Tag: internet

The FDP parliamentary group has tabled an entry to amend the Telemedia Act in response to the ECJ's cookie ruling: 1. adapt the Telemedia Act ...

Adblock provider Eyeo is involved in numerous litigation and has now also lost a case in the Federal Court of Justice in antitrust matters. The ...

Cybergrooming is the targeted response of children on the Internet with the aim of initiating sexual contacts. Cybergrooming is a criminal offence in accordance with ...

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 ...

The Federal Constitutional Court rejected a constitutional appeal by Axel Springer against the judgment of the Federal Court of Justice against the action of Axel ...

For many companies, the domain is now a great intangible value. Particularly relevant domains are sold on marketplaces such as Sedo for 6-digit sums or ...

More and more often, vehicle dealers now offer their vehicles on the Internet on corresponding platforms. Contact with the consumer who is interested in a ...

The Landgericht Frankfurt has delivered an interesting judgment concerning the right to publish photographs, in which the plaintiff has a claim for an injunction under ...

The ECJ has ruled that Google is not obliged to make a delisting in all versions of its search engine, but is obliged to carry ...

Today I would like to raise one issue, because many are hardly on their radar. That is the question of whether an injunction should be ...

Since a few weeks ago a client had approached me about a problem around customer reviews, today I would like to give a brief overview ...

The Federal Administrative Court has ruled that the operator of a company page on Facebook may be obliged to shut down his fan page if ...

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 ...

'Secondary lotteries', which are designed to offer a bet on the outcome of draws by the lotteries of state lottery providers, are not lotteries within ...

Millions of Android phone users download files or apps from Google's Play Store. However, the Regional Court of Cologne has now ruled in favour of ...

On Friday I published an article on statements on websites and the danger of misinformation, see here, which received quite a lot of attention. As ...

The problem Freedom of the press is a great asset in the Federal Republic of Germany and we can all be thankful to our parents/grandparents ...

In April, the district court of Frankfurt am Main had rejected the issuing of an injunction against an Instagram influencer because there would be no ...

Time and again you can see that it is believed that free software, especially shareware or freeware, can be packed on your own servers/websites, as ...

As I have already outlined in this article, the train of judgments regarding the labeling of affiliates and commission payments is picking up speed. Now ...