Maren Steiert
Bird & Bird LLP
Articles
The German FCO at the Intersection between Competition Law and Sustainability Initiatives
Germany - September 20 2022 “Competition law does not stand in the way of cooperations [between companies] that aim to achieve sustainability objectives - quite the contrary” -…
In review: licensing and antitrust issues in Germany
Germany - July 16 2022 An overview of licensing and antitrust issues in Germany, including anticompetitive restraints, refusals to license, and unfair and discriminatory licensing.
Spotlight: standard-essential patents in Germany
Germany - July 16 2022 A brief overview of the law and practice surrounding standard-essential patents in Germany, including abuse-of-dominance issues, injunctions and FRAND licensing.
German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) makes use of new investigative powers, including in the digital economy and the German waste management sector
Germany - February 15 2022 On 30 December 2021, as expected, the FCO issued a decision finding that…
German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) publishes “self-cleaning” guidelines
Germany - January 19 2022 On 25.11.2021, the FCO published its “self-cleaning” guidelines, specifying the conditions under which companies that have been found by a binding…
