New provisions on consumers’ rights in the EU
On the 13th June 2014, new national regulations implementing the Directive 2011/83/EU dated 25 October 2011 of the European Parliament
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NRJ Radio sentenced to a high fine for illegal competition
The Economic Court in Paris imposed on the NRJ Radio the obligation to pay one million euro in damages to
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Electronic cigarette as illegal competition for tobacco stores
On 9 December 2013, the Economic Court in Toulouse issued a judgment in favour of the owner of a
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“Nordjob”-fair
A compulsory health insurance breaches the prohibition to exploit the commercial inexperience of young persons (§ 4 Nr.2 UWG), when
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Mediation of flights on the internet
The operator of an internet portal on which clients are able to book mediated flights does not violate the prohibition
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Admissibility of a ruling imposing an obligation on a perpetrator of an act of unfair competition to publish a judgment
The plaintiff accused the sued wine importer of violating article 10 section 2 of the Act on Combating Unfair Competition
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Cash bonus as a „shelf fee” is a violation of article 15 section 1 clause 4 of the Act on Combating Unfair Competition
The proceedings related to the so called shelf fees, that is fees other than a trade margin, collected by sales
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