By MLex Staff ( October 20, 2026, 08:17 GMT | Insight) -- China's Supreme People's Court has clarified that vertical agreements with ancillary clauses addressing competition between the parties should, in principle, still be assessed under the framework for vertical monopoly agreements. It upheld the dismissal of a probiotics manufacturer's challenge to an online sales ban, finding that the clauses did not change the agreement's overall vertical character.China's Supreme People's Court has clarified that vertical agreements with ancillary clauses addressing competition between the parties should, in principle, still be assessed under the framework for vertical monopoly agreements....
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