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LG Munich: The gold of the gold hare can be protected under trademark law
An interesting decision on trademark law has been taken by the Regional Court of Munich. After Lindt fought and lost...
Read moreDetailsBrexit and the .eu domains
Even if you might think that .eu domains are not really very important, their distribution in Europe was quite high with 3-4 million registered addresses. However, British nationals and British companies (and therefore also a company trading as a limited company, for example) will no longer have the right to use them after Brexit. According to the latest statement from the responsible registrar, domains with Whois addresses in the UK will become inactive on May 30, 2019. The domains can be reactivated for up to one year, after which they will return to the free market. Even if the domain is only used to redirect to another domain and British WHOIS data has been stored there for whatever reason, this could lead to unpleasant effects from free riders or domain traders, which then have to be painstakingly removed with the help of trademark law. Incidentally, this also affects companies based in territories associated with the UK, such as Gibraltar.
Author: Marian Härtel
Marian Härtel ist Rechtsanwalt und Fachanwalt für IT-Recht mit einer über 25-jährigen Erfahrung als Unternehmer und Berater in den Bereichen Games, E-Sport, Blockchain, SaaS und Künstliche Intelligenz. Seine Beratungsschwerpunkte umfassen neben dem IT-Recht insbesondere das Urheberrecht, Medienrecht sowie Wettbewerbsrecht. Er betreut schwerpunktmäßig Start-ups, Agenturen und Influencer, die er in strategischen Fragen, komplexen Vertragsangelegenheiten sowie bei Investitionsprojekten begleitet. Dabei zeichnet sich seine Beratung durch einen interdisziplinären Ansatz aus, der juristische Expertise und langjährige unternehmerische Erfahrung miteinander verbindet. Ziel seiner Tätigkeit ist stets, Mandanten praxisorientierte Lösungen anzubieten und rechtlich fundierte Unterstützung bei der Umsetzung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle zu gewährleisten.
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