Year: 2022

As a lawyer in the field of IT, competition law, copyright law, cease-and-desist letters and preliminary injunctions are actually commonplace, and yet you still come ...

The German government has introduced a new bill to strengthen fair competition, which could help small and medium-sized companies in particular, as well as small ...

As it currently looks, a § 126a will probably soon be added to the penal code. This shall read as follows:   Offering services to ...

Updates to EU consumer protection rules to improve ranking transparency in online marketplaces and combat double quality of products were adopted by MEPs on Wednesday. ...

With a 10-month delay, Directive (EU) 2016/943 on the protection of confidential know-how and confidential business information against unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure (EU Secrecy ...

After the current rulings around influencers, which I have summarized a little in this post, I received a few questions and comments that you would ...

If a police trainee posts videos on the Internet that give the impression of fraudulent behavior, this justifies doubts about his character suitability for police ...

The Administrative Court of Berlin has ruled in two summary proceedings that two students in a tenth grade class of an integrated comprehensive school in ...

The EU Parliament has approved the more than controversial copyright reform. This includes Article13 and #Article11 and thus makes the upload filters possible, even if ...

So slowly, the issue of influencers and surreptitious advertising is accumulating a considerable amount of court decisions. An overview of all posts about this on ...

Actually, the behaviors when you receive a warning under competition law are always the same. A summary can be found here. The warning should always ...

Update: Please note this info. The copyright reform was passed last week. Due to these regulations, major streaming services and video hosts such as YouTube, ...

In its meeting today, the Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media (KJM) determined that the Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia-Dienstleister e.V. (Voluntary Self-Monitoring of ...

Sometimes I feel like I'm too good for this world. I could perhaps make more money from it if I issued more warnings of my ...

An 18-year-old applicant from the Düren district had applied for recruitment to the senior police civil service as of September 1, 2019. The police refused ...

As of May 25, 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, on the protection of individuals ...

Actually, I try to keep the blog here relatively free of political topics, because otherwise you get bogged down with the content. But since influencers, ...

Yesterday I took advantage of a too hot office and gave the website a makeover. The focus is now more clearly on articles and news. ...

After Axel Springer failed with its own lawsuit, based on competition law claims, at the Federal Court of Justice(some information here), the publisher has now ...

There could soon be a ruling by the European Court of Justice that could startle German website providers who have so far complied with Section ...