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Month: September 2019
Consent to photo publishing by parents limited in time!
The Landgericht Frankfurt has delivered an interesting judgment concerning the right to publish photographs, in which the plaintiff has a claim for an injunction under…
Threat to publish nude images is a criminal offence
The OLG Hamm has decided that it would constitute a sexual coercion within the meaning of Section 177 of the German Criminal Code (StGB) if…
In case of credit card payment: Always cancel any cancellation receipt!
The District Court of Frankfurt am Main has ruled that bank customers have no claim for compensation against the bank in the event of misuse…
ITMediaLaw as AMP version
As more and more people also visit my homepage and my more than 1200 articles on mobile devices, view it and send me contact requests…
Consumer protection and computer games in Italy
The following article was originally written by Andrea Rizzi of www.insightlegal.it and will be published here in German and in an adapted version. The Italian…
Is it allowed to reproduce Italian cultural monuments in our own works?
The following article was originally written by Andrea Rizzi of www.insightlegal.it and will be published here in German and in an adapted version. The Italian…
No advertising with a manufacturer’s warranty = no information required?
Until now, one of the biggest warning risks was when online retailers did not inform about warranty conditions of products that sold them (see e.g.…
New age rating for computer games in Italy; all the information!
The following article was originally written by Andrea Rizzi of www.insightlegal.it and published by me here on the blog in German. Italy has recently published…
Google doesn’t have to remove illegal search results worldwide
The ECJ has ruled that Google is not obliged to make a delisting in all versions of its search engine, but is obliged to carry…
Hangover is a disease? Attention to advertising statements
A hangover is a disease. Advertising statements that a dietary supplement is intended to prevent or reduce its consequences for alcohol is contrary to the…
Establish a professional esports team? A few hints
What is it all about? Both as a lawyer and as a management consultant, I have coached some esports teams and helped start-ups to take…
Invoice for fake order? BGH says: Is anti-competitive
The Federal Court of Justice has passed a judgment that could well have the potential to cause headaches for many online retailers and providers of…
Dealers on online marketplaces; 1.10.2019 and 22f UStG
Many online retailers still do not seem to have noticed that an important deadline expires on 1 October 2019, i.e. in less than 2 weeks,…
France: Steam must allow resale of games
Steam and other video game license providers are currently under pressure in Europe to violate the Geoblocking Regulation(see this article). Now there is more “trouble”…
“Black Friday” as a trademark to be deleted?
On 26 September 2019, the Federal Patent Court in Munich will hear the deletion of the controversial trade mark ‘Black Friday’ (file number: 30 W…
“Dirty cunt” is permissible expression on Facebook
Today seems to be the day when I am upset about certain judgments. I’m probably making some decisions at least as emotional as a certain…
Data protection is compliance – catalogue of fines is coming?
Currently, many, especially startups, when they hear “privacy”, only see the fact “Oh, I still have to surf the generator for privacy declarations”. This topic…
BGH on the OS-Link (EU Dispute Settlement Platform)
Now and then, as a lawyer, I suspect that colleagues and courts are too boring when they decide on legal priorities in everyday life. There…
Streamer/Influencer: Address of the agency/manager in the imprint?
Imprint obligation quo vadis? I have already written a lot about the imprint obligation here on the blog. Most of the information should be found…