Competition law

Competition law is governed by the principle of market regulation, which is based on legal action by market participants against each other in the absence of antitrust agreements or practices that restrict competition and prevent free competition as such. Since all participants are interested in undistorted competition, in particular from their own competitors, the system is extremely effective and, apart from the business of mass warnings, useful.

For anyone who is warned and sued for unfair, i.e. unlawful, actions has a special interest in the fact that the warning competitor in turn complies with the multi-layered rules of fair (lawful) economic conduct. The warning can thus quickly become a boomerang for the warning party who is not up to date with the constantly changing legal situation or who wanted to gain an advantage for himself through unfair behaviour.The overriding yardstick for the evaluation of fairness is whether the business act corresponds to "good commercial morals" and "decent practices in trade and commerce". Even if the law against unfair competition (UWG) now contains a - non-exhaustive - catalogue of examples which concretizes this standard, the limits remain undefined; it is necessary to know these for good marketing in order to move safely within the narrow degree of admissibility.

We will be happy to help you to prevent competitors from even attacking you, but we will also be happy to support you if you have received a warning and need to act quickly.

What we can do for you:

  • Examination and defence against warnings and injunctions,
  • Conducting litigation in the main proceedings,
  • Advice in connection with your advertising and marketing strategy,
  • Enforcement of your claims for injunctive relief, information and damages,
  • Representation in contractual penalty proceedings.