Legal analysis and finding solutions to the DOSB expert opinion on esport
What is it all about? Currently, the report commissioned by the DOSB to assess whether esport can be regarded as a sport is making a…
Month: August 2019
Make participation in the competition dependent on advertising?
The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main recently ruled that in a case where participation in a competition is subject to consent to future…
ElektroG: Missing ton symbol on product = anti-competitive
The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main has ruled that the lack of a picture of the indication of the ElectroG, on the packaging…
Streamer/YouTuber/Influencer and the Imprint Obligation
At the end of the day, there is no question that as a streamer, YouTuber or other influencer you have to comply with the imprint…
Unauthorised rental via AirBnB: 6,000 Euro fine
The rental of an apartment without permission to use the apartment as an apartment via Airbnb, here for violation of the Hessian Housing Supervision Act,…
Callback option and other chat options
Since 99% of my clients come to me with digital topics, my law firm is of course as digital as possible, from file keeping to…
False gold bars may also be sold on Ebay
The issue of Ebay has become a collection of court decisions. An interesting decision is currently being made by the District Court of Augsburg, which…
Revocation instruction must include address
On the subject of “loadable address”, information in the imprint but also information in the revocation declaration, I have already published some contents here in…
Double trademark application = bad faith?
The European Trademark Office, EUIPO, is currently making an interesting decision concerning the current legal construct of bad faith in European trademark law, which is…
The King and the Two Sons or “Self-Employment as a Lawyer”
Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend/colleague about the job, the future and life, how our careers have changed and how other people pretend…
LG Köln to cancel the right of withdrawal for digital downloads
Millions of Android phone users download files or apps from Google’s Play Store. However, the Regional Court of Cologne has now ruled in favour of…
USK and the guidelines on swastikas in games
The discussion around the question of whether and under what conditions swastikas are allowed in computer games is in full swing again. See only this…
Statement “reopening” requires actual closure
Misleading statements are a regular candidate when it is asked whether there has been a breach of the UWG. And as with so many questions,…
Even true statements about competitors only possible to a limited extent!
On Friday I published an article on statements on websites and the risk of misinformation, see here, which has received quite a lot of attention.…
Expression or statement of fact? The Dangers of Content Producers
The problem Freedom of the press is a great asset in the Federal Republic of Germany and we can all be thankful to our parents/grandparents…
OLG Frankfurt corrects LG Frankfurt in influencer case law
In April, the district court of Frankfurt am Main had rejected the issuing of an injunction against an Instagram influencer because there would be no…
Free software also enjoys copyright
Time and again you can see that it is believed that free software, especially shareware or freeware, can be packed on your own servers/websites, as…
Limitation of esport player contracts? *Update*
Player contracts On the subject of player contracts, I have already written a lot here on the blog, starting with the absolutely necessary content in…
OLG Köln makes extensive claim for information under GDPR
In a judgment of 26.07.2019, the OLG Köln interpreted the right to information from the General Data Protection Regulation very broadly. Even if the judgment…
Esport Teams and Streamers: Free Confidentiality Agreement
Since someone pointed me out today about a download error in my shop, I cleaned up a little bit there and also made all the…