The five anti-monopoly typical cases include three cases of abuse of dominant market position involving four types of abuse, such as unfairly high prices, restricting transactions, imposing unreasonable trading conditions, and refusal to deal, and two cases of monopoly agreements involving vertical and horizontal agreements respectively. The cases involve industries such as pharmaceuticals, funeral services, automobile sales, and building materials.
The five typical cases against competition involve various aspects of unfair competition, including the application of general terms of unfair competition, confusion, false advertising, infringement of technical secrets, and disputes over unfair competition on the Internet. The cases span consumer sectors such as household appliances, short videos, online games, and restaurant reviews, and high-tech sectors such as diagnostic reagents.
In the third case, SAIC General Motors Sales Co., Ltd (“GM”) was penalized by the government for entering into and implementing a minimum price monopoly agreement with its dealers. The consumers subsequently demanded that GM and its dealers compensate them for the loss in price of the vehicles they had purchased.
The SPC upheld the consumers’ claim in the second trial.
Contributors: CJO Staff Contributors Team
