Unfair practices: The Cour of cassation refers to the distinction between unfair competition and counterfeiting to clarify the purpose of the two actions (Milo/EDF et GDF)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Cass. com, 11.09.12, Milo v. EDF and GDF, No 11-21.322 The Commercial Chamber of the Court of Cassation returned, in its judgment of 11 September 2012, to the thorny issue of the distinction between counterfeiting and unfair competition, while adding contractual civil liability to the elements that are the subject of the confrontation. In this case, a company had transferred to an electricity distributor a method designed to detect high-potential executives and