ArticleA Victory For Innovation In Austrian Passenger Transportation?Austria's Occasional Traffic Act, which governs the taxi transport business, is bound to be changed (see here)...AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleParallel Tariff Increases By Telecom Companies Attract The Authorities' Attention But Do Not Trigger Immediate ActionThe Austrian competition authority has received information from whistleblowers concerning parallel AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleEuropean Commission To Publish Digital Markets Act And New Competition Tool SoonThe European Commission (EC) will publish its highly anticipated Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA) on 9 December. European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleA Magna Carta For Digital AntitrustIn the world of antitrust nothing has ever been as hotly debated as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which was passed just before the summer break. AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleCartels And Horizontal Agreements: Cartel Fine Of Eur 120,000 Imposed On Pioneer & Onkyo For Vertical RestrictionsThe company did not dispute the facts of the case. The decision is final.AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawWolf Theiss
ArticleProcedural Developments: Austrian Competition Authority Launches Online Whistleblower ToolIn February 2018, the FCA launched an online whistleblowing system.AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawWolf Theiss
ArticleProcedural Developments: Update To Leniency Handbook Of The Austrian Competition AuthorityThe leniency/immunity guidelines of the Austrian competition authority have been amended in order to reflect changes to the national legislation implementing the antitrust damages directive into Austrian law.AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawWolf Theiss
ArticlePlatforms In Increased Antitrust SpotlightOver the past years several regulators in Europe have questioned the effectiveness of existing competition rules in digital markets.AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleSupreme Court Rules In T-Mobile Dominance CaseThe end of 2010 saw the end of the litigation against the largest mobile operator in Macedonia, T-Mobile. AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleWettbewerbsrecht: § Bauanwalt §: Irreführende BezeichnungDie Marke „Baumeister § Bauanwalt §" ist irreführend und darf von Baumeistern nicht verwendet werden, weil der durchschnittliche Verbraucher aufgrund der Bezeichnung „Bauanwalt"...AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawHLMK Rechtsanwalte
ArticleA Victory For Innovation In Austrian Passenger Transportation? Next Joint Step By Austrian FCA And RTR In Monitoring Digital PlatformsMany Austrian customers engage in multi-homing, having installed several messaging apps.AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleBulgaria: Private Damages Directive ImplementedOn 3 January 2018, a new Law for Amendment and Supplementation ("New Law") of the Competition Protection Act ("CPA") was published in the Bulgarian Official Gazette. AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawWolf Theiss
ArticleApple And Google App Stores In The Antitrust SpotlightApple's App Store has come under intensified antitrust scrutiny following a lawsuit brought by Epic Games, the company behind FortniteAustriaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleCompetition Protection Commission Investigates Milk SectorAt the end of 2010 the Competition Protection Commission initiated an investigation into the milk sector.AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleFamily Business And Group-PrivilegeIt was deemed to be enough, if the parent company has a significant influence on the business policy of the subsidiary. AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawPreslmayr Rechtsanwälte OG
ArticleLegitimate Sustainability Cooperation Or Cartel Greenwashing?In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith famously wrote that "people of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public...AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawSchoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)
ArticleMerger Control: Austrian Cartel Court Imposes Fines In Two Separate Cases For Early Implementation Of MergersIn the first quarter of 2018, at the request of the FCA, the Austrian Cartel Court imposed fines for the implementation of a notifiable transaction prior to obtaining clearance in two separate cases. AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawWolf Theiss
ArticleNew Strict Regulation On Best Price ClausesAs of 01 January 2017 amendments of the Austrian Act against Unfair Competition and of the Price Labelling Act come into force, which ban Best Price Clauses as "aggressive business practices" and declaring...AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawWolf Theiss
ArticleAustrian Supreme Court Of Justice Increases Fine On Retailer SparOn 8 October 2015, the Austrian Supreme Court of Justice increased the fine against Spar, a food retailer, from € 3 million to € 30 million after upholding an earlier finding of illegal pricing agreements relating to dairy products.AustriaAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis