Britain’s antitrust regulator on Wednesday refused permission to attraction in opposition to a ruling that it had no energy to open an investigation into Apple’s cellular browser and cloud gaming companies.
Apple received an attraction in March in opposition to the choice by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to open a full investigation into the dominance of Apple and Alphabet’s Google in cellular browsers.
The Competition Appeal Tribunal quashed the choice to open the investigation and on Wednesday refused the CMA’s utility for permission to attraction in opposition to that ruling.
The CMA can nonetheless take its bid for permission to attraction in opposition to the tribunal’s ruling immediately to the Court of Appeal.
“We are carefully considering the tribunal’s decision and are considering our next steps,” a CMA spokesperson mentioned.
The CMA had mentioned in March that the ruling “risks substantially undermining the CMA’s ability to efficiently and effectively investigate and intervene in markets”.
But, in its determination refusing permission to attraction, the tribunal mentioned that the legislation on when the CMA can open a market investigation is evident.
“The letter of the law matters, even if it generates undesirable or unfortunate results,” the tribunal mentioned.Â
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