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OLG Frankfurt: On the legal venue for Internet bookings
If a flight ticket of a foreign airline is booked via a German-language Internet site, which is technically and contentwise completely maintained from abroad, German courts have no international jurisdiction. The Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt am Main ruled that there is no connection between the booking process and a German branch. Because of its fundamental importance, the appeal to the BGH was allowed.
Marian Härtel is a lawyer and entrepreneur specializing in copyright law, competition law and IT/IP law, with a focus on games, esports, media and blockchain.
