Tag: Consumer

On the question of whether and how affiliate links on websites must be identified, there have already been several decisions in the recent past, for ...

For a long time, nothing has been heard from the field of influencer jurisprudence and furthermore, there is no BGH jurisprudence on the subject. Slowly, ...

Today, the new "Law on Strengthening Fair Competition" came into force, but in the opinion of many colleagues, it does not deserve its name, as ...

The German Federal Supreme Court today ruled that companies may charge their customers a fee for payment via Sofortüberweisung or PayPal if the fee is ...

Many consumers might be annoyed by the cookie banners on any websites. As a consumer, I can well understand this and, even as a data ...

In a decision dated December 15, 2020 (Case No. I-4 W 116/20), the 4th Civil Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm had to ...

The Düsseldorf Regional Court has ruled in a preliminary injunction proceeding that the UWG amendment of December 2020 did not completely abolish the so-called "flying" ...

On November 3, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection presented drafts for the implementation of the Digital Content Directive and the contractual ...

From 2022, there could also be material defects within the meaning of the BGB for digital content. This is because the implementation of the Sale ...

One of the biggest topics here on the blog is certainly the question of when influencers, streamers, etc. have to label advertising. There may soon ...

In a somewhat longer blog article, I just reported information about the new material defect concept for digital content, which will probably apply in Germany ...

A draft bill for the Telecommunications Telemedia Data Protection Act, or TTDSG for short, is currently being circulated. According to the draft, this is intended ...

An electronic generator of legal documents does not violate the Legal Services Act. This was decided by the 6th Civil Senate of the Cologne Higher ...

In a ruling dated September 9, 2020, the OLG Karlsruhe ruled that an influencer must label her posts on Instagram as advertising even if she ...

The Higher Regional Court of Hamburg has ruled that influencers do not have to explicitly label posts with product representations and manufacturer references as advertising ...

The ECJ has ruled that a borrower cannot claim compensation for use of amounts received in the course of performing the contract after revoking a ...

The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible among other things for trademark law, today dismissed the applications for cancellation ...

Update 03/25/2020: The bill shown below has been weakened. - The obligation to file for insolvency will be suspended initially until Sept. 30, 2020, and ...

Competition association, which wanted to achieve this from two large retail chains, was now also defeated in the second instance before the Cologne Higher Regional ...

The Koblenz Regional Court has ruled that influencers who present commercial content in social media in the course of business must make the commercial purpose ...