German competition law is a critical component of the country’s legal framework, ensuring fair competition among businesses, protecting consumers from deceptive practices, and safeguarding the public interest in undistorted markets. The primary legislation governing this area is the Act Against
Can you issue a warning notice under competition law?
If you are a private person and think to isse a warning notice under competition law you may need to read this article. A warning notice under competition law may only be issued in business dealings, i.e. among entrepreneurs. Private
Aggressive competition campaign: Is that such a thing?
Aggressive commercial action are not that uncommon and however, they are strictly prohibited from the German law. Do you already know what we are talking about? Which actions are actually to consider strictly prohibited? Prohibited are commercial actions which are
BKartA´s latest decision on the Amazon concern
Are you curious to know more about the Amazon´s legal rights in Germany? Horak Attorneys at Law is the law firm you are looking for. The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt, BKartA) classifies Amazon as a company with outstanding cross-market importance
Restricts of Competition: The Apple Pay Case
Apple Pay Restrictions: It’s a EU Competition Case The EU Commission considers the use of the NFC interface in the iPhone solely by Apple Pay to be an abuse of Apple’s dominant position in the markets for mobile wallets on
The “Place an order”Button and its Payment Obligation: ECJ Decision
13.04.2022 // The “place an order” button must indicate the payment obligation – ECJ Decision on the effectiveness of online orders During the ruling of 7 April 2022, the ECJ (Case C-249/21) was taken a tribunal decision on the question
Large digital companies abuse control
Bundeskartellamt releases a statement about the Alphabet/Google abuse control For the first time, the Federal Cartel Office has certified Google’s “overriding, cross-market importance” for competition and can now prohibit practices of the company that endanger competition. According to Andreas Mundt,
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