The October 2018 issue of our Belgian Business Law newsletter reporting on the latest developments in a range of areas, including competition, data protection, intellectual property and labour law.
The October 2018 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at both the European Union and Member State levels.
The September 2018 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at both the European Union and Member State levels. Click below to view and download the issue.
On 5 September 2018, Van Bael & Bellis associate Darach Connolly spoke to the Competition Law Forum at the Irish Society of European Law (ISEL) in Dublin. The subject of Darach’s presentation was the rise of Big Data and the application of possible competition-based theories of harm to large or important data sets.
The August 2018 issue of our Belgian Business Law newsletter reporting on the latest developments in a range of areas, including competition, data protection, intellectual property and labour law.
The August 2018 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at both the European Union and Member State levels. Click below to view and download the issue.
The July 2018 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at both the European Union and Member State levels.
Vertical Agreements | According to a press release of 12 July 2018, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt has handed down its judgment in a dispute between Coty Germany GmbH (“Coty”), a supplier of luxury cosmetics, and Parfümerie Akzente, a member of its selective distribution system. The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt found that Coty did not violate competition law by prohibiting Parfümerie Akzente from advertising and distributing its products via the third-party platform amazon.de.
On 6 March 2018, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf held that Japanese luxury cosmetics manufacturer Kanebo could prevent German retail chain Real from selling its products under the brands Kanebo and Sensai EU-wide, both online and in brick and mortar stores.