OLG Frankfurt am Main on Facebook’s deletion obligations
In its ruling of January 25, 2024 (case no. 16 U 65/22), the Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court set new standards in the legal ...
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OLG Cologne: Cloudflare liable as perpetrator
Introduction In a landmark decision, the Cologne Higher Regional Court has recalibrated the liability of service providers in the area of copyright law. The focus ...
Blockchain and AI in law – new territory or proven terrain?
Introduction: Discourses at the interface of technology and law Last week, there was an exciting discussion with a doctoral student at the University of Hanover ...
Traunstein District Court ruling: Liability for misleading hotel star information and embedded illegal content
Liability for misleading hotel star ratings The Traunstein Regional Court recently handed down a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for the travel industry. In ...
DNS Resolver as a DOER of copyright infringement?
The Leipzig Regional Court, in its 5th Civil Chamber, which I am unfortunately also very unpleasantly familiar with, has made a ruling in the matter ...
Reaction videos allowed on YouTube/Twitch?
If you follow my blog regularly, you will have noticed that I always like to include real proceedings or legal issues from my everyday life ...
Cloudflare liable for copyright infringement
In a decision from October last year, the Higher Regional Court of Cologne obliged the provider Cloudflare, which many website operators use for services such ...
Liability for unsecured WLAN/gate exit node
The German Federal Court of Justice has ruled that the operator of an Internet access via WLAN and a Tor exit node is liable under ...
Gamertag/Nickname “stolen”, what can be done?
The problem with stolen gamertags In recent months, more and more clients, especially well-known streamers, have approached me because their gamertag has been misused in ...
OLG Frankfurt: No liability for actions of third parties
In a recent decision, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt ruled that an undertaking is not liable for anti-competitive acts of third parties, even if ...
BGH: Women also gamble on first-person shooters
In a file-sharing case, the Federal Court of Justice has ruled that a woman is eligible as the perpetrator of a copyright infringement even if ...
Obsolete CMS does not lead to fault liability
The issue of disruptive liability often makes lawyers frighten enough, because it is a very German legal construct that has been extremely unpredictable for a ...
Change-of-Control-Klausel
Eine Change-of-Control-Klausel ist eine vertragliche Bestimmung, die Rechtsfolgen für den Fall festlegt, dass sich die Eigentumsverhältnisse oder die Kontrolle über...
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