Landmark ruling on AI training data – Hamburg Regional Court sets standards
On September 27, 2024, the Hamburg Regional Court issued a groundbreaking ruling (case no. 310 O 227/23) in the area ...
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Revocation of consent for video publication only possible to a limited extent
In a recent ruling, the Koblenz Higher Regional Court (OLG) decided that consent given for the publication of videos can ...
Landmark court case: AI training vs. copyright
Introduction: A precedent with far-reaching consequences The case of Robert Kneschke against LAION e.V. marks a milestone in the legal ...
OLG Cologne on the surrender of cryptocurrencies
In a recent decision (11 W 15/24), the Cologne Higher Regional Court clarified that a debtor must exhaust all technically ...
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 ...
Federal Court of Justice and “climate neutral”
The Federal Court of Justice has ruled that advertising with an ambiguous environmental term (here: "climate neutral") is only permissible ...
BGH: Copyright infringement even if authorship is denied only against the author himself
The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has made an important clarification on the scope of protection of the right of ...
Stralsund Regional Court: EUR 4,000 in monetary compensation for sending sexting and dickpix messages
On June 6, 2024, the 4th Chamber of the Stralsund Regional Court issued a ruling on the civil law consequences ...
Data protection because of Facebook scraping? Finally at the BGH!
The VI. Civil Senate, which is responsible for legal disputes regarding claims arising from the General Data Protection Regulation, will ...
BGH will decide on the reimbursement of bets
It's about time. The First Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice has to decide whether a sports betting ...
BGH also rules on the reimbursement of losses from online poker games
In addition to the legal question regarding the reimbursement of stakes in online sports betting(see this blog post), the Federal ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cologne Regional Court on the applicability of German copyright law to cross-border internet use
In a ruling dated December 21, 2023 (case no. 14 O 292/22), the Regional Court of Cologne addressed fundamental questions ...
The limits of German jurisdiction in B2B claims against US social media services
In an exciting ruling, the Regional Court of Lübeck decided that German courts do not have jurisdiction over contractual disputes ...
Cancellation of online subscriptions must be possible without a password!
In an exciting ruling, the Regional Court of Munich I decided that it must be possible to cancel online subscriptions ...
Calling someone a “stupid piece of brain vacuum” on Facebook is unlawful abusive criticism
What is it all about? The 4th Civil Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart has ordered the author ...
Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court: Publication of image sequences from the RTL program “Pocher – gefährlich ehrlich” prohibited
The civil dispute between the plaintiff (Boris Becker) and the defendant (Oliver Pocher) arose from an approximately 15-minute segment broadcast ...
No compensation for scraping incidents on Facebook
The 4th Civil Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart has ruled in two judgments on claims in connection ...