Exclusivity clause: The French Supreme Court quashes the Paris Court of Appeal’s and the French Competition Authority’s decisions on a case regarding the exclusive retail of a mobile phone (Orange / Apple / France Télécom)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The somewhat unexpected implementation of the commitment procedure in the matter of the exclusivity granted by Apple to Orange for the distribution of the iPhone has finally not prevented - and fortunately - the case to take its judicial course. The Commercial Chamber of the Court of cassation has rendered its verdict in a ruling handed down yesterday, 16 February 2010. Having found the appeal admissible, she dismisses and quashes the appeal. for lack of a legal basis in all its provisions, the judgment delivered on 4 March 2001 in Case T-105/99 between the February 2009 by the Paris Court of Appeal, which, it will be remembered, had confirmed by reasons