Justice: Dispute over eye screening - court examines dm offer
The pharmacy chain dm has been offering eye screenings in branches for just over a year. Now the Karlsruhe Regional Court is checking whether the offer is legally permissible.
The German competition watchdog, Wettbewerbszentrale, is taking legal action against dm, a drugstore chain, over its eye screening service offered in selected stores for €14.95. The service, which uses artificial intelligence to check for eye diseases such as glaucoma, has been available in some dm stores for over a year. The Wettbewerbszentrale claims that the service breaches laws including the Heilpraktikergesetz, and wants dm to stop offering it, while dm argues that it is within the law as it is provided through a cooperation partner. A court hearing is set to take place at the Landgericht Karlsruhe today.
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