The Suppression Of Innovation: Testing The Open Nature Of Article 102 TFEU

Manufacturers are free to design their products as per lex lata as long as they implement the minimum requirements stated by regulations or standards if any. However, in terms of competition law, the issue of whether planned obsolescence practices are considered harmful or not will be an enigma of analytical jurisprudence because of its multifaceted outcomes. Given that, an opportunist monopoly shortens durability of their products to generate more demands for reaping the benefit of this design practice,(844)…

Overall, the issue of planned obsolescence shall be accepted as an issue of competition…