France

• Annulment of the franchise agreement and sharing of liability between the franchisor and the franchisee
• Failure to achieve sales targets does not justify the termination of a commercial relationship without notice
• Franchise relationship and customer files
• Publication of the Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets

United Kingdom

• Nivea stubs out tobacco brand of same name
• The Geo-blocking Regulation – a DSM success?

Germany

• Commercial Agency: Indemnity even for termination in trial period?
• Digital Retail – Restricting online sales
• Overview on the action by stages (Stufenklage) in German Distribution Law

Netherlands

• Influence of the European Code of Ethics for Franchising on obligations of the franchisor
• Adwords: using your competitor’s trade mark in a comparative advertisement

Contributors to the Newsletter:
France: Grégoire Toulouse, Myriam Berger, Fanny Levy, Mathias Kuhn, Noémie Vincent,
Germany: Dr. Heiko Franke, Dr. Benedikt Rohrßen
UK: Tom Hooper, Louisa Penny
Netherlands: Vera Jurgens, Annemijn Schipper