Many providers in the German gambling market had high hopes for the year 2020. The long-awaited liberalisation of gaming regulations was about to finally begin.

The long-awaited (partial) liberalization of German gambling law has taken place. The new German Interstate Treaty on Gambling (ISTG 2021) entered into force in July 2021...

In this case, the Board of Appeal had to decide whether the shifting from a distributed gaming system to a more centralised architecture involves an inventive step.

The medial excitement surrounding electronic sports, the competition between human players in computer games, has not only been continuing for some time now, but is also...

In this decision, relevant for gambling machine manufacturers, the European Patent Office refused to grant a patent relating to simultaneously generating a winning outcome in game machines.

The German State of Schleswig-Holstein has enacted a new Gambling Act ("Glücksspielgesetz"), which makes it legal for gambling service providers with the appropriate license to offer online gambling to individuals in Schleswig-Holstein from March 1, 2012 onwards.

In this decision, which might be interesting for game developers, the European Patent Office refused to grant a software patent on a method for controlling an avatar.

2021 was marked by the anticipation of the new Interstate Treaty on Gambling and the licensing opportunities that come with it.

The decision concerns operation of an electronic gaming system, particularly providing different visualisation to maintain engaging game play.

The application relates to a system that enables remote game playing of physical gaming machines through a real-time interface.

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