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Warned off by a competition association?

7. November 2022
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As you can see from my blog posts, there are many things to consider when it comes to warning letters, even aside from the question of whether the accusation actually made is justified. You should take a particularly close look when a so-called competition association issues a warning. These often generate a large part of their revenues by sending warnings to other competitors.

Here it is not only important to consider whether one should issue a cease-and-desist declaration at all (see this article), even if the accusation is justified, but one should also look very closely at whether the association was allowed to issue a warning at all.

The requirements for this are regulated in the UWG in Section 8 (3) No. 2. The warning is in fact only

associations with legal capacity for the promotion of commercial or independent professional interests, insofar as they include a significant number of entrepreneurs who sell goods or services of the same or a related kind on the same market, if they are able to actually perform their statutory tasks of pursuing commercial or independent professional interests, in particular due to their personnel, material and financial resources, and insofar as the infringement affects the interests of their members;

Numerous court rulings have further specified these requirements; for example, the Karlsruhe Regional Court recently ruled, with reference to supreme court rulings, that such a competition association must present its list of members unredacted in court proceedings. The submission of an anonymized list is not sufficient, even if the association presents conflicting confidentiality interests.

Since the plaintiff here refused to disclose its members, the case was dismissed. The requirements have become more and more restrictive in recent years, especially with regard to the question of whether the number of members is material. You can also read this article.

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Marian Härtel ist Rechtsanwalt und Fachanwalt für IT-Recht mit einer über 25-jährigen Erfahrung als Unternehmer und Berater in den Bereichen Games, E-Sport, Blockchain, SaaS und Künstliche Intelligenz. Seine Beratungsschwerpunkte umfassen neben dem IT-Recht insbesondere das Urheberrecht, Medienrecht sowie Wettbewerbsrecht. Er betreut schwerpunktmäßig Start-ups, Agenturen und Influencer, die er in strategischen Fragen, komplexen Vertragsangelegenheiten sowie bei Investitionsprojekten begleitet. Dabei zeichnet sich seine Beratung durch einen interdisziplinären Ansatz aus, der juristische Expertise und langjährige unternehmerische Erfahrung miteinander verbindet. Ziel seiner Tätigkeit ist stets, Mandanten praxisorientierte Lösungen anzubieten und rechtlich fundierte Unterstützung bei der Umsetzung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle zu gewährleisten.

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