Rättspraxis

  • Uppgifter om ärendet
    • Nationellt id-nummer: MD 2010:31
    • Medlemsstat: Sverige
    • Vedertaget namn:N/A
    • Beslutstyp: Domstolsbeslut överklagat
    • Beslutsdatum: 22/12/2010
    • Domstol: Marknadsdomstolen (Stockholm)
    • Ämne:
    • Kärande: The Consumer Ombudsman
    • Svarande: Tanglin Asset Management AB
    • Nyckelord: communication medium, financial services, investments, risk
  • Direktivartiklar
    Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 1, Article 7, 1. Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 1, Article 7, 3.
  • Huvudanmärkning
    (1) The use of a banner which redirects the consumer to the website of a trader, constitutes a commercial practice.

    (2) The omission to display mandatory information required by law in a banner, constitutes an unfair commercial practice.

  • Omständigheter
    The defendant, an asset management company, rented a banner on a third party webpage which was linked to the defendants' webpage. The banner displayed limited information concerning the defendants investment services. In the event the consumers clicked on the banner, they where redirected to the defendant's webpage, on which all information required by law was available.

    The plaintiff, however, stated that the limited information displayed on the banner was misleading. It requested that the defendant would also display all mandatory information in the banner as required by law, e.g. information regarding risk.

  • Juridisk fråga
    (1) Does the use of a banner which redirects the consumer to the website of a trader, constitute a commercial practice?

    (2) If so, does the omission to display mandatory information required by law in a banner, constitute an unfair commercial practice?

  • Beslut

    (1) The court first assessed whether the use of a banner could be considered as a marketing practice.

    The court first that the banner's primary function was to provide a link to the defendant's webpage. However, the court considered, the banner equally contained commercial information recommending the defendant's investment services. As a result, the use of the banner should be considered a commercial practice as a form of marketing.

    (2) According to the court, each single marketing unit must contain the necessary information as required by law. As a result, the banner in question should have contained information regarding the risks related to with the defendant's investment services.

    URL: http://www.marknadsdomstolen.se/avgoranden/avgoranden2010/Dom2010-31.pdf

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  • Resultat
    The commercial practice was found to constitute an unfair commercial practice and the plaintiff was granted its request.