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    The Story Of Dead Island, Open Wi-Fi Access And Liability

    Germany is somewhat famous for its rather creative legal concept around contributory liability, literally labelled "disquieter liability".
    GermanyIntellectual Property
    SKW Schwarz
    SKW Schwarz
  • Article

    German Parliament To Adopt WiFi Act And Hate Speech Act This Week

    In two last-minute decisions, the German Parliament will likely adopt the WiFi Act and the Hate Speech Act in the last session of the current legislative term. The parliament will vote on both bills...
    GermanyMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
    Reed Smith (Worldwide)
    Reed Smith (Worldwide)
Article

"No Kidding, Sherlock" – No Advertising With Features Which Are Self-Evident Anyway

(Up to now) it is quite normal for web shop operators to emphasize a "money-back guarantee", a two year warranty or something similar on their website.
GermanyMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
Orrick
Orrick
  • Article

    Patents - 4. Ownership And Transfer

    GermanyMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Article

    How Can Digital ID Management Reduce Cost And Increase IT Flexibility For Insurance Companies And Banks?

    Digital ID topics are by their nature cross-functional and require the involvement of many departments and systems within organizations. For example, the introduction of a Customer...
    GermanyStrategy
    AlixPartners Asia LLC
    AlixPartners Asia LLC
  • Article

    ECJ National Data Retention Regulations Infringe Union Law - Scope For Design Remains

    By judgement dated 20 September 2022 (docket No. C-793/19, C-794/19), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the German regulations on the preventative storage of location...
    GermanyTechnology
    Oppenhoff
    Oppenhoff
  • Article

    Commission Announces E-Commerce Sector Inquiry

    On 26 March 2015, the EU Commissioner in charge of competition policy, Margrethe Vestager, announced plans to inquiry into the e-commerce sector.
    European UnionAntitrust/Competition Law
    Mayer Brown
    Mayer Brown
  • Article

    European Parliament Approves New Copyright Rules For The Internet, Including So-Called ‘Link Tax' And ‘Upload Filters'

    On 26 March 2019, following a lengthy process, the European Parliament has given final approval to the Copyright Directive, aimed at the modernization of the EU copyright regime.
    European UnionIntellectual Property
    Mayer Brown
    Mayer Brown
  • Article

    Amazon Wants To Patent "Pay by Selfie" Technology

    On 19 October 2015, Amazon filed a patent application for a process that would allow its customers to authenticate purchases with a selfie-photograph rather than a password.
    GermanyIntellectual Property
    Mayer Brown
    Mayer Brown
  • Article

    German Museum Sues Wikimedia Over Uploading Photographs of Public Domain Paintings

    In October 2015, the Reiss Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim, Germany, filed a lawsuit against the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Germany before the Regional Court of Berlin.
    GermanyIntellectual Property
    Mayer Brown
    Mayer Brown
  • Article

    Live-Streaming Apps and Sporting Events – Copyright Law Concerns

    The right to televise sporting events is one of the most valuable commodities in the broadcasting sector.
    GermanyIntellectual Property
    Mayer Brown
    Mayer Brown
  • Article

    Copyright And Trademark/Name Protection In The Internet - The Emerging Legal Sit

    GermanyMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
    Gleiss Lutz
    Gleiss Lutz
  • Article

    Licensing, Up To Exhaustion

    Software can be sold in the widest variety of formats, for example based on a data carrier, by transfer of a master copy on a data carrier, by online download, in OEM models or for online use (cloud computing, ASP, etc.).
    GermanyMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
    Preu Bohlig & Partner
    Preu Bohlig & Partner
  • Article

    GEMA v. Suno: A New European Precedent On The Relationship Between Generative AI And Copyright

    A German court has ruled that Suno, a platform generating music from text prompts, infringed copyright by training its AI model on protected works without authorization.
    GermanyIntellectual Property
    ADVANT Nctm
    ADVANT Nctm
  • Article

    German Federal Supreme Court Confirms Its Previous Positions On Liability For Copyright Infringements Within File Sharing Networks

    On 12 May 2016, the German Federal Supreme Court made several judgments, confirming and developing its settled case law on the liability of a subscriber of an internet connection for copyright infringements made by third persons.
    GermanyIntellectual Property
    Reed Smith (Worldwide)
    Reed Smith (Worldwide)
  • Article

    Parents Are (Not Always) Liable For Their Children's Conduct

    On November 15, 2012, the German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof, "BGH") handed down an eagerly awaited landmark decision on the scope of parents' duty to monitor their children's internet activities and what measures parents have to take to prevent infringement of third parties' rights (Docket No. I ZR 74/12).
    GermanyIntellectual Property
    Jones Day
    Jones Day
  • Article

    Trade Secrets And Cloud Services: Is The Sky The Limit?

    Germany is not only known as one of the best countries for enjoying beer and bratwurst, but it is also known as a country with some of the strictest data privacy laws on the planet.
    GermanyIntellectual Property
    Orrick
    Orrick
  • Article

    Google’s autocomplete function can infringe personality rights

    A German court held that words added to a search by Google's autocomplete function can invade a person's personality rights.
    GermanyMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
    DLA Piper Australia
    DLA Piper Australia
  • Article

    Die Haftung Der Geschäftsführung Bei Cyber-Angriffen

    Unternehmen sind einer Vielzahl von Cyber-Risiken ausgesetzt, z.B. Phishing-E-Mails, Ransomware, DDoS-Attacken, Fake Presidentund Man-in-the Middle-Angiffen, etc.
    GermanyTechnology
    Mayer Brown
    Mayer Brown
  • Article

    ECJ: No Surveillance Obligations For Gmail – But For SkypeOut

    On 13 June 2019, the European Court of Justice ECJ decided that the web-based email service Gmail does not constitute an "electronic communications service" within the meaning of Article 2(c)
    GermanyMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
    SKW Schwarz
    SKW Schwarz
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