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Price Signalling: Does the Commission's position in the Liner Shipping case deviate from existing case law?

On 13 September 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down a judgment clarifying the concepts of "aggressive commercial practice" and "inertia selling" within the meaning of Directive 2005/29/EC ...

On 13 October 2011, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") handed down its preliminary ruling in the Pierre Fabre case (see VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2011, No. 2, available at www.vbb.com).

On 10 November 2014, the European Council formally adopted the Directive on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union (the "Directive").

The General Court of the EU delivered its judgment on an appeal by Reagens, seeking the annulment of a refusal to access file documents in a cartel case.

On 15 July 2015, the General Court ("GC") largely upheld the EU Commission's decision in the pre-stressing steel cartel case in ten judgments on 12 separate appeals brought against the decision.

A draft report published on 24 August 2011 sheds light on which products may soon be affected by EU environmental rules under the EU’s ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC).

In a recent judgment, the General Court of the European Union decided to uphold the registration of the sign "BUD".

As a result, the General Court upheld the invalidation of Red Bull's silver and blue trade marks.

On 4 October 2011, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") gave judgment in joined cases C-403/08 Football Association Premier League Ltd, NetMed Hellas SA, Multichoice Hellas SA v QC Leisure, David Richardson, AV Station plc, Malcolm Chamberlain, Michael Madden, SR Leisure Ltd, Philip George Charles Houghton and Derek Owen and C-429/08 Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd (the "Judgment").

On 5 June 2014, the General Court of the European Union handed down a judgment in joined cases T-495/12 to T-497/12.

In the worldwide market for handheld devices, Apple and Samsung are engaged in fierce competition that has given rise to a flood of intellectual property litigation before courts worldwide.

On 21 March 2013, Advocate General Kokott gave her opinion on a question sent to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling on the "due cause" which may shield a third party from the accusation of illegitimate use of a reputable trade mark.

The proceedings sought to recover specific costs incurred by the German authorities for the treatment of Ms Schlömp's mother.

The EU and US authorities are currently negotiating an update of the Safe Harbour principles.

The case concerned an online lottery organised by the defendant Planet49.

On 15 December 2015, the European Commission, along with the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers, agreed on the final text of the General Data Protection Regulation.

The Opinion notes that the Privacy Shield regime introduces many welcome improvements and is a "large step forward" for data protection.