LG Düsseldorf: “Malle” as a trademark has legal status
By judgment of 29 November 2019, the 8th Chamber of Commercial Matters of the Regional Court of Düsseldorf ruled that the proprietor of the registered…
By judgment of 29 November 2019, the 8th Chamber of Commercial Matters of the Regional Court of Düsseldorf ruled that the proprietor of the registered…
Yesterday I promised to submit a brief contribution on the subject of civil or labour liability for cheating and exploiting in esport. The article should…
With the introduction of the GDPR last year, there were numerous innovations and renaming of methods or renames. One of these is likely to be…
The problem So-called toxic behaviour is of course also a big problem in esports. But how is the whole thing to be assessed under civil…
An interesting verdict comes today from the Federal Court of Justice regarding the Network Enforcement Act. In the context of an appeal against a decision…
Confernation The right to be forgotten decision published today, supplemented by the decision of the same day ‘Right to Forget II’(see this article),concerns a dispute…
What is it all about? The decision entitled ‘Right to be forgotten II’, published today, supplemented by the decision of the same day ‘Right to…
The situation The entire industry of computer game developers in Germany is certainly pleased that the Federal Government has decided to continue to invest 50…
For a while, courts tended to suggest that someone who participated in games of chance not licensed or authorised in Germany would be entitled to…
Today at 7 p.m. the 19th Open Stage Games will take place in Stuttgart, where I will talk about typical problems in publishing contracts for…
Facts The applicant claims that Yelp is injunctive relief, determination and damages for its assessment representations. As many will know, registered users on Yelp can…
The problem The OLG Brandenburger passed an interesting, if not too surprising, verdict for it, and in the process annulled the District Court of Potsdam.…
Who is it relevant to? On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will enter into force in California, which is intended to…
The situation I have often written that, as a lawyer specialising in IT law and, in particular, as a lawyer who has a lot to…
Overview The button, which had been abolished in the meantime and was used to display “other” doctors in the immediate vicinity on the profile of…
What does data protection say about statistical tools? Are they allowed? And under what conditions? Is it enough to use anonymization options? I recently published…
The topic of how US social networks such as Twitter, Facebook or Instagram deal with German law has become increasingly controversial this year and one…
The Federal Cabinet today approved the draft law on the improvement of the protection of privacy in image recordings, presented by the Federal Minister of…
Since I always try to optimize ITMediaLaw and offer my typical clients, such as esports teams, streamers, influencers, marketing agencies or game developers, an extremely…
What is it all about? If a mobile phone company threatens its customer to block its connection in the event of non-payment of a disputed…