The Swiss Supreme Court confirms Competition Commission's decision ordering the abolition of a market-wide system imposing fixed resale prices to all books sold over the counter (Distribution of books)

Krauskopf, Patrick; Ben-Attia, Orly

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6 Feb 2007

The Swiss Supreme Court confirms Competition Commission’s decision ordering the abolition of a market-wide system imposing fixed resale prices to all books sold over the counter (Distribution of books)

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Swiss Supreme Court (Schweizerisches Bundesgericht), Distribution of books, Case n° 2A.430/2006, RPW 2007/1, p. 129 ff., 6 February 2007 (French)

Description of the impugned case After almost 10 years of procedure, including two full scale appeal procedures up to the Supreme Court, the so called Sammelrevers 1993 covering the entire distribution for books

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Patrick Krauskopf
Agon Partners (Zurich)

Switzerland 9 contributions 13539 visits
Orly Ben-Attia
Orly Ben-Attia (Zurich)

Switzerland 4 contributions 4188 visits

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Patrick Krauskopf, Orly Ben-Attia, The Swiss Supreme Court confirms Competition Commission’s decision ordering the abolition of a market-wide system imposing fixed resale prices to all books sold over the counter (Distribution of books), 6 February 2007, e-Competitions February 2007, Art. N° 32509

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