German wind turbine manufacturer Enercon applied to register a shape consisting of an American football-shaped wind turbine as a Community Trade Mark. The class of goods covered included wind turbines.

Claims against big corporations based on international law, whether connected to climate change and environmental matters or human rights violations by suppliers, are on the rise.

How can companies not only protect the environment through sustainable design and innovative manufacturing approaches, but also increase their business success?

The finance ministry has published its draft bill to transpose various EU amendments and ECJ cases into national law whilst taking the opportunity to make a number of editorial changes.

A Peruvian farmer's climate action lawsuit against a German energy company was continued last Monday and yesterday before the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany

A new draft of a Directive by the EU Commission on so-called green claims (Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on green claims) provides for detailed requirements...

Amid headlines about soaring gas prices and energy ministers in the EU backing a voluntary 15% reduction in gas usage over the winter, we see interesting reports of how Germany is urgently turning to LNG ...

The German Government on 6 August 2025 adopted a draft law amending the Carbon Dioxide Storage Act, which aims to facilitate the use of carbon capture...

Germany's litigation landscape is being reshaped by the convergence of tighter criminal enforcement, scalable collective redress, and intensified regulatory action ...

In a ruling announced on April 29, 2021, the German Federal Constitutional Court ("Court") delivered a groundbreaking decision on national climate change legislation.

New PFAS threshold values applicable to soil testing will start on August 1, 2023.

The EU's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), designed to ensure that no products that contribute to deforestation are sold in, or exported from, the EU, continues to be criticized...

On February 14, 2023, the Braunschweig Regional Court in Germany dismissed a climate-related action brought against Volkswagen AG ("Volkswagen").

Green toys" are front and center at the international toy fair in Nuremburg, Germany,

The regional court of Braunschweig, as competent court for the headquarters of Volkswagen AG ("VW"), rendered a decision that is a significant setback for climate litigation activists in Germany...

Der ZIA hat sein Handbuch mit Gestaltungsvorschlägen für nachhaltige Mietverträge aktualisiert und am 07.03.2024 den „Green Lease 2.0" veröffentlicht.

Last week, a long-running lawsuit brought against a major German energy company by a Peruvian farmer for alleged damages stemming from climate change was dismissed by an appellate court in Germany.

Deutsche Umwelthilfe has launched multiple legal challenges against German state authorities over alleged failures to control trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) contamination in water systems.

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