Internet portal must indicate commissions
As I have already outlined in this article, the train of judgments regarding the labeling of affiliates and commission payments...
Sampling may or may not infringe copyrights!
Kraftwerk's long-running trial of Moses Pelham and Martin Haas seems to be coming to an end. Today, the ECJ has...
YouTube/Twitch and swastikas in streams/videos?
Currently, there is a persistent discussion about whether videos from the game "Wolfenstein: Youngblood" can be shown in the English...
Website operators are liable for data processing of like buttons
At the end of last year, I reported that the Advocate General of the ECJ had recommended that the ECJ...
Google Play Requires Disclosure of Lootbox Probabilities
Only recently there was a lot of debate in relevant forums as to whether loot boxes should actually be regarded...
LG Munich: Affiliate links must be sufficiently identified!
Important verdict Recently, the Higher Regional Court made a highly interesting ruling on the issue of labeling affiliate links (see...
BGH on misleading Google ads
The I.E. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible for trademark law, among other things, has...
District Court Frankfurt a.M. on the right to be forgotten
Article 17 GDPR establishes a right to erasure or to be forgotten. To that end, the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main...
Federal Cartel Office forces Amazon to make changes to terms and conditions for sellers
Due to antitrust concerns of the Federal Cartel Office, Amazon is changing its terms and conditions for merchants on Amazon's...
Privacy/Ex-employee and the use of a catch-all email
An underappreciated problem Time and again, I see that clients of mine who are struggling with staff turnover or have...
OLG Frankfurt: No liability for actions of third parties
In a recent decision, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt ruled that an undertaking is not liable for anti-competitive acts...
Classification of opinion as an insult violates freedom of expression!
In principle, the question of whether a statement should be punished as an insult or protected by freedom of expression...
Esport teams and streamers: half-hearted = legally dangerous
An overview for esport teams and streamers My blog is now full of legal questions and warnings that affect esports...
When does a project employee become an employee?
The problem Often enough, I have preached to clients and also here on the blog that one should not underestimate...
BGH on gaing property right of stolen works of art
The V. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, inter alia, for claims arising from property...
Online shops and obligation to take back electrical appliances
In a recent judgment, the Landgericht Duisburg ruled that the obligation to take back old electronic devices also applies to...
Esports facilities and alcohol?
Even if esports men are more likely to be the energy drink consumers, locations such as esports bars or LAN...
Attention: Affiliates on YouTube, gaming websites and other networks
All affiliates affected After my article yesterday on the judgment of the OLG Dresden(see here) that a website must also...
Affiliate links must be marked – otherwise sneaky advertising!
When I reported on influencers and streamers, I keep hearing that courts would treat new media unfairly and that veteran...
No more phone numbers in the cancellation declaration?
The ECJ recently issued a groundbreaking decision on the issue of providing a telephone number in the legal notice(see this...
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Das Metaverse – Rechtliche Herausforderungen in virtuellen Welten
In dieser faszinierenden Episode tauchen wir tief in die rechtlichen Aspekte des Metaverse ein. Als Rechtsanwalt und Technik-Enthusiast beleuchte ich...
Der IT Media Law Podcast. Folge Nr. 1: Worum geht es hier eigentlich?
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Startups und Innovation in Deutschland – Herausforderungen und Chancen
In dieser aufschlussreichen Podcast-Episode wird ein tiefgreifender Blick auf die Startup- und Innovationslandschaft in Deutschland und Europa geworfen. Die Diskussion...
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