Trademark infringement through metatags and SEO plugins
The use of third-party trademarks in meta tags or via SEO plugins is a common practice in digital marketing, but ...
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Affiliate links must be labeled as advertising
In a recent ruling (Ref. 29 U 1582/19), the Munich Higher Regional Court clarified that online teasers with affiliate links ...
OLG Düsseldorf: In the B2C sector, no inclusion of general terms and conditions for offline orders and mere reference to website
In its ruling of 25.04.2024, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf decided that a company's General Terms and Conditions (GTC) ...
Judgment on surreptitious advertising by the LG Trier
Case law on the obligation to label advertising is constantly evolving. A recent ruling by the Regional Court of Trier ...
ECJ confirms classification of TikTok as a “gatekeeper”
The Chinese Bytedance Group, which operates the video portal TikTok, has failed with a lawsuit against its classification as a ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) for process automation
The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into business processes offers enormous opportunities to increase efficiency and competitiveness, but also presents ...
LG Düsseldorf and SEPA
In a recent ruling, the Düsseldorf Regional Court decided that even the impression that a company rejects foreign SEPA accounts ...
Data protection madness: when theory and practice collide
Data protection madness: when theory and practice collide I normally write very neutral, factual articles in my blog on various ...
EU directive on the right to repair
On April 23, 2024, the EU Parliament adopted a groundbreaking directive to strengthen the right to repair in the European ...
Prepayment in the online store: Attention to your own terms and conditions
As a lawyer specializing in IT law and contract law, I regularly draft general terms and conditions for various SaaS ...
Caution for tradespeople: risk of non-payment without revocation instructions
Last year, I already drew attention to the problem that tradespeople and service providers who act without proper revocation instructions ...
ECJ: Online order button also mandatory if consumer only enters into payment obligation under one condition
Online orders: The order button or the corresponding function must clearly indicate that the consumer enters into a payment obligation ...
Dark patterns in game design – legally permissible?
Introduction In my many years as a lawyer, I have drawn up numerous publishing agreements and advise mobile game developers, ...
Federal Court of Justice – The “Glück” vs. “LieBee” case
Introduction In competition law, there are always interesting cases that show how complex and multi-layered the topic of product design ...
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❌ Section 5 TMG no longer exists. ✅ Long live § 5 DDG (Digital Services Act). The new Digital Services ...
BGH decides on the scope of the claim for removal under competition law)
The First Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible for competition law among other things, has ...
LG Frankfurt a.M.: Other termination options permitted in addition to the termination button on the website
Background of the judgment In a ruling dated August 30, 2023 (case no. 2-06 O 411/22), the Regional Court of ...
No extended right of withdrawal due to missing phone number in the withdrawal policy
The ArnsbergCourt Arnsberg has in its judgment of 22.02.2024 (Ref. 4 O 273/23) decideddecided that the absence of a telephone ...
BGH strengthens the rights of players in foreign online sports betting
BGH strengthens the rights of players in foreign online sports betting In a recent decision, the Federal Court of Justice ...
Consumer’s right of withdrawal for teak trees in Costa Rica with a Swiss company
On the right of withdrawal of a consumer residing in Germany when concluding "purchase and service contracts" for teak trees ...
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