Tag: Legislation

Introduction: A precedent with far-reaching consequences The case of Robert Kneschke against LAION e.V. marks a milestone in the legal dispute over the use of ...

The European Council has adopted the AI Act, the world's first comprehensive set of regulations for artificial intelligence (AI). This law aims to promote the ...

License keys have long been used in the software industry to control and monetize the use of programs. The purchaser of the software receives an ...

Austrian court ruling against "Counter-Strike" lootboxes: a precedent for Germany? A recent court ruling in Austria has caused a stir in the video games industry ...

Oh wow: Epic Games, the developer behind the world-famous game Fortnite, has scored a remarkable victory in an unprecedented antitrust lawsuit against Google. This ruling, ...

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 ...

What are deepfakes? Deepfakes are forgeries of images, videos or sound recordings generated using artificial intelligence. The technology is based on deep learning, i.e. the ...

The legal challenges and opportunities arising from the use of AI in game development. In today's digital world, where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly ...

Introduction In my daily work as a technology and media law attorney, I come into contact with various forms of artificial intelligence time and again. ...

AI and contract generators - the future of T&C creation? In today's digital world, artificial intelligence (AI) and automated processes are increasingly present. In the ...

The final draft of MICAR (Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation) is now available and marks a significant step in the regulation of crypto asset markets. ...

In this blog post, I venture a thought experiment and gather opinions to find out whether the use of blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) ...

Can a machine be fully trusted with legally relevant issues? Since the "boom" of ChatGPT, this question is probably not only asked by lawyers, but ...

Introduction The Digital Service Act is a much-discussed topic. It has many implications for businesses and consumers that need to be considered for all parties ...

What is compliance and why is it important? Compliance is the adherence to legal requirements and guidelines. This includes, among other things, the rules and ...

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" ...

In principle The VIII. Civil Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice today issued a landmark ruling on which activities a company is permitted ...

Sometimes there are judgments that are just fun to read! A citizen of the Reich brought an action before the Cologne Administrative Court to be ...

The more than controversial copyright reform were finally implemented today and a majority of the states of the EU have voted for it.   As ...

The EU's ePrivacy Regulation was supposed to be adopted together with the GDPR last year, but endless debates continue to delay this very relevant legislation. ...