After the announcements this spring that Microsoft will be buying Activision Blizzard (World of Warcraft, Starcraft), Take-Two Interactive was buying the mobile studio Zynga (Farmville) and Sony...

Von schnellem Internet profitieren alle - Bürger, Unternehmen und ganze Regionen. Umso wichtiger, dass der Breitband-Ausbau voranschreitet.

Green Marketing nennt sich ein neuer Werbetrend, wo unter anderem mit Nachhaltigkeitsaspekten, Umweltsiegelen oder Corporate Social Responsibility geworben wird.

In April, the European Commission (EC) accused Apple of distorting competition in the music streaming market...

Wüste Beschimpfungen, Hassparolen, Verunglimpfungen oder andere rechtswidrige Inhalte sind im Internet keine Seltenheit, vor allem nicht in sozialen Netzwerken

Dynamic Search Ads, as offered by Google, utilise an organic web crawling technology where instead of the advertiser specifying particular keywords, the entire website is opened for the technology...

An Austrian ski-resort operator (Lizum) placed an advertisement showing a female model in a white singlet (see picture). The ad contains the slogan:...

Being a victim of a cybercrime attack not only has a negative impact on the image of the hacked company but may also lead to damage claims against the company.

The operator of an online discussion forum in principle cannot be held liable for unlawful content of users provided that the incriminated content is deleted in due time.

On 9 March 2016, the Provincial Court Düsseldorf ("LG Düsseldorf") held that using Facebook's popular Like-Button on a business website contravenes privacy and unfair competition laws...

On 16 June 2015, in a case of first impression, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights issued its final decision regarding the liability of a news portal for offensive comments made by its users.

Before Easter 2017, Palmers, a leading clothing manufacturer in Austria, started an advertising campaign for its lingerie collection.

The CJEU's ruling essentially forms a balancing of the right to privacy vs freedom of speech.

Most people take photos at concerts or festivals. Many of them then upload their snapshots to Facebook and other sites to share with friends and family.

The Hellbrunn Water Games, a famous tourist spot in Salzburg, including the Hellbrunn Palace and Trick Fountains, advertised a poster, ...

In March 2021, a winery put a wine on sale with the label "Oral Vaccination" (in German: Schluckimpfung) as a PR campaign. A week ago, the bottles were confiscated: the label was a "health claim".

In its judgment "FashionID" (C-40/17 of 29 July 2019), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) substantiates its previous rulings on the joint responsibility of website operators and social media providers.

On 10 November 2022 the European Parliament passed a resolution to call upon the European Commission and the Council to acknowledge the value of the videogame ecosystem.

With more than 600 million Facebook users around the world, social media sites are fast becoming major communications platforms for businesses.

The FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Saalbach 2025 have just concluded, and the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim are just around the corner.