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In its judgment of 20 December 2017 (C-393/16) concerning the use of "Champagner Sorbet", the CJEU established, for the first time, principles for the use of a protected designation of origin...

In a recently published judgment, the Higher General Court of Düsseldorf has objected to the interpretation of the transaction value threshold under the German merger control regime...

Germany is set to raise merger control thresholds and introduce a new "phase 0" filing process for transactions caught by the transaction value test. The proposed 12th amendment to the German Competition Act also includes subtle but significant changes that could enable the Federal Cartel Office to more easily scrutinize AI partnerships and other non-traditional deals.

Digital transformations in commerce steadily increase the variety and availability of products and give consumers access to retail offers beyond geographic boundaries on a 24/7 basis.

Two national competition authorities, the French Autorité de la Concurrence and the German Bundeskartellamt, are dealing with Apple's App Tracking Transparency Framework ("ATTF").

The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") has dismissed the European Commission's appeal against Intel, bringing to a close a decade-long legal battle over the company's rebate practices in the market for microprocessors.

The German Price Indication Ordinance (PAngV) is celebrating its first anniversary and may receive a rather unusual birthday gift: a visit to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

Heute ist die 10. GWB-Novelle in Kraft getreten. Neben den wesentlichen Anpassungen des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen („GWB") an die fortschreitende Digitalisierung.

The exclusive rights conferred by a patent may be subject to limitations based on competition law.

Die Europäische Kommission hatte am 24. April 2018 gegen das Kabel- und Telekommunikationsunternehmen Altice wegen vorzeitiger Durchführung der Übernahme des portugiesischen Telekommunikationsunternehmens ...

On 28 July 2025, the European Commission launched an in-depth investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2022/2560, EU-FSR) to review the proposed acquisition of Covestro AG by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company PJSC.

The Development: Recent rulings indicate that it will be easier for cartel victims to pursue their claims in German courts by assigning them to a special purpose vehicle ("SPV"), which then litigates the combined claims as the sole plaintiff against the cartel

Following the publication of an initial draft (German version only) by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) about an amendment to the German Act against Restraints...

On 29 November 2024, the German Federal Cartel Office published the results of its merger control review of Microsoft Corporation's ("Microsoft") hiring of almost all of Inflection AI, Inc.'s...

As counsel to global companies, we often guide clients through not just U.S. antitrust issues, but also through a global antitrust landscape. Whether it is a merger or a business practice, it is crucial to understand how all the global pieces fit together.

The German Federal Court of Justice has confirmed that the Federal Cartel Office was right to conclude that processing of German end-customer data (on behalf of German business customers) constituted...

Sustainability and competition law has been a hotly debated topic. While some competition authorities have dedicated specific guidelines for cooperations among competitors in the name of sustainability.