Damages from unfair competition

Damages for unfair competition: how to claim them

Damages from unfair competition are often a real problem for companies.

How can you protect yourself? Is it possible to get compensation from the Court?

One of the most important news cases in the electronic communications sector was handled by cassation lawyers who supported a company that was the victim of anti-competitive behavior

According to the Company's lawyer, the cassation lawyer Fulvio Sarzana di S. Ippolito of the Rome law firm, www.lidis.it who is following the compensation process, "Telecom has stubbornly refused to pursue agreed solutions to the Intratec crisis, such as the conclusion of a contract for the transfer of the company to third parties or the formalization of a restructuring agreement to which the creditor would be obliged by law in order not to aggravate the Company's debt position and avoid possible bankruptcy, with the aggravating circumstance that Telecom itself, after having proceeded with the suspension of the Intratec lines, made the link to the Alice home page available to many Intratec users, making it the first page displayed when accessing the Internet"

 

“This behavior,” Sarzana explained, “highlights, according to the Company, Telecom Italia’s real intent, namely the intention to regain market share in ADSL to the detriment of those who could compete with Telecom itself, with serious damage to the citizen consumer who found himself unable to choose the most suitable supplier and in the serious condition of being deprived of access to the Internet.”

On the delicate issue of competition in the sector and on the role of Telecom, as is known, at the end of October the Antitrust to assess whether or not the incumbent has abused its dominant position. This is clearly not a random investigation: some of Telecom's competitors speak of an "aggressive" commercial policy, based on rock-bottom offers, designed to bring back to Telecom customers who have changed operators or who intend to do so. Win-back practices that some consider illegal

 

Damages for unfair competition: how to claim them