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As was already shown in the presentation of the primary law basis for Unfair Competition law, an extensive case law of the European Court of Justice has evolved since the beginning of the 1980s and is of indirect or direct importance for the national unfair competition legislation in the Member States. The following is intended less to be an attempt of an overall presentation of this case law — which would go beyond the limits available1 — but instead will emphasise the special features of its development. A list of the ECJ’s leading cases on Unfair Competition law (1.) is followed by an examination of the special features of European judicial practice on Unfair Competition law (2.).
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Decision of the ECJ, March 13, 1984, Case No. 16/83, 1984 ECR 1299 — Prantl.
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Glöckner, J. (2007). The ECJ’s Case Law on Unfair Competition. In: Hilty, R.M., Henning-Bodewig, F. (eds) Law Against Unfair Competition. MPI Studies on Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71882-6_5
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