Tag: Consumer

The use of third-party trademarks in meta tags or via SEO plugins is a common practice in digital marketing, but one that carries legal risks. ...

In a recent ruling (Ref. 29 U 1582/19), the Munich Higher Regional Court clarified that online teasers with affiliate links must be labeled as advertising. ...

In its ruling of 25.04.2024, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf decided that a company's General Terms and Conditions (GTC) do not become part of ...

Case law on the obligation to label advertising is constantly evolving. A recent ruling by the Regional Court of Trier (judgment of 24.11.2023, Ref. 7 ...

The Chinese Bytedance Group, which operates the video portal TikTok, has failed with a lawsuit against its classification as a so-called digital gatekeeper. The General ...

The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into business processes offers enormous opportunities to increase efficiency and competitiveness, but also presents companies with complex legal and ...

In a recent ruling, the Düsseldorf Regional Court decided that even the impression that a company rejects foreign SEPA accounts constitutes anti-competitive discrimination. An actual ...

Data protection madness: when theory and practice collide I normally write very neutral, factual articles in my blog on various topics relating to IT law, ...

On April 23, 2024, the EU Parliament adopted a groundbreaking directive to strengthen the right to repair in the European Union. The new regulations stipulate ...

As a lawyer specializing in IT law and contract law, I regularly draft general terms and conditions for various SaaS providers, services and online stores. ...

Last year, I already drew attention to the problem that tradespeople and service providers who act without proper revocation instructions run considerable financial risks ( ...

Online orders: The order button or the corresponding function must clearly indicate that the consumer enters into a payment obligation when he clicks on it ...

Introduction In my many years as a lawyer, I have drawn up numerous publishing agreements and advise mobile game developers, among others. The development of ...

Introduction In competition law, there are always interesting cases that show how complex and multi-layered the topic of product design and branding can be. One ...

❌ Section 5 TMG no longer exists. ✅ Long live § 5 DDG (Digital Services Act). The new Digital Services Act (DDG) has replaced the ...

The First Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible for competition law among other things, has to decide on the question ...

Background of the judgment In a ruling dated August 30, 2023 (case no. 2-06 O 411/22), the Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main ruled that, ...

The ArnsbergCourt Arnsberg has in its judgment of 22.02.2024 (Ref. 4 O 273/23) decideddecided that the absence of a telephone number in in the cancellation ...

BGH strengthens the rights of players in foreign online sports betting In a recent decision, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has strengthened the rights ...

On the right of withdrawal of a consumer residing in Germany when concluding "purchase and service contracts" for teak trees in Costa Rica with a ...