Antitrust

Please join ITIF’s Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy for a virtual fireside chat with Professor David Teece, who will explore how dynamic competition redefines the economic foundations of antitrust and what it means for enforcement to better account for innovation, entrepreneurship, and dynamic capabilities in today’s most consequential cases.

Google’s petition in Epic v. Google raises big questions about key antitrust liability and remedial standards, foreshadowing similar arguments on appeal in the DOJ v. Google search case.

As the KFTC enters its fifth decade, it is clear its mission must evolve—from control to credibility, and from compliance to competitiveness.

Watch now for a virtual panel with top experts who will discuss this landmark decision, its implications for the ad tech industry, and what it means for Google as its antitrust battles with the DOJ continue.

Post-deal layoffs and price increases do not prove that an acquisition harmed competition, contrary to the recent rhetoric around the Microsoft/Activision deal.

Democratic allies should co-invest, co-develop, and co-regulate emerging technologies instead of fragmenting digital markets. True leadership will come from joint strategies on export controls, standards, R&D, and talent—not sovereignty slogans.

ITIF supports most of the proposed updates to the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation—especially those on market share thresholds, data licensing, and technology pools—but warns that the new safe harbour for licensing negotiation groups could enable anticompetitive buyer collusion and protectionist enforcement unless stricter safeguards are added.

Some experts argue that stronger enforcement and new statutes are needed to level the playing field, curb abuses of market power, and protect consumers. Others caution that excessive regulation could stifle innovation, harm both small and large businesses, and weaken Korea’s global competitiveness. To shed light on these critical questions, ITIF convened an online debate in Korean.

ITIF’s fall seminar course will explore core emerging technologies that are reshaping our world and the public policy challenges and opportunities influencing their development and application. The course is open to congressional and federal staff only.

Brazil’s Digital Markets Bill promises to tame tech giants, but in reality, it threatens to import Europe’s flawed regulatory experiment—punishing innovation more than protecting consumers