The EU Commission fines Nike €12.5 million for restricting cross-border sales of merchandising products
On March 25, 2019, the European Commission has fined Nike €12.5 million for banning traders from selling licensed merchandise to other countries within the EEA. The restriction concerned merchandising products of some of Europe’s best-known football clubs and federations, for which Nike held the licence. In June 2017 the Commission opened an antitrust investigation into…