Dr. Markus Schöner
CMS Germany
Articles
Swiss watchmakers permitted to refuse to supply independent watch repairers
Germany - November 10 2017 In its judgment of 23 October 2017, the General Court ("EGC") - which is a constituent court of the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") -…
European Commission publishes Staff Working Document on Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER)
European Union - September 15 2020 The Staff Working Document (SWD 2020 173 final) is the next step on the road to an updated VBER and corresponding guidelines. With the current VBER…
European Commission publishes support studies for the evaluation of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER)
European Union - June 10 2020 The European Commission has published support studies for the evaluation of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation. The key findings include that…
Selective distribution: Frankfurt court confirms the legality of third-party platform bans
Germany - July 19 2018 On 12 July 2018, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt ruled on the appeal procedure in the Coty case (No. 11 U 96/14 Kart) and decided that the…
Autorité de la Concurrence: Record fine for systematic price fixing
France, Germany - April 17 2020 The French Competition Authority ("Autorité de la Concurrence", or "Autorité" in the following) imposed a record fine of around EUR 1.1 billion on…
