What is the European Accessibility Act?
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) represents a transformative legislative initiative of the European Union that was launched with the ambitious ...
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Sunset clauses and post-contractual revenue sharing in influencer management
Introduction Sunset clauses are a common instrument in influencer management contracts to regulate the duration and conditions of the collaboration. ...
Covert non-cash formation: an underestimated risk for startups
As a lawyer, I repeatedly encounter cases in which startups unexpectedly stumble due to legal pitfalls. One such stumbling block ...
Commercial use of Discord: A legal guide
Introduction Discord has become a popular platform for gamers, communities, and most recently professional teams since its inception in 2015. ...
Smart Contracts, DeFi and AI: Innovative Business Ideas and their Legal Challenges in IT Law
Introduction I recently made an announcement on LinkedIn that I will be looking more deeply into the interplay of Smart ...
Contract for work vs. contract for services: What you need to know in the IT, software and Esports sector
Introduction: Why the right type of contract is crucial There are many gray areas in the world of contracts that ...
Liability risks when deploying APIs: What you need to know
Introduction In my daily work, I experience how APIs, also known as Application Programming Interfaces, are much more than just ...
Bots in Telegram, Twitch or Discord: responsibility and legal issues
Introduction Bots are as ubiquitous in today's world as smartphones and social media. They take on different roles and are ...
Open Source Licenses: GPL, AGPL, MIT and Apache?
Open source licenses are an important aspect of software development and play a critical role in the operation and distribution ...
B2B contracts: Link reference to GTC is sufficient
Since I create many software contracts, the question arises again and again whether and how GTC can be included in ...
Questions on the commercial use of computer games at the BGH
Bossland GmbH from Zwickau and Blizzard S.A.S. from France have been engaged in bitter legal disputes before German and international ...
Account suspensions from online and mobile games
Playing online games or mobile games is becoming more and more fashionable and already the vast majority of Germans play ...
US lawsuit on botsoftware not recognizable in Germany – statutory damages and § 328 ZPO – Update
The Blizzard Entertainment Inc. from California failed in its attempt to have a U.S. judgment for approximately 8 million U.S. ...
BGH decides on keyselling
After the Regional Court of Berlin wanted to explain to us that the so-called exhaustion principle does not apply to ...
Keyselling punishable and anti-competitive?
On the subject of keyselling, there are two recent rulings that are causing unrest in the industry. The most unrest, ...
2x Gamesrecht at the Federal Court of Justice, supervised by RA Marian Härtel
So nine years I am now admitted to the bar and next week, 6/10/2016 to be exact, I will be ...
Are so-called private servers “illegal”?
Recently, the GVU made headlines in the scene of private server operators, those who offer game servers outside the original ...
BGH on connected works and applicability of the SAS Institute decision
In a case represented by me, the I. Civil Senate of the BGH last Thursday commented on the huge problem ...
BGH decides in bot software/Bossland case
The Federal Court of Justice ruled in the case i have advocated on the admissibility of bot software for the ...
Small summary – Blizzard vs. Bossland
This is an archive post of a blog article from before 2018, from the website www.rahaertel.com. The set date does ...
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Buttonlösung
Die Buttonlösung, auch bekannt als "Button-Lösung" oder "Bestätigungslösung", ist eine gesetzliche Regelung im deutschen E-Commerce-Recht, die darauf abzielt, Verbraucher vor...
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