Tag: Regulation

Introduction The Artificial Intelligence Act is a proposal for a European law on artificial intelligence (AI) - the first law. This is to ensure that ...

In its coalition agreement, the German government has firmly committed itself to fundamental strengthening in the area of digitization. Almost all areas of life are ...

In proceedings against two defendants - a 53-year-old lawyer based in Berlin and his 41-year-old client, the alleged representative of an "IG Datenschutz" - search ...

The ECJ, on the basis of a reference for a preliminary ruling under Art. 98 para. 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court ...

Will the European Commission's new adequacy decision finally promote transatlantic data transfers between the U.S. and the EU? On 13/12/2022, the European Commission initiated a ...

Blockchain and the GDPR - what's the connection? A blockchain is a decentralized database that allows transactions to be tracked securely and transparently. The technology ...

Introduction: why T&Cs, regulation & compliance are important in the blockchain and computer gaming space. Entering new technologies and industries always carries the risk of ...

The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) issued an interesting ruling in the summer that affects all price comparison sites, whether for computer games, vacations, ...

Following the Federal Constitutional Court, the ECJ has now also ruled on the right to be forgotten in search engines. The ECJ ruled that the ...

The Ordinance on Requirements for Electronic Securities Registries (eWpRV) specifies the requirements for maintaining electronic securities registries under the Electronic Securities Act (eWpG), which entered ...

The issue of whether and when the sale or trading of NFTs is subject to the prospectus requirement is brand new and difficult to answer ...

The ECJ has ruled that the EUIPO wrongly invalidated a design patent for a LEGO toy building block. Lego is the owner of a design ...

Attention: Due to the explosive nature of the current situation, this blog post must not be understood as concrete legal advice - as is actually ...

The German government has presented a bill to strengthen consumer protection in competition and trade law. This is intended to bring German law into line ...

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 ...

In a decision dated October 29, 2020, the Regional Court of Cologne made an interesting decision on the subject of cookies 1. the setting of ...

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 ...

The Ninth Chamber for Administrative Fines of the Bonn Regional Court today ruled that the fine imposed by the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and ...

The situation Berlin and data protection are currently not the best of friends, and the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information does ...