With the AliExpress case, the European Commission has opened its first investigation against a marketplace under the Digital Services Act. For greater effectiveness and relevance, it is calling on stakeholders to the rescue, and more particularly intellectual property rights holders. Ten days ago, the European Commission opened an investigation into the Chinese marketplace AliExpress, a subsidiary of the Alibaba group. Indeed, this is the first time it has used the provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA), which regulates marketplaces. The DSA applies not only to social networks and search engines, but also to…
