1529/7/7/22 Elisabetta Sciallis v Korg (UK) Limited and Korg Inc.

Application by Elisabetta Sciallis to commence collective proceedings under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998 against (1) Korg (UK) Limited and (2) Korg Inc.. The proposed collective proceedings would combine a mixture of standalone claims and follow on claims for damages and are claims for breaches of section 2(1) of the Competition Act 1998 and/or Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as determined by the Competition and Markets Authority in a settlement decision dated 29 June 2020 in Case 50565-4: Online resale price maintenance in the synthesizer and hi-tech sector (the “CMA Decision”) and by relying on findings of fact and evidence cited in the CMA Decision in respect of the sale of synthesizers and certain other hi-tech musical products.