Sø-og Handelsretten: Axel Kaufmann ApS mod Konkurrencerådet

Sø- og Handelsretten afgjort, at det var i strid med konkurrencereglerne, da tøjforhandlerne Hugo Boss og Kaufmann udvekslede oplysninger om blandt andet udsalgspriser. Desuden har Hugo Boss ulovligt udvekslet oplysninger med tøjforhandleren Ginsborg i en tilsvarende sag.

Hent afgørelse Læs pressemeddelelse 
Lucene.Net.Store.LockObtainFailedException: Lock obtain timed out: NativeFSLock@C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock: System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file. : 'C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock'
   at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.Lock(SafeFileHandle handle, Boolean _, Int64 position, Int64 length)
   at Lucene.Net.Store.NativeFSLock.Obtain()
 ---> System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file. : 'C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock'
   at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.Lock(SafeFileHandle handle, Boolean _, Int64 position, Int64 length)
   at Lucene.Net.Store.NativeFSLock.Obtain()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Lucene.Net.Store.Lock.Obtain(Int64 lockWaitTimeout)
   at Lucene.Net.Index.IndexWriter..ctor(Directory d, IndexWriterConfig conf)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriterWithOpenMode(Directory d, OpenMode openMode)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriter(Directory d)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriterWithLockCheck()
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.get_IndexWriter()
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateSearcher()
   at System.Lazy`1.ViaFactory(LazyThreadSafetyMode mode)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue()
   at KFST.Umbraco.Components.Templates.RulingStatusDetails.RulingStatusDetailsSpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.GetStatus(String caseComplexId) in /src/src/KFST.Umbraco/Components/Templates/RulingStatusDetails/RulingStatusDetailsSpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.cs:line 59
   at KFST.Umbraco.Components.Templates.RulingStatusDetails.RulingStatusDetailsSpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.Invoke(RulingStatusDetailsSpot model, String viewPath) in /src/src/KFST.Umbraco/Components/Templates/RulingStatusDetails/RulingStatusDetailsSpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.cs:line 46
   at lambda_method4037(Closure, Object, Object[])
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeSyncCore(ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object component, ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeAsync(ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeAsync(ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentHelper.InvokeCoreAsync(ViewComponentDescriptor descriptor, Object arguments)
   at AspNetCore.Views_Partials_grid_editors_base.ExecuteAsync() in C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\1.3.0.571\Views\Partials\grid\editors\base.cshtml:line 14

Sø- og Handelsretten har stadfæstet Konkurrencerådets afgørelse i to sager om ulovlig udveksling af informationer. I den ene sag har Hugo Boss og tøjforhandleren Kaufmann udvekslet oplysninger om priser, rabatter og mængder, og i den anden sag er tilsvarende oplysninger udvekslet mellem Hugo Boss og tøjforhandleren Ginsborg.

Hugo Boss sælger Boss-produkter i egne butikker og leverer samtidig Boss-produkter til blandt andet Kaufmanns og Ginsborgs butikker.

Hugo Boss og Kaufmann har udvekslet informationer om priser med videre fra januar 2014 til november 2017. Hugo Boss og Ginsborg har udvekslet informationer fra december 2014 til april 2018.

Konkurrencerådet afgjorde sagerne i 2020. Hugo Boss og Kaufmann ankede Konkurrencerådets afgørelse til Konkurrenceankenævnet, mens Ginsborg valgte ikke at anke. I 2021 stadfæstede Konkurrenceankenævnet de to rådsafgørelser, som blev anket videre til Sø- og Handelsretten, der nu ligeledes har stadfæstet Konkurrencerådets afgørelse.

Konkurrencerådet har anmeldt overtrædelserne til National enhed for Særlig Kriminalitet (NSK) med henblik på en strafferetlig forfølgelse.

Lucene.Net.Store.LockObtainFailedException: Lock obtain timed out: NativeFSLock@C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock: System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file. : 'C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock'
   at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.Lock(SafeFileHandle handle, Boolean _, Int64 position, Int64 length)
   at Lucene.Net.Store.NativeFSLock.Obtain()
 ---> System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file. : 'C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\shared\u13\RulingNewIndex\write.lock'
   at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.Lock(SafeFileHandle handle, Boolean _, Int64 position, Int64 length)
   at Lucene.Net.Store.NativeFSLock.Obtain()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Lucene.Net.Store.Lock.Obtain(Int64 lockWaitTimeout)
   at Lucene.Net.Index.IndexWriter..ctor(Directory d, IndexWriterConfig conf)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriterWithOpenMode(Directory d, OpenMode openMode)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriter(Directory d)
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateIndexWriterWithLockCheck()
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.get_IndexWriter()
   at Examine.Lucene.Providers.LuceneIndex.CreateSearcher()
   at System.Lazy`1.ViaFactory(LazyThreadSafetyMode mode)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue()
   at KFST.Umbraco.Components.Templates.AppealHistory.AppealHistorySpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.GetModelForNewDocType(AppealHistorySpot model, Pages_structuredContent_rulingItemNew rulingItem) in /src/src/KFST.Umbraco/Components/Templates/AppealHistory/AppealHistorySpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.cs:line 92
   at KFST.Umbraco.Components.Templates.AppealHistory.AppealHistorySpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.Invoke(AppealHistorySpot model, String viewPath) in /src/src/KFST.Umbraco/Components/Templates/AppealHistory/AppealHistorySpotDocTypeGridEditorViewComponent.cs:line 39
   at lambda_method1543(Closure, Object, Object[])
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeSyncCore(ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object component, ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeAsync(ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeAsync(ViewComponentContext context)
   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentHelper.InvokeCoreAsync(ViewComponentDescriptor descriptor, Object arguments)
   at AspNetCore.Views_Partials_grid_editors_base.ExecuteAsync() in C:\Octopus\Applications\KFST.Production\KFST\1.3.0.571\Views\Partials\grid\editors\base.cshtml:line 14