The initiative includes an https encryption test, under which Bavarian companies may have their websites tested (source document in German) and receive feedback from the DPA.

In addition, both reports note that less than one third of companies turn to the government for assistance when dealing with an attack.

Cashless payments by smartphone are becoming more and more popular. The phase in which credit card payments have become commonplace in Germany ...

A look at how the fashion industry can leverage technology like blockchain to manage the integrity of its supply chain and enhance IP protection.

We invited Stijn Broecke, senior economist at the AI Observatory in the OECD, to have a chat with Burkard Göpfert partner at our German law firm and give his view on what the data is telling us now...

I'm looking forward to this year's Legal Geek conference, which will be my first ever sustainable conference.

On 3 November 2017, the German regulator for the financial sector, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ("BaFin"), published a new circular titled Rundschreiben 10/2017 (BA) vom 3. November 2017 – Bankaufsichtliche Anforderungen an die IT (in English: Circular 10/2017 – Regulatory Requirements for IT-Systems – "BAIT").

Germany has introduced a new regulation on crypto fund units.

On November 21, the Data Protection Authority of Baden-Württemberg issued the first fine under the GDPR in Germany against a social media provider for violating data security requirements

In the second episode of the Best Practice podcast, Bastian walks you through ten EPO Board of Appeal decisions which relate to AI inventions.

German financial regulatory authority BaFin published further guidance on its view around tokens and crypto-currencies used to structure Initial Coins offerings (German version available here).

When the new Fund Location Act (Fondsstandortgesetz) comes into effect on 1 July 2021, domestic special funds (Spezialfonds)...

Digital Twins are created when a physical object or a business process is recreated digitally. Using digital twins, we can simulate how an object would interact with its environment or how a business process would change due to changed parameters.

On 5 April 2017, the German Federal Minister of Justice's new bill aimed at improving enforcement of rights in social networks (Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Verbesserung der Rechtsdurchsetzung in sozialen Netzwerken; Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz – NetzDG, the Bill; see our previous blog) has, in a slightly revised version, been adopted by the Federal Cabinet (Bundeskabinett) and is now ready for discussion by the German Parliament.

In the second episode of our podcast mini-series on tech M&A in partnership with Mergermarket, Dirk Besse, Managing Partner of Morrison & Foerster's Berlin office...

The German Competition Authority (Bundeskartellamt) published the final report of its market inquiry on messaging and video services.

In Kooperation mit Mergermarket hat Morrison & Foerster eine Studie zum Thema „Tech M&A" durchgeführt.

The Transposition Act for the Second EU Directive on Payment Services (PSD2) has been in force since January 13, 2018

Overlaps, contradictions and inconsistencies in rules create legal uncertainty, impose bureaucratic burden on businesses and hamper innovation—especially in highly regulated sectors.

Just published in the New York Law Journal: William A. Tanenbaum and Dr. Matthias Orthwein, LL. M. (Boston) examine the Chinese AI model DeepSeek's dual-edged implications for international business.