Commercial Litigation

Stibbe has been advising one of the largest supermarket chains on consumer law questions, promotional activities, product regulation and labelling, product recalls, product liability, litigation, and competition law questions.

Stibbe has been assisting a major telecommunications operator in various unfair competition matters, including procedures against competitors on misleading advertising and the sale via agents of various promotional actions.

We assisted Makro in investigations by administrative authorities and in court procedures regarding price indications, dual offers, product regulation as well as trade practices procedures involving promotions, games and competitions, and parallel trade.

Stibbe represented Geberit, a leading producer of sanitary systems, in unfair competition law procedures, injunction procedures, preliminary procedures, and seizure procedures.

Stibbe assisted a foodstuff producer in the context of unlawful claims relating to baby food and in the context of water and environmental claims regarding the use of plastic bottles.

Stibbe assisted a national industry association and several beverage producers in a litigation case against Sodastream for misleading and comparative advertising.