Competition law is a topic that is subject to thought. Different countries have different ways of looking at issues regarding competition. Competition is considered healthy in businesses when the competitors maintain and solely focus on their products hence making no publicity concerning their competitors. The way issues are regarded in the United Kingdom (UK) is not similar to how the United States of America (USA) handle their problems.
Technology is viewed as a different industry, especially when it comes to matters concerning the competition. Google is one of the contenders of this. Since the USA competition law appears to protect competition, thus disregarding the competitors, this is viewed as an issue of concern in particular by the Europeans (Neslen). They find it so unfair for a company like Google to monopolize the internet technologies by practicing search biasing which seems to draw out its competitors. It is through biasing that most people tend to opt for their content. Europeans feel that this is quite unfair and feel disregarded in this case (Goldfein and Keyte 1-2). For this reason, the Europeans filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming that competition, in this instance, was unfair.
The Competition law does not seem to be universal regarding how it is applied in the various industries. The law, especially in the technology industry, tends to reflect more on the different background of the respective country. Moreover, the application of the law tends to be based more on political aspects, and self-centered agendas of the competitors tend to be the primary issue in its implementation.
In my opinion, the competition law makes it hard to deduce what is right and what is wrong. Then only way issues in the technology industry can be addressed by making a homogenous law across the globe. Through this, the issue concerning Google can be solved and other cases that concerned companies like Microsoft can be easily resolved.
Works Cited:
Neslen, Arthur. "Google Faces Antitrust Action from EU Competition Watchdog." The Guardian. N.p., 2015. Web. 15 May 2016.
Goldfein, Shepard and James Keyte. "Antitrust Trade and Practise." New York Law Journal 253.90 (2015): 1-2. Web. 15 May 2016.
