{"id":67975,"date":"2016-06-21T06:25:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T04:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/?p=67975"},"modified":"2024-10-21T12:10:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:10:19","slug":"lhr-obtains-preliminary-injunction-against-used-software-dealer-before-cologne-regional-court-due-to-non-binding-price-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/magazine-en\/competition-law-antitrust-law\/lhr-obtains-preliminary-injunction-against-used-software-dealer-before-cologne-regional-court-due-to-non-binding-price-recommendation\/","title":{"rendered":"LHR obtains preliminary injunction against used software dealer before Cologne Regional Court due to \u2018non-binding price recommendation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a9 Coloures-pic \u2013 Fotolia.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n[:de]What do you mean by \u2018RRP\u2019? And is there an \u2018EIA\u2019 for used software? These questions were part of our proceedings for interim relief. <\/em><\/p>\n

At the request of Lampmann, Haberkamm & Rosenbaum Rechtsanw\u00e4lte (LHR), the Regional Court of Cologne (Regional Court of Cologne, decision of 14 June 2016, case no. 31 O 183\/16<\/a>) issued a unilateral injunction against a retailer of “used\u2019 software<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This prohibits retailers from advertising \u2018used\u2019 and \/ or \u2018OEM\u2019 software with prices that are set against a higher price, which is referred to as the \u2018RRP\u2019.<\/p>\n

In the event of infringement, a fine of up to \u20ac 250,000 or up to six months’ imprisonment may be imposed.<\/p>\n

The decision has been issued by way of a ruling. A final decision is reserved for proceedings on the merits. Unless the retailer recognises the ruling as a final ruling.<\/p>\n

Misleading price advertising<\/h2>\n

The Cologne Regional Court thus followed the client’s argument that the specific price advertising was misleading. \u2018RRP\u2019 is generally understood and used as an abbreviation for \u201cnon-binding sales price\u201d or \u201crecommended retail price\u201d. The recommended retail price is the price recommended by the manufacturer, importer or wholesaler as the resale price to the customer.<\/p>\n

However, Microsoft or the original equipment manufacturer does not have such a price recommendation with regard to the \u2018used software\u2019 or \u2018OEM goods\u2019 offered. This is because Microsoft does not produce the Windows versions in isolation for retail sale to end consumers. For this reason, Microsoft does not provide \u2018recommended retail prices\u2019.<\/p>\n

In addition to the claim for injunctive relief, there are claims for damages, which the represented retailer will assert in separate proceedings. (la)<\/p>\n[:]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[:de]What do you mean by \u2018RRP\u2019? And is there an \u2018EIA\u2019 for used software? These questions were part of our proceedings for interim relief. At the request of Lampmann, Haberkamm & Rosenbaum Rechtsanw\u00e4lte (LHR), the Regional Court of Cologne (Regional Court of Cologne, decision of 14 June 2016, case no. 31 O 183\/16) issued a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19455],"tags":[20289,20411,20412,20413,20414,20415],"class_list":["post-67975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-competition-law-antitrust-law","tag-misleading-advertising","tag-used","tag-used-software","tag-software-reseller","tag-rrp","tag-microsoft-en"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67976,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67975\/revisions\/67976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhr-law.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}