OnSSI has withdrawn its lawsuit from US courts, but the fight is far from done.
In this note, we examine what is happening, digging into the 2009 Milestone / ONSSI OEM agreement and how that impacts the market.
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Milestone A/S is an European company. According to EU-laws I am really wondering how a term in a contract could be legal preventing other competitors from making business with ONSII ?
1, that's an interesting point. We do not know enough about EU law to offer a meaningful comment.
All this over a space bar...