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).

In order to increase efficiency, the right to seek inspection according to Sec. 140c of the German Patent Act (PatG) is normally enforced by means of a preliminary court order.

Snapchat, the fast-growing social media network/messaging app, has spawned some controversy over how copyright law is interpreted in the United Kingdom.

The Hamburg Regional Court has ruled in favor of LAION in the case of Robert Kneschke v LAION e.V., finding that the use by LAION – a non-profit organisation...

It is sufficient that the advertisement invites consumers in Germany in which that work enjoys copyright protection to purchase it.

In October 2015, the Reiss Engelhorn Museum filed a lawsuit in the Regional Court of Berlin against the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Germany.

Germany, as another example, also put some special legislation into place.

Künftig gibt es auch für die Qualität gewerblicher Schutzrechte (Intellectual Property / IP) eine DIN-Norm.

In 2011, British wildlife photographer David J. Slater spent some time in Indonesia taking pictures of crested black macaques when he temporarily left his camera unattended.

The question of whether a sequence of exercises, such as yoga poses or dance moves, can be copyrighted has occupied the attention of international courts, scholars and copyright offices for some time.

According to the code of ethics of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, a culinary professional must not knowingly "appropriate […] any recipe or other intellectual property belonging to another without the proper recognition."

On Dec. 4, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a decision reaffirming its established case law on how copyright and design rights apply...

It is likely that the CJEU's ruling can be extended further to scents and other sensory input.

On 8 September 2016 (C-160/15), the CJEU ruled that the posting of a hyperlink to copyright-protected works located on another website does not constitute copyright infringement when the link poster does not seek financial gain.

Many Christmas songs such as "Jingle Bells" or "Silent Night" are not (or no longer) protected by copyright law and form part of the public domain...

On 15 September 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the operator of a shop, hotel or bar that offers free Wi-Fi to the public is not liable for copyright infringements...

In 2013, several artists and music production companies filed a constitutional complaint with the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, BVerfG) against two Federal Court of Justice that held that the sampling of a two-second sequence of rhythms was not admissible under the German Copyright Act (UrhG).

On 20 December 2018, the German Federal Court of Justice confirmed that photographs of public domain paintings ‎are, in principle, protected by a copyright-related right in section 72 of the German Copyright Act (Case No. I ZR 104/17).

Heads up, copyright lovers: Finally, the Federal Court of Justice in Germany rendered its decisions on the question: Are these shoes copyright-protected? These decisions...

Am 17. Oktober 2018 hat der Bundesgerichtshof die Nichtzulassungsbeschwerde von Bigben Interactive GmbH und Bigben Interactive S.A. (I ZR 28/18) gegen die Nichtzulassung der Revision gegen ein ...