{"id":11035,"date":"2026-08-03T08:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lgvavvocati.it\/?post_type=rt-service&#038;p=11035"},"modified":"2026-11-03T15:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:08:38","slug":"antitrust","status":"publish","type":"rt-service","link":"https:\/\/www.lgvavvocati.it\/en\/expertise\/antitrust\/","title":{"rendered":"Antitrust"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11035\" class=\"elementor elementor-11035\" data-elementor-post-type=\"rt-service\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9d3de e-flex e-con-boxed rt-parallax-bg-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c9d3de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky_logo_enable&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a7d6a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-rt-title\" data-id=\"15a7d6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"rt-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-title-wrapper \">\r\n\t<div class=\"title-inner-wrapper ah-headline\">\r\n        \t\t<!--Top Sub Title-->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!--Main Title-->\r\n\t\t        <div class=\"wow-off fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"400ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1200ms\">\r\n            <h2 class=\"main-title title-gradient-animation no no middle \">Abusive conduct, contractual relationships, judicial protection                            <\/h2>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \r\n        <!--Description-->\r\n                    <div class=\"description wow-off fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"600ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1200ms\"><p>Antitrust law has a direct impact on companies\u2019 commercial strategies, with direct effects on distribution, licensing, marketing and cooperation agreements between companies.<\/p>\n<p>LGV Avvocati assists its clients in assessing potential restrictive agreements, abuses of a dominant position, exclusionary practices and other conduct likely to distort competition, managing relations with the relevant authorities in administrative proceedings and judicial disputes, including follow-on actions for damages arising from breaches of antitrust law.<\/p>\n<p>We also provide assistance in the assessment and drafting of exclusive and selective distribution agreements, franchising, agency, supply, co-marketing and licensing agreements, with particular attention to clauses relating to prices, territories, customers, online sales, non-competition and exclusivity, as well as in the assessment of technology transfer agreements, patent and know-how licences, research and development agreements and other forms of cooperation between undertakings.<\/p>\n<p>Particular attention is paid to the intersection between competition law and monopoly rights arising \u2014 or purportedly arising \u2014 from industrial property rights: it is not uncommon for operators with economic clout to repeatedly enforce rights \u2014 even those that are invalid \u2014 across multiple territories and on multiple fronts, with the aim of hindering the market entry of less well-resourced competitors.<\/p>\n<p>LGV Avvocati was involved in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgvavvocati.it\/en\/expertise\/ipit-litigation-adr\/\">landmark case<\/a> in which the AGCM recognised and sanctioned an instance of so-called \u2018sham litigation\u2019.<\/p><\/div>\r\n        \r\n\t        <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abusive conduct, contractual relationships, judicial protection Antitrust law has a direct impact on companies\u2019 commercial strategies, with direct effects on distribution, licensing, marketing and cooperation agreements between companies. 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