Why work with a lawyer as a streamer?
From last year’s experience, I would like to accumulate in this article ten tips that YouTubers and streamers on the Twitch platform should seek legal…
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As a teenager, make e-sports men/streamers self-employed?
The industry of streamers and e-sports enthusiasts is very young compared to other industries and therefore also for lawyers and courts often ask questions of…
What is a silent/atypical silent participation?
Currently, some esports teams are trying to acquire financing to secure or enable growth in 2020. I have already published some articles on the subject…
BGH for advertising with ECO-test seal
In three appeal proceedings, the Federal Court of Justice considered the use of test seal marks as a violation of the trademark proprietor’s rights in…
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…
OLG Brandenburg: Electronic data is not a thing!
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.…
“Gaffer” photos and upskirting soon a criminal offense
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…
Telephone provider must not threaten with improper blocking
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…
ECJ: Rubik’s Cube cannot be protected as a 3D mark
What is it all about? At the request of Seven Towns, a British company which, inter alia, manages the intellectual property rights in the ‘Rubik’s…
BGH confirms conviction for incitement of the people by online videos
The Regional Court of Munich II sentenced the accused to a total prison sentence of three years and two months for incitement of the people…
Legal evaluation of “swatting” in esports/streamers
What is swatting? Swatting has become a nonsense in the USA, which mainly hits famous streamers. But how is the matter to be assessed legally…
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 to the ECJ for the…
Fees on SEPA transfers for old contracts inadmissible
In a case against Vodafone operated by the VZBV, the Regional Court of Munich has ruled that the ban on fees for SEPA transfers from…
Sweepstakes and illegal image use
The “Bild am Sonntag” was not allowed to use a picture of the former “dream ship captain” as part of its “Holiday Lotto” campaign. Following…
BGH: is Adblock dominant as a provider?
Adblock provider Eyeo is involved in numerous litigation and has now also lost a case in the Federal Court of Justice in antitrust matters. The…
BGH on damages due to US lawsuit in German jurisdiction
The Federal Court of Justice has ruled that a contractual partner may be entitled to compensation for the costs incurred by him because, contrary to…
Repackaging of medicines is trademark violation!
In the preliminary injunction procedure for the repackaging of a cancer drug by a drug importer, the 6th Civil Senate of the Higher Regional Court…
Federal Government, Criminal Law and the Attempt at Cybergrooming!
Cybergrooming is the targeted response of children on the Internet with the aim of initiating sexual contacts. Cybergrooming is a criminal offence in accordance with…
Consent to photo publishing by parents limited in time!
The Landgericht Frankfurt has delivered an interesting judgment concerning the right to publish photographs, in which the plaintiff has a claim for an injunction under…
Threat to publish nude images is a criminal offence
The OLG Hamm has decided that it would constitute a sexual coercion within the meaning of Section 177 of the German Criminal Code (StGB) if…