AVEVA not guilty of Abuse of Dominance in Industrial Software CCI

Velusamy Karuppannan Vs AVEVA Group Ltd (Competition Commission of India) Background: Velusamy Karuppannan filed an Information under Section 19(1)(a) of the Competition Act, 2002, against AVEVA Group Limited (OP-1), AVEVA Solutions India LLP (OP-2), and AVEVA Information Technology India Private Limited (OP-3), alleging contraventions of Sections 3 and 4 of the Act. The Informant, a software professional in the manufacturing IT segment, claimed that AVEVA used its dominant position to restrict competition and force customers to purchase bundled industrial software solutions, particularly the ...