30.10.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 369/9
Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2017 — Contact Software v Commission
(Case T-751/15) (1)
((Competition - Abuse of a dominant position - Markets for computer-aided design software and for interface information about that software - Decision to reject a complaint - Relevant market - Manifest error of assessment - No EU interest))
(2017/C 369/12)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Contact Software GmbH (Bremen, Germany) (represented by: J.-M. Schultze, S. Pautke and C. Ehlenz, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Vollrath, I. Zaloguin and L. Wildpanner, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Dassault systèmes (Vélizy-Villacoublay, France) (represented by: R. Snelders, lawyer, and J. Messent, Barrister)
Re:
Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2015) 7006 final of 9 October 2015 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant regarding infringements of Article 102 TFEU allegedly committed by Dassault systèmes and Parametric Technology Corp. on certain markets for computer-aided design software and certain markets for interface information about that software (Case COMP/39846 — Contact/Dassault & Parametric).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Contact Software GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of the European Commission;
3.
Orders Dassault systèmes to bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 68, 22.2.2016.
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