Judgment of the Regional Court of Dortmund in case 19 O 197/26 (Kart) dated 31 August 2026

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1. 31 August 2026Germany

   31 August 2026Germany

   Judgment of the Regional Court of Dortmund in case 19 O 197/26 (Kart) dated 31 August 2026

   Regional Court of Dortmund

   Case no.

   19 O 197/26 (Kart)

   Decision summary

   The court rejected the application for an interim injunction seeking reinstatement of the applicant's platform account and an order preventing renewed suspension on the same grounds. It held that the asserted competition and unfair-trading claims were not established and ordered the applicant to bear the costs.

   Participants

   Application

   Application to lift platform account suspension — Denied

   Application

   Application to restrain renewed suspension on the same grounds — Denied

   Anonymized applicant

   Anonymized respondent

   Regional Court of Dortmund

   Authorities cited

   21

   • German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB)
     statute
   • German Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG)
     statute
   • German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO)
     statute
   • German Courts Constitution Act (GVG)
     statute
   • Brussels I Recast Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012)
     regulation
   • Rome II Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 864/2007)
     regulation
   • Platform-to-Business Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/1150)
     regulation
   • Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065)
     regulation
   • Digital Markets Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/1925)
     regulation
   • Court of Justice of the European Union, NJW 2014, 1648 (CJEU, NJW 2014, 1648)
     case law
   • Court of Justice of the European Union, NJW 2021, 144 (CJEU, NJW 2021, 144)
     case law
   • Federal Court of Justice, KVB 56/22 (BGH, decision of 23 April 2024, KVB 56/22, GRUR-RS 2024, 8950)
     case law
   • Federal Court of Justice, GRUR 2026, 733 (BGH, GRUR 2026, 733)
     case law
   • Federal Court of Justice, ZUM-RD 2021, 612 (BGH, ZUM-RD 2021, 612)
     case law
   • Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, NZKart 2025, 262 (OLG Düsseldorf, NZKart 2025, 262)
     case law
   • Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, VI-U (Kart) 2/24 (OLG Düsseldorf, judgment of 2 April 2025, VI-U (Kart) 2/24, NZKart 2025, 667)
     case law
   • Higher Regional Court of Munich, GRUR-RS 2026, 5235 (OLG München, GRUR-RS 2026, 5235)
     case law
   • Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg, IPRax 2006, 468 (OLG Nürnberg, IPRax 2006, 468)
     case law
   • Higher Regional Court of Brandenburg, MMR 2009, 262 (OLG Brandenburg, MMR 2009, 262)
     case law
   • Higher Regional Court of Brandenburg, GRUR-RS 2022, 19981 (OLG Brandenburg, GRUR-RS 2022, 19981)
     case law
   • European Commission Decision C(2023) 6104 of 5 September 2023
     case law