REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationBRUSSELS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Adobe's (ADBE.O) $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma could reduce competition in global markets for interactive product design tools and also shut out rivals, EU antitrust regulators said on Monday.
The European Commission said it opened a full-scale investigation into the deal after a preliminary review triggered concerns, confirming a Reuters story last month.
The deal would remove an important rival and could allow Photoshop maker Adobe to restrict competition in the global markets for supply of interactive product design tools, the EU antitrust watchdog said.
It said the acquisition could also affect Figma's potential for growth into an effective competitor to Adobe's asset creation tools and effectively reduce competition in interactive product design tools by bundling Figma with Adobe's Creative Cloud suite.
The EU competition enforcer said it would decide by Dec. 14 whether to clear or block the deal.
Persons:
Dado Ruvic, Competition Margrethe Vestager, Adobe, Foo Yun, Sharon Singleton, David Goodman
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REUTERS, European Commission, Reuters, Tech, Zoom Video Communications, Adobe, Competition, EU, Thomson
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BRUSSELS