Year: 2022

As a self-confessed "Lord of the Rings" fan, I simply had to post a blog article on a recent decision by the Munich Regional Court. ...

BaFin clarifies in a current information letter that securities services companies are not allowed to use dark patterns in trading apps or trading portals. Dark ...

The operator of a fan page maintained on Facebook may be required to shut down its fan page if the digital infrastructure provided by Facebook ...

The First Civil Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible for competition law among other things, currently has to rule on ...

Today, the Digital Services Act came into force and will apply in all EU countries from February 17, 2024. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) was ...

The Lower Saxony Regional Labor Court has ruled that video recordings cannot be used to prove working time fraud. A corresponding termination would be inadmissible ...

Advertising with the "climate neutral" logo can have a significant impact on consumers' purchasing decisions. Basic circumstances of the climate neutrality claimed by the company ...

Since July 1, 2022, companies operating in Germany (not only resident!!) must offer the so-called cancellation button on their websites. This is intended to reduce ...

The German Federal Supreme Court has ruled that Internet retailers do not have to inform consumers in more detail about the manufacturer's warranty for an ...

Since I, as an almost 100% contract lawyer, also frequently draft asset deals, a recent ruling by the Regional Court of Cologne is very interesting. ...

Presumably the final version of MiCAR can currently be found here. This is really a lot of reading material and currently numerous colleagues in the ...

The owner of the trademark "Black Friday" has failed in her attempt to prevent the cancellation of the disputed word mark. The "Black Friday" trademark ...

The VIII Civil Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, among other things, for the law of sales. Civil Senate of ...

What exactly NFTs (or digital assets) are is still a matter of considerable dispute among legal experts. And it sometimes seems as if not only ...

The topic of metaverse is currently on everyone's lips. Many companies are developing metaverse scenarios or corresponding products, and the press is abuzz with the ...

I haven't gotten around to writing regular blog posts in a while. The reason for this is that I have been involved in numerous larger ...

Introduction In Germany, startups still try to finance themselves in the classic way: Business Angel, capital from Friends & Family, a lot of work and ...

Behind the term metaverse is a digital world controlled, shaped and lived by real individuals. What sounds to many like the stuff of a science ...

In the last two months it was a bit quieter on the blog and the website. The main reason is that I am involved in ...

Children and young people in particular are drawn to screens, with never-ending online games that involve meeting friends virtually often posing the risk of excessive ...