Health claims for botanicals - is anything changing?
Nach der Vorlage des dBGH zu I ZR 109/22 ist ein Vorabentscheidungsverfahren beim EuGH zu C-386/23 anhängig, bei welchem vor kurzem die Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts veröffentlicht wurden. Nachstehend möchte ich dies kurz beleuchten und versuchen, einen Ausblick zu geben. Der Text ist möglichst einfach gehalten und ich spare mir ausufernde Zitate. Die Juristen mögen mir [...]
Liability of the platform operator for breach of labeling obligations
OLG Frankfurt, Decision from 21.12.2023, 6 U 154/22 –Liability of the platform operator for breach of labeling obligations. Several sellers have offered a soy drink on the Amazon sales platform and illegally referred to it as "soy milk". The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt confirmed the first-instance judgment of the Regional Court of Frankfurt and stated that a platform operator has a duty of review. The prerequisite for liability under the UWG is the [...]
Request for a preliminary ruling on cross-border healthcare
Supreme Court, 4 Ob 20/23d, Request for a preliminary ruling from 25.1.2024 – Cross-border healthcare. A lawsuit brought by the Austrian Dental Association against a dentist in Austria leads to extensive questions in the context of a request for preliminary ruling by the Austrian Supreme Court to the ECJ: The Austrian Chamber of Dentists sought an interim injunction to prohibit the Austrian dentist from directly or indirectly participating in dental activities performed in Austria by foreign companies [...]
Legality of online sales of non-prescription medicines: status of a pharmacist required?
CJEU, judgment of 29.2.2024, C-606/21 - Legality of online sales of non-prescription medicinal products: status of a pharmacist required? The CJEU recently had to deal with the exciting question of the extent to which suppliers who do not have the status of pharmacist may still offer over-the-counter medicines for sale online. The Paris Court of Appeal suspended the main proceedings and referred questions to the Court for a preliminary ruling. [...]