Restructuring the Concept of "Abusing Superior Bargaining Position": A Comparative Study of Competition Law in Japan and Taiwan

重构“滥用优势谈判地位”概念：日本与台湾竞争法比较研究

• 批准号: 22KF0177
• 负责人: 和久井 理子
• 金额: $ 1.02万
• 依托单位: Kyoto University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2023-03-08 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22KF0177/
• 关键词: Antitrust; Competition law; Taiwan; Japan; US law; Comparative law; Platform; Bargaining Power; Abusive Practice; Anti-Monopoly Act; Fair Trade Act; Digital Platforms; Online Retailing Market

Having learnt from Dr. Cheng’s seminar on the Taiwan online platform foodpanda's Most Favoured Nation (MFN) case and his other academic inputs shared in 2021 and early 2022, Cheng and Prof Wakui researched together the regulation and policy directions relating to digital platforms' superior bargaining power and abusive practices. These led to their even further discussion on the same issue together with Korean and German competition researchers. Based on these, Wakui gave a presentation in Korea and co-authored a comparative competition book together with Prof Thomas Weck from Germany. Cheng helped the book-writing process based on his experiences and knowledge in Taiwan, the US and EU.Meanwhile, Cheng expanded his research to labour protection issues and examined how the agreements unreasonably restrict the unprivileged labourers (workers) from job options and, therefore, hamper competition between employers. The results were presented at the international conference held by the University of Osijek and published in the NYCU Law Review. This is the area where Wakui had been working on and she shared her knowledge with Cheng as to the state of the issues in Japan and they discussed remaining issues and potential research subjects.In Japan, the digital platform's abuse of superior bargaining position has been also subject to the Act on Improving Transparency and Fairness of Digital Platforms, and Cheng and Wakui closely examined how the act is operated and conducted comparative law studies. The result of this joint research was presented in Taiwan in early April 2023.

借鉴郑博士关于台湾在线平台 foodpanda 最惠国待遇（MFN）案例的研讨会以及他在 2021 年和 2022 年初分享的其他学术投入，郑博士和 Wakui 教授共同研究了与数字平台优越议价能力相关的监管和政策方向在此基础上，Wakui 在韩国做了一次演讲，并与人合着了一篇论文。程先生与德国的Thomas Weck教授合作，根据他在台湾、美国和欧盟的经验和知识，帮助本书的写作过程。同时，程先生将他的研究范围扩大到劳工保护问题，并研究了这些协议如何不合理地限制了劳工保护。研究结果发表在奥西耶克大学举办的国际会议上，并发表在《纽约大学法律评论》上。这是 Wakui 一直致力于研究的领域。她与程分享了她对日本问题状况的了解，并讨论了遗留问题和潜在的研究课题。在日本，数字平台滥用优越谈判地位的行为也受到《提高数字平台透明度和公平性法案》的约束，郑和瓦奎仔细研究了该法案的运作方式并进行了比较法研究。这项联合研究的结果于 2023 年 4 月上旬在台湾公布。

项目成果

The Protection of Digital Platforms' Business Users under Competition Law and Others; Lessons from Japan

根据竞争法和其他法律保护数字平台的商业用户；

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Haoming Bao;Kenta Motobayashi;Katsuyoshi Ikeda;Shin-Ru Cheng;Shin-Ru Cheng;Shin Ru Cheng and Masako Wakui
• 通讯作者: Shin Ru Cheng and Masako Wakui

Should No-Poaching Agreements be Prohibited in Corporate Transactions? From the View of Taiwanese Competition Law

公司交易中是否应该禁止禁止挖角协议？

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: National Chiao Tung University Law Review
• 作者: Haoming Bao;Kenta Motobayashi;Katsuyoshi Ikeda;Shin-Ru Cheng;Shin-Ru Cheng
• 通讯作者: Shin-Ru Cheng

Regulating Targeted Advertising under Competition Law

根据竞争法规范定向广告

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Haoming Bao;Kenta Motobayashi;Katsuyoshi Ikeda;Shin-Ru Cheng;Shin-Ru Cheng;Shin Ru Cheng and Masako Wakui;Shin Ru Cheng;Masako Wakui;Shin Ru Cheng
• 通讯作者: Shin Ru Cheng

The Roadmap for Identifying Digital-platform-related Legal Issues

识别数字平台相关法律问题的路线图

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Haoming Bao;Kenta Motobayashi;Katsuyoshi Ikeda;Shin-Ru Cheng;Shin-Ru Cheng;Shin Ru Cheng and Masako Wakui;Shin Ru Cheng
• 通讯作者: Shin Ru Cheng

Competition Law and Behavioral Discrimination: Regulatory Pitfalls and New Opportunities

竞争法和行为歧视：监管陷阱和新机遇

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: University of Memphis Law Review
• 作者: Haoming Bao;Kenta Motobayashi;Katsuyoshi Ikeda;Shin-Ru Cheng
• 通讯作者: Shin-Ru Cheng