Resume: The Competition Authority was consulted on the issue of the evolution of the market for veterinary medicines and products (French Competition Authority, October 13th, 2025, Opinion No. 25-A-12). Indeed, in recent years, this market has experienced an explosion...

Resume: On January 31, 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal recognized the originality of Bulgari’s Serpenti jewellery, protected by copyright, but dismissed the counterfeiting claim, ruling that APM Monaco’s designs did not sufficiently replicate their characteristic...

Resume: The French Competition Authority needed to examine three objections consisting of two different categories of practice. To begin with, there were a pair of “gentlemen’s agreements” of non-poaching, aimed at suppressing the competition on the employment of the...

Resume: The French Competition Authority imposed a record fine (€611 million) on ten manufacturers and two major distributors active in the household-appliance sector for engaging in resale price maintenance (RPM) practices through twelve vertical price-fixing...

Resume: The Commercial Chamber of the French Cour de cassation rendered a judgment on February 26, 2025 (Cour de cassation, Commercial Chamber, February 26, 2025, No. 23-18.599), in which it upheld the previous decision of the Paris Court of Appeal regarding the...

Resume: The French Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Court of Appeal, that failed to establish that pharmaceutical laboratories had abused their dominant position by disseminating, on the one hand, an alarmist, even misleading, discourse to public...

Resume: The French Competition Authority (ADLC), decided to sanction Apple for having abused its dominant position (on the basis of Articles 102 of the TFEU and L420-2 of the French Commercial Code) in the European markets for the distribution of mobile applications...

Resume: The French Court of cassation (Commercial Court, September 24th, 2025, no. 23-13.733) upheld the decision of the French competition authority which sanctioned Vinci for concerted practices, in the form of information exchanges, in a public tender procedure...

Resume: Following a complaint filed by Subsonic, the French Competition Authority fined Sony €13,527,000 (Decision no. 23-D-14 of December 20, 2023) for abusing its dominant position in the market for PlayStation 4-compatible controllers. Two anticompetitive practices...

Resume: The French Competition Authority (ADLC) issued an opinion on the December 19, 2023 agreement on working conditions for VTC drivers. Although the agreement aims to reinforce drivers' freedom of choice when it comes to remuneration via platforms, the Authority...