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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible, among other things, for competition law, has ruled that advertising a price reduction of [...]
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The plaintiff is the German Federation of Consumer Organizations and Consumer Associations. The defendant conducts trade via the Internet trading platform eBay with, among other things, [...]
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The VIII. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, among other things, for the law of sales. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice has ruled that in a distance selling transaction a right of [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible for copyright law, among other things, has ruled that the operator of a recipe collection on the Internet [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible for competition and trademark law, among other things, has ruled on FIFA's claims for cancellation of trademarks [...]
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