In the case of file-sharing cease-and-desist letters, it is often not the authors themselves who issue cease-and-desist letters, but alleged other rights holders. In particular, the companies DigiProtect Gesellschaft [...]
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The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) has issued a decision on the justification requirements for termination without notice due to default of payment by a residential tenant in a case [...]
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If a broadcast subscriber operates registered broadcast receivers in the exclusively privately used rooms of his single-family home and additionally in his professionally used domestic [...]
Learn moreObjections against operating costs every settlement year anew
The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) has ruled that a residential tenant may raise an objection to an operating costs statement prepared by the landlord even within the [...]
Learn moreSwiss Post must tolerate competitor letterboxes near post offices
Deutsche Post AG cannot, in principle, prevent mailboxes of its own branches or mailboxes from being located in the immediate vicinity of [...]
Learn moreInadequately secured WLAN connection - questions of liability
Private individuals can be sued for injunctive relief, but not for damages, if their inadequately secured WLAN connection is used by unauthorized [...]
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