Tag: Civil law

By decision of today, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig referred questions to the ECJ on the interpretation of Art. 23 para. 1(j) and (e) ...

Covertly obtained sound and film material may give rise to a claim for injunctive relief, even if it is not broadcast. Even the disclosure to ...

With a 10-month delay, Directive (EU) 2016/943 on the protection of confidential know-how and confidential business information against unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure (EU Secrecy ...

Apparently everyone is too warm today. The exciting verdicts are out this week and I'm also too hot in the office to come up with ...

The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt ruled that within the closest family circle, there is a space free of dishonor which makes it possible to ...

Nowadays, extremely many use Google Ads to promote their own services, web stores and the like. Be it in the advertising network and/or directly on ...

In line with the influencer rulings from Berlin, the Heilbronn Regional Court follows suit with a further clarification. Two points have been very relevant. One ...

The Berlin Regional Court today ruled in the case of AfD politician Jens Maier and Boris Becker's son, Noah Becker. Meier had referred to Becker ...

Tomorrow, a symposium for lawyers focusing on computer games and digital media will be held in Frankfurt. I will also be there tomorrow in the ...

The owner of an internet connection through which copyright infringements through file sharing have been committed cannot exempt himself from liability by simply naming a ...

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 ...

The problem So-called toxic behaviour is of course also a big problem in esports. But how is the whole thing to be assessed under civil ...

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 ...

The Federal Cabinet today approved the draft law on the improvement of the protection of privacy in image recordings, presented by the Federal Minister of ...

What is swatting? Swatting has now become a bad habit in the US, affecting famous streamers in particular. But how is the matter to be ...

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 ...

From September 14, 2019, payment service providers based in Germany will be allowed to process online credit card payments without strong customer authentication for the ...

I often accompany startups in so-called asset deals. In principle, contracts are mentioned, for example, in which an online project, a computer game or other ...

I often write here in the blog about how important I think it is for certain industries to work on their professionalization and to work ...

I usually leave my fingers on general criminal law. There are colleagues who can do better. Nevertheless, I always find issues related to IT and/or ...