Co-Production Contracts in the Games Industry: A Guide for Developers 7. June 2023 Introduction The games industry is a dynamic and complex field that constantly offers new challenges and opportunities. One of these...
GAME founds exploitation company! 31. May 2023 In an exciting but certainly trend-setting development, the GAME Bundesverband, the leading association of the German computer games industry, has...
Artificial Intelligence in Software and Game Development: Opportunities, Risks and Legal Challenges 12. May 2023 AI in software and game development: potential and pitfalls The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in software and game development...
Facebook and the NetzDG 3. April 2023 The Münster Higher Administrative Court recently ruled in an urgent decision that the obligation to provide a counter-appeal procedure provided...
FIFA in Austria = gambling? 13. March 2023 In keeping with the numerous rulings and developments in gambling law that can be found sufficiently here on the blog,...
Questions on the commercial use of computer games at the BGH 23. February 2023 Bossland GmbH from Zwickau and Blizzard S.A.S. from France have been engaged in bitter legal disputes before German and international...
Account suspensions from online and mobile games 23. February 2023 Playing online games or mobile games is becoming more and more fashionable and already the vast majority of Germans play...
US lawsuit on botsoftware not recognizable in Germany – statutory damages and § 328 ZPO – Update 23. February 2023 The Blizzard Entertainment Inc. from California failed in its attempt to have a U.S. judgment for approximately 8 million U.S....
Pokémon Go: Privacy and terms of use 23. February 2023 This is already the third article from me on the subject of Pokémon Go. But readers have to put up...
BGH decides on keyselling 23. February 2023 After the Regional Court of Berlin wanted to explain to us that the so-called exhaustion principle does not apply to...
Keyselling punishable and anti-competitive? 23. February 2023 On the subject of keyselling, there are two recent rulings that are causing unrest in the industry. The most unrest,...
2x Gamesrecht at the Federal Court of Justice, supervised by RA Marian Härtel 23. February 2023 So nine years I am now admitted to the bar and next week, 6/10/2016 to be exact, I will be...
Are so-called private servers “illegal”? 23. February 2023 Recently, the GVU made headlines in the scene of private server operators, those who offer game servers outside the original...
BGH decides in bot software/Bossland case 23. February 2023 The Federal Court of Justice ruled in the case i have advocated on the admissibility of bot software for the...
BGH refers “cheat software” for game consoles to the ECJ 23. February 2023 The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible among other things for copyright law, has,...
What to look for when signing a games publishing contract? 6. February 2023 When you decide to publish a game, you need to take into account all possible aspects and conditions associated with...
Game development: risks from code and asset production using AI 18. January 2023 In recent weeks, I have already published a few articles on the topic of AI and law. Even though I...
Frankfurt Regional Court grants repayment claim from gambling losses 4. January 2023 The Frankfurt am Main Regional Court has issued a very exciting ruling on the question of whether a German gambler...
Games publishing contracts – once in a nutshell 28. December 2022 In my professional career I have created, corrected, extended or advised on many publishing contracts for game developers. Unfortunately, I...
Blockchain in computer games – a new playing field for lawyers? 22. December 2022 Introduction: Blockchain and computer games - what do they have to do with each other? The use of blockchain technology...
Law on the Internet Private AI use in the company 24. October 2025 Private accounts on ChatGPT & Co. for corporate purposes are a gateway to data protection breaches, leaks of secrets and... Read moreDetails
First test episode of the ITMediaLaw Podcast 26. August 2024 First test episodeDear readers, I am delighted to present the first test run of our brand new IT Media Law... Read moreDetails
My transparent billing 10. February 2025 In this video, I talk a bit about transparent billing and how I communicate what it costs to work with... Read moreDetails