Fighting unfair trade practices due to COVID-19 in the EU
The issue of unfair practices during the pandemic was of an interest of the European Commission, which, together with Member
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Internet and advertisement
Advertising and coronavirus – jurisprudence of German courts
The tendency to use more or less suggestive references to the fight with corona virus in advertising since the beginning
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Mineral water can only be described as ‘bio’ if it fulfils certain criteria
Marking products with the prefixes “eco” or “bio” is subject to control under EU Regulation no 834/2007. Their use in
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Who is bound by the EU rules on labelling of organic products?
The Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment of 12 October 2017 in case C-289/16 interpreted the
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Greenwashing in the light of provisions of Act on combating unfair competition
Greenwashing in other words is unreliable ecological marketing – the phenomenon of giving customers the false impression that offered products
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Greenwashing – how it works?
Nowadays trend for life in harmony in with nature becomes more and more popular. As a consequence entrepreneurs increasingly encourage
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Influencers’ activity and competition law
More and more entrepreneurs decide to promote their products or services using the so-called influencers. Both entrepreneurs and influencers very
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Influencers violate law when they do not mark the links as advertisement
The Regional Court in Karlsruhe in the judgment of 21 March 2019 stated that influencers who publish on Instagram and
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Hashtag #ad at the end of the post on Instagram is not sufficient advertisement’s marking
The Higher Regional Court in Celle on 8 June 2017 delivered the judgment in which it stated that the big
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Obligation of marking of influencers’ advertisements depends on the content of the certain post
The Higher Regional Court in Berlin in the judgment of 8 January 2019 stated that not every influencer’s post which
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