Germany: Sovereign Immunity: Public Sector Government

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The Scope Of The Relevant Geographic Market – Germany’s Federal Supreme Court Opens the Border
With its decision of 5 October 2004 the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court) of Germany (the "Court") has abandoned its decisional practice that the scope of a product market due to legal principles is geographically limited to the territory of Germany. In its decision the Court recognizes the concept of market definition based on economic principles and acknowledges that product markets may be transnational.
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Mayer Brown