In 1990, Tiercé Ladbroke, the Belgian subsidiary of Ladbroke Group, the largest bookmaker in the United Kingdom, lodged a complaint
with the Commission alleging that Articles 85 and 86 of the EEC Treaty had been infringed by: (a) GIE Pari Mutuel Urbain ("PMU"), a body running a totalizator betting system which was set up under French law by the ten racecourse organizers in France, the sociétés de courses; (b) the ten société de courses themselves; (c) Pari Mutuel International SA (PMI), a subsidiary of PMU set up to manage its rights abroad; (d) Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof GmbH Co ("DSV"), Cologne, which is PMU's sublicensee in G
...[+++]ermany. 1. The ten sociétés de courses hold the intellectual property rights to the races they organize; Ladbroke claimed that they had infringed Article 86 of the EEC Treaty by refusing to supply Tiercé Ladbroke in Belgium with television coverage of French races comprising sound, pictures and commentary.In 1990 diende Tiercé Ladbroke (Belgische dochteronderneming van het grootste Engelse bookmak
ersconcern) bij de Commissie klacht wegens overtreding van de artikelen 85 en 86 van het EEG-Verdrag in tegen : - het economisch samenwerkingsverband Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) (instelling die weddenschappen aanneemt en die door de 10 Franse organisatoren van harddraverijen en paardenrennen naar Frans recht is opgericht), - de 10 organisatoren van harddraverijen en paardenrennen zelf, - Pari Mutuel International S.A (PMI) (dochteronderneming van PMU die belast is met de exploitatie van zijn rechten in het buitenland), - Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt S
...[+++]toof GmbH (DSV) van Keulen (onderlicentiehouder van PMU in Duitsland).