Federal Constitutional Court rules in favor of both manufacturers
The Federal Constitutional Court reversed a very controversial decision of the Dresden Higher Regional Court in favor of my client...
Copyright
ECJ: Framing of content can be copyright infringement!
The ECJ is doing a roll backwards in its legal interpretation when it comes to framing. For more on the...
ECJ: Opinion on the liability of platforms for illegal uploading
The ECJ is expected to rule soon on legal issues relating to the liability of content platforms. According to Advocate...
ECJ: “Address” is not e-mail address or IP address
In the case of illegal uploading of a film to YouTube, under the IPR Enforcement Directive, the rights holder can...
BGH and the death blow for sampling
The Federal Court of Justice has once again ruled on the question of the conditions under which the rights of...
BGH: Press organ may publish unsolicited book manuscripts
The Federal Court of Justice ruled that the publication of book articles by a member of the Bundestag on an...
Kammergericht: No ancillary copyright for computer graphics
An interesting ruling from my field of IT law comes from the Kammergericht in Berlin. It deals with the question...
Violation of provisions of a license agreement violates copyrights
The ECJ today published a decision on the Enforcement Directive, which deals with rules of conduct in license agreements. The...
Public consultation on copyright reform
The Federal Ministry of Justice and for Consumer Protection (BMJV) is conducting a public consultation on the implementation of the...
European Parliament approves copyright reform
The EU Parliament has approved the more than controversial copyright reform. This includes Article13 and #Article11 and thus makes the...
Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram start enforcing copyrights
Update: Please note this info. The copyright reform was passed last week. Due to these regulations, major streaming services and...
Axel Springer v. Eyeo: This time copyright
After Axel Springer failed with its own lawsuit, based on competition law claims, at the Federal Court of Justice(some information...
EU adopts copyright reform
The more than controversial copyright reform were finally implemented today and a majority of the states of the EU have...
Misconceptions about the Copyright Directive – by MEP!
I just came across a couple of misconceptions that are haunting the minds of politicians after the approval of the...
April Fool’s joke, isn’t it?
Update: My messages are overtaking themselves at an alarming rate. Is Twitch really planning to block EU users? Yesterday, when...
Liability for unsecured WLAN/gate exit node
The German Federal Court of Justice has ruled that the operator of an Internet access via WLAN and a Tor...
Image posting in closed FB group may infringe copyright
Posting an image in the closed group on Facebook may be public copying and thus infringe copyrights. The Munich Regional...
BGH refers YouTube dispute to the ECJ
The I. Civil Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible among other things for copyright law,...
Computer Bild allowed to use photo of Jan Böhmermann
The magazine Computer Bild was allowed to illustrate a text about DVB-T2 receivers in HD quality with a photo of...
File sharing: Liability for family connection
The Frankfurt District Court has ruled that the owner of an Internet connection is liable for copyright infringements through file...