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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Unfair competition
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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Trade secrets after the amendment to the Act on Combating Unfair Competition
On 4 September 2018, the amendment to the Act on Combating Unfair Competition, which implements the EU legal directive on
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Infringement of trade secrets – new claims
The amendment to provisions related to the protection of trade secrets which entered into force on 4 September 2018, entails
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Acts of unfair competition in public procurement
Compliance with the rules of unfair competition plays an important role in the public procurement procedure, both from the point
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Price dumping and price manipulation in the public procurement procedure
A contractor taking part in the public procurement procedure has a complete freedom in shaping his price offer. When calculating
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Misleading information in the tender offer and designation of goods
Presenting misleading information in the course of the public procurement procedure may, on the one hand, be the basis for
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Unreal assurances concerning guarantees and hindering access to the market
Assurances included in the contractor’s offer as to the guarantee period, the expiry date of the goods or the availability
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