Tag: Case law

I have already dealt with the topic of abusive cease-and-desist letters here on the blog a few times, and the basic questions have actually been ...

Although the concept of the warning notice, contrary to the often expressed opinion of many non-lawyers, is basically a very good and clever system in ...

Does the geoblocking regulation I reported on here actually apply to apps and/or computer games? And if so, under what conditions? After initial considerations, the ...

In its judgment of September 13, 2018, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled under the case number I ZR 117/15 that a video channel ...

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 ...

This question is currently not so easy to answer, because the case law is currently wildly mixed. Even in pre-DSGVO times, it was controversial and ...

The Cologne Higher Regional Court (OLG) prohibited the use of the domain www.wir-sind-afd.de, rejecting an appeal against the identical judgment of the Cologne Regional Court. ...

For my original post, see here. Background The European Commission has fined Valve, the owner of the online PC gaming platform "Steam," and five publishers ...

In response to Renate Künast's appeal, the Berlin Court of Appeal issued a ruling on 11 March 2020 that partially corrected the decision of the ...

There is always controversy and uncertainty around the imprint obligation of social media profiles, but also of profiles on Twitch or YouTube channels. There are ...

Confernation The "Right to be Forgotten I" decision published today, which is complemented by the "Right to be Forgotten II" decision of the same day(see ...

What is it all about? The decision "Right to be Forgotten II" published today, which is supplemented by the decision of the same day "Right ...

For a while, courts tended to suggest that someone who participated in games of chance not licensed or authorised in Germany would be entitled to ...

To the overview Yesterday, the Higher Regional Court of Cologne issued an exciting ruling that also provides information on the permissible design of many other ...

The topic of how US social networks such as Twitter, Facebook or Instagram deal with German law has become increasingly controversial this year and one ...

There is already a lot around the topic of influencers and labelling requirements and even if the case law currently points very clearly in one ...

Although there are now numerous services that enable ratings of services, Google is still one of the most important sources of information for consumers but ...

Adblock provider Eyeo is involved in numerous litigation and has now also lost a case in the Federal Court of Justice in antitrust matters. The ...

The Federal Court of Justice has ruled that a contractual partner may be entitled to compensation for the costs incurred by him because, contrary to ...

In a recent ruling, the Regional Court of Cologne has endorsed the hitherto very critical influencer case law and once again agreed with the VSW, ...