Lego brick still protected as a design patent
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Read moreDetailsLG Munich to delete a Twitter post
So slowly is the amount of judgments around deleted posts and closed accounts on social networks, and it is surprising that in many cases the networks still react so irreconcilably. Indeed, the tension between the Network Enforcement Act and freedom of expression is difficult to resolve. However, legal experts had predicted this in advance, and it is likely that courts and lawyers will experience a déja vu with copyright in the next few years and history will repeat itself.
Perhaps one should prepare the pleadings for this now 😉
The LG Munich was about the following post
Following a report, Twitter deleted the post based on the same reasoning in this post and this post. The Regional Court of Munich used a similar reasoning as the Regional Court of Berlin, whose decision I analyzed in this article.
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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