Tag: Case law

The Federal Constitutional Court rejected a constitutional appeal by Axel Springer against the judgment of the Federal Court of Justice against the action of Axel ...

In the long-awaited ruling on Planet49 (see this article), the European Court of Justice today ruled on an interpretation of the BGH. According to this, ...

Until now, one of the biggest risks of a warning was when online retailers did not provide information about the guarantee conditions of products they ...

The Federal Court of Justice has passed a judgment that could well have the potential to cause headaches for many online retailers and providers of ...

Time and again, the question arises in the area of computer game tenants whether game rules are protected or whether one should "copy" them. The ...

The Supreme Court in Portugal is currently dealing with a legal dispute over forms and models of fashion and other clothing. Under EU law, intellectual ...

Since 26 April 2019, the new Trade Secrets Act has implemented an EU directive that has so far received little attention in many companies. In ...

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 ...

In this article, I have already dealt with the question of whether the term "sponsored post" is sufficient to meet the requirements of influencer case ...

Since the topic is topical in Germany, today a short execution on criminal responsibility for the operation of pirate servers. Back in February of this ...

Especially when I talk to clients who make their money on YouTube or Twitch and when we come to the problem of sneaking advertising and ...

In the meantime, there are more and more judgments that deal with when and under what circumstances likes, fans or user comments can be used ...

Legal experts have been pointing out the risk of offering the direct debit procedure due to the Geoblocking Regulation (see this article) for some time. ...

What is it all about? Currently, the report commissioned by the DOSB to assess whether esport can be regarded as a sport is making a ...

The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main recently ruled that in a case where participation in a competition is subject to consent to future ...

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 ...

In April, the district court of Frankfurt am Main had rejected the issuing of an injunction against an Instagram influencer because there would be no ...

As I have already outlined in this article, the train of judgments regarding the labeling of affiliates and commission payments is picking up speed. Now ...

Important verdict Recently, the Higher Regional Court made a highly interesting ruling on the issue of labeling affiliate links (see my article on this in ...