Dispute over obstructing market access for collecting fees other than the trade margin for accepting goods for sale
The action of collecting the so-called “slotting fees” is defined in art 15 sec.1 point 4 of the act on
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Identical press titles and misleading the consumer
On 16 November 2016 the Supreme Court was resolving a dispute concerning the use of identical press titles in the
Read moreIs a volume-related discount an act of unfair competition?
In the judgment of 21 April 2016 the Court of Appeal in Katowice considered the question of qualifying the volume-related
Read moreCosts of transferring the vehicle from the manufacturer to the dealer is an integral part of the final price
The question referred for a preliminary ruling to the Court from the German Federal Court of Justice was whether an
Read moreRedemption of discount coupons of the competition is not an act of unfair competition
The defendant in the case was an owner of a network of chemists where customers could use discount coupons to
Read moreMarking of goods with a name of a place other than the place of production does not mislead an attentive consumer?
Such a conclusion was reached by the Appeals Court in Białystok who in the second instance was settling the dispute
Read moreGermany: changes in the systematic structure of the Act on combating unfair competition
On 10th December 2015, an amendment became effective to the German Act on combating unfair competition (UWG). First of all,
Read moreA ban on misleading advertising
The defendant advertised himself in the German business directory, the so called “Yellow Pages”, in the column “Sewage system clearance”.
Read moreSimple form packaging and the risk of misleading a consumer
The proceedings concerned a claim for abandonment of acts of unfair competition consisting in copying the outward appearance of products
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A tourist portal administrator is not responsible for the opinions published by users
The German Federal Court of Justice stated that an administrator of a tourist portal enabling users to assess hotel facilities
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