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The European Commission has proposed a new regulation to establish an EU-wide selection procedure for allocating licenses in the 2 GHz mobile satellite services band, with one-third reserved for governmental and defense use and two-thirds for commercial applications. The proposal aims to promote direct-to-device services and technological sovereignty once current authorizations expire in May 2027.

Unterhält die Arbeitgeberin einen Twitter-Account, besteht zumindest aufgrund der Funktionalität „Antwort" ein Mitbestimmungsrecht des (Gesamt)Betriebsrats aus § 87 Abs. 1 Nr. 6 BetrVG.

On July 18, 2017, the German government enacted changes to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance ("AWV") that significantly expand the scope of the law.

According to the Court, the reason why the ban also restricts competition by effect is because it limits the access of both retailers and end-customers to e-commerce.

On April 1, 2020, Germany's federal government published a new draft bill to amend the German Hate Speech Act (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz – "NetzDG";

A recent ruling of the German federal court of justice leaves providers of online review platforms in a state of shock, which could extend beyond that country's borders as the judgment...

On 24 August 2018, the Munich Court of Appeal ("Court") issued a preliminary injunction against Facebook that prohibits Facebook from deleting a certain user's post...

With ever greater frequency open source software is becoming a topic at corporate acquisitions, and not only where the sale or acquisition of software enterprises is concerned.

Over the last years, a number of German Courts had to decide whether the operator of a website that contains a contact form for the website's visitors shall be obliged to provide visitors a privacy policy that informs the visitor about type, scope and purposes of collection and use of personal data.

Whether an IAP should be obliged to prevent its users from accessing websites that contain illegal content or unauthorized download links to copyright-protected works is a highly controversial matter in Germany and Europe.

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2015, Berlin Data Protection Commissioner Dr. Alexander Dix made a number of important announcements regarding the EU/U.S. Safe Harbor Program and U.S. cloud services provided in the EU.

The update or new implementation of an ERP system (Enterprise Resource Planning) – such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, or Oracle – is a perfect example for complex tech programs that often fail.

Dornbracht has lost its appeal to the German Supreme Court against an order awarding damages to a retailer because of losses suffered due to an anticompetitive clause in Dornbracht’s distribution agreements.

The German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") has launched a sector inquiry into "online price comparison websites."

In a decision dated 12 May 2016, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) narrowed the scope of liability of WiFi access operators for rights infringements of users of WiFi access points.