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Court success for leather industry in Germany

German leather industry association VDL has won an important court case. It successfully challenged a company’s use of the term ‘leather’ in products made from synthetic material. Under competition laws in Germany, some trade associations have the authority to issue legal warnings to companies whose marketing messages are likely ...

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