Repair antitrust Sword clear boundaries will break 4S store profitability point

Posted on 9/1/2015 5:08:37 PM

The current business model is widely used car prices after the market through OEM original pieces in circulation must, parts enterprises not directly sell to the market, dealers can not be obtained through other channels original accessories. While others repair workshop, more impossible to obtain original parts from the formal channels.
August 26, the Ministry of Transport Department Director of Transportation Vehicle Management Services Division Mengqiu in an interview that, after two rounds of the draft and then publish the revised "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the automotive repair industry to upgrade and enhance the quality of service "(hereinafter referred to as" Opinion ") has successfully passed the final draft is expected to be released in mid-September, from January 1 next year officially began.
"Opinion" is an important part of the antitrust automotive industry, mainly for automobile manufacturers to repair parts and maintenance technology monopoly, the purpose is to promote open auto repair parts distribution channels. "Dedicated to maintain the market economic order to make some contribution to the protection of consumers' interests." Commented Ministry of Transportation insider promulgated the "Opinions" in mind.
Although the "opinions" has gone through several rounds of modification, the demands of different interest groups in the market a lot, but this time the national competent authorities under a lot of determination to regulate the market, has been finalized and will take effect on January 1 next year officially implemented.
Repair antitrust difficult to define is that of intellectual property rights in the use of parts of the circulation. Even many international companies have parts of intellectual property rights, it is not clear where the boundaries of power, some manufacturers and distributors in antitrust fines after receiving the relevant state departments, was to consult how it was.
In fact, even the interests of the injured, and consumers do not understand how, which is the key issue has been the maintenance of monopoly exists. "Intellectual Property has a problem of abuse, no matter which party, to monopolize the use of intellectual property is wrong." Recently, the Secretary-General of China Automobile Maintenance Industry Association Wei Wei told the 21st Century Business Herald reporter.
Clear intellectual boundaries
Last July, the relevant state departments began to car manufacturers out antitrust fines, including Audi, Chrysler and Mercedes-Benz have received a ticket.
Which are defined as important a vertical monopoly, is the maintenance of technical information and repair parts monopoly. Many car companies believe, because many parts of intellectual property rights, so the market circulation control granted.
Even antitrust fines out in August this year after more than a year, the internal development of people in a car prices on the 21st Century Business Herald reporter, said: "The vast majority of spare parts, we have the intellectual property, antitrust should not involve to this regard, after all intellectual property rights can not be violated. "
Logic operations according to car prices, especially those with strong strength of the international giants, automobile in the development process, but also its ancillary parts for research and development, as the core competitiveness. Among them, some parts are developed independently, some of it is and parts manufacturers to jointly develop, the two parts may be to OEM parts manufacturers, car prices have intellectual property rights; only a small part of the complete procurement from parts manufacturers car prices no intellectual property rights.
But close "opinions" with Wei Wei developed views about the denied persons OEMs. "The anti-monopoly is anti-this, OEMs can not restrict spare parts sales channels, can not have intellectual property rights on arbitrary price increases. Longitudinal use of intellectual property monopoly, abuse of a dominant market position actually intellectual property rights."
The current business model is widely used car prices after the market through OEM original pieces in circulation must, parts enterprises not directly sell to the market, dealers can not be obtained through other channels original accessories. While others repair workshop, more impossible to obtain original parts from the formal channels.
"Opinions" to the end of it is this monopoly. "Opinions" that the January 1 next year, the original parts manufacturers can provide original parts to the automotive aftermarket and independent aftermarket parts with our own brand, allowing authorized parts distribution business, authorized repair business to non-authorized repair business or terminal Users resell Genuine Parts.
In fact, the "opinions" of spare parts for car prices in the market power of intellectual property rights were defined, which belongs to the legitimate rights and interests of intellectual property rights, which are not, have clear regulations. "Opinions" in the revision process, consulted a lot of car manufacturers, parts manufacturers and distributors views.
"Relevant authorities will consider the interests of all parties, but it has a principle, is to use the law to antitrust. To safeguard consumer interests and market order. Of course, other markets can not infringe on the intellectual property body spare parts." Wei Wei said ʱ??

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