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China's Zhejiang court upholds Gongniu sales restrictions on lack of antitrust proof

By MLex Staff ( August 18, 2025, 08:04 GMT | Insight) -- Gongniu Group’s distribution contract containing vertical non-price restrictions withstood judicial scrutiny after a Chinese court found a distributor failed to provide sufficient evidence that the clause violated competition law, MLex has learned. Notably, the court held that even if the contract’s territorial restrictions were found to breach mandatory provisions of laws or administrative regulations, that would not automatically render the contract invalid. Gongniu Group’s distribution contract containing vertical non-price restrictions withstood judicial scrutiny after a Chinese court found a distributor failed to provide sufficient evidence that the clause violated competition law, MLex has learned....

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