Tag: Burden of proof

In the start-up scene, it is not uncommon for services such as web design or software development to be commissioned without a written contract. However, ...

OLG Hamm: Proof of e-mail access remains a challenge In a recent ruling (case no. 26 W 13/23 dated 10.08.2023), the Hamm Higher Regional Court ...

Analysis of the ECJ rulings In its recent decisions C-687/21 and C-340/21, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) provided important clarifications on the right to ...

Introduction: The challenge of unlawful account suspensions In my legal practice, I regularly encounter cases in which clients are affected by the unlawful blocking of ...

The recent decisions of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the cases Natsionalna agentsia za prihotide (C-340/21) and Gemeinde Ummendorf (C-456/22) set new standards ...

Introduction: In a landmark decision, the Hamburg Higher Regional Court has specified the requirements for YouTube's liability for copyright infringement. This blog post highlights the ...

Introduction The landscape of German law is constantly in flux, characterized by ongoing adjustments and clarifications. A central role in this dynamic development is played ...

The VI. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible for claims under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, among other things. ...

From 2022, there could also be material defects within the meaning of the BGB for digital content. This is because the implementation of the Sale ...

On June 16, 2020, at 9:30 a.m., the German Federal Court of Justice will rule in two cases on whether there is a claim against ...

As you can tell from reading my posts regularly, there are more than enough stumbling blocks to fall into legally. A topic that is also ...

Recently, there have been some decisions on deletion claims against Facebook, which I would like to present here. Amount in dispute: For example, the Frankfurt ...

Yesterday I promised to submit a brief contribution on the subject of civil or labour liability for cheating and exploiting in esport. The article should ...

Time and again in esport, accusations arise in individual teams about match fixing, i.e. the deliberate loss of games in order to manipulate rankings and ...

The District Court of Frankfurt am Main has issued a new, interesting verdict on the subject of file sharing. In doing so, the Landgericht first ...

On Friday I published an article on statements on websites and the danger of misinformation, see here, which received quite a lot of attention. As ...

The problem Freedom of the press is a great asset in the Federal Republic of Germany and we can all be thankful to our parents/grandparents ...

The V. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, inter alia, for claims arising from property ownership and ownership of movable ...

As recently as last year, the OLG Köln decided that someone who opposes the blocking of their own Facebook account because of alleged hate postings ...

Two law firms have argued in a case of misleading online advertising that has just been decided by the Federal Court of Justice in the ...