1. EU law must be interpreted as meaning that national courts are not required to apply Article 25(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles
Unfair Competition Law in Germany: perfect teeth
Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court (Case No. 6 U 219/19)We all know the trick and it has happened to all of us at least once in a lifetime. You see an advertising and you absolutely fall in love with
Act Against Unfair Competition (German UWG): obstruction within the meaning of Section 4 No. 4 UWG in the case of systematic reproduction of a large number of peculiar products.
Summary of the German Version of the following Tribunal Decision: Source: Original – German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) Judgement of the 20 September 2018 – I ZR 71/17 – Industrial Sewing Machines concerning paragraphs 3, 4 No. 3 and 4
Restrictions with freedom
In recent years, the restrictions on advertising and sales have become a little bit more “relaxed”. In 2001, German legislators started working on solving old prohibitions. The Ordinance on Bonuses of 1932 (Zugabeverordnung) and the 1933 Discount Act (Rabattgesetz) were