of exclusive control. The paper analyses, in particular, the competition rules about abusive behavior of dominant firms (Art. 102 TFEU) and of firms with "relative market power" (§ 20 (1) GWB) in German competition law. These provi-sions might offer (if appropriately applied and amended) at least some solutions for these data access problems. Competition law, however, might not be sufficient for deal-ing with all or most of these problems, i.e. that also additional solutions might be needed (data portability, direct data (access) rights, or sector-specific regulation).

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 21-2019

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
Cyber Law
Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Thema
Internet of Things
data sharing
data access
competition
digital economy
connected cars

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kerber, Wolfgang
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics
(wo)
Marburg
(wann)
2019

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kerber, Wolfgang
  • Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics

Entstanden

  • 2019

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