Right Misleading advertising on KISS syndrome

08/27/2014

The Higher Regional Court Dusseldorf has considered a verdict in a case advertising statements on the subjects "KISS syndrome" and "KIDD syndrome" inadmissible.

The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (Ref. I-20 U 107/13) has decided that the application for a therapy for children under one “KISS”- or. “KIDD”-Syndrome, in this case misleading and therefore unfair.

The advertisement of the physiotherapist reproduced in the verdict of the judgment, which describes a symptomatology as well as a therapy success on his own child, is not supported by scientific findings, so that an inadmissible efficacy statement is made. In addition, the therapy is controversial conventional medicine. The full text of the decision is HERE.

The BDH offers its members support from the legal expert Heinz-Georg Bramhoff to prevent cases like those described in their own practice. (Pm)

Picture credits: Michael Grabscheit