TFL Vsebine / Pravni letopis

Nelojalna konkurenca kot oblika prepovedanega nastopanja na trgu je urejena z določbami ZVK, ki so še ostale v veljavi. Udeleženci na trgu pa se v pravdnih postopkih še vedno pogosto sklicujejo na ta institut kot podlago svojih zahtevkov. Tožniki navedeno podlago zelo pogosto kombinirajo z zahtevki v povezavi s kršitvami pravic, ki so urejene v okviru ZIL-1. Verjetno je razlog v primerljivosti zahtevkov na podlagi 26. člena ZVK in na podlagi 121. člena ZIL-1. Za zavarovanje položaja, ki je ogrožen zaradi nepoštenega nastopanja posameznega udeleženca na trgu, so na voljo tako ukrepi v obliki začasnih odredb sodišča kot tudi ukrepi inšpekcijskih organov, pri čemer pa je inšpekcijskemu organu omogočeno, da poseže v ta razmerja že ob predpostavki, da je vložena tožba zaradi nelojalne konkurence. Zato se zastavlja vprašanje, ali je tako nizek prag dopustnosti takšnih posegov skladen z Ustavo.

Unfair competition as a way of appearing on the market, is regulated with the provisions Protection of competition act (ZVK), that are still in force. The participants on the market, when in litigation, still refer to this institute as a basis for their claims. Plaintiffs often combine the abovementioned basis with the applications, in connection with the violation of the rights, that are regulated under Industrial property act (ZIL-1). The reason is most likely the comparability of the claims, according to the article 26 of ZVK, on the basis of the article 121 of ZIL-1. To protect the position, that has been threatened as a result of unfair appearing of the individual participant on the market, there are measures available, either in form of a temporary injunction of the court, as well as measures of inspection bodies, wherein it is allowed the inspection body to intervene in the relationships, alone under the assumption that there was an action filed due to unfair competition. Therefor it appears a question whether such a tolerance of admissibility is consistent with the constitution.

Enforcement of Claims Based on Unfair Competition – Case Law