Brussels, 18/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - On 18 November, the Court of Justice delivered a mixed ruling, one much less categorical than the opinion by Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi in Case C-159/09 (see EUROPE 10210) on the legality of advertising comparing food products on price alone.
The Court had to respond to the Bourges trade court (France) in a case between two companies, Lidl SNC and Vierzon Distribution SA (trading under the name Leclerc). Vierzon published advertising comparing...