The First Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible among other things for competition law, today ruled that the [...]
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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 on the conditions under which a natural person who [...]
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On October 1, 2009, the I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible for competition law, among other things, revised its case law on the limits of humorous [...]
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On October 1, 2009, the Patent Law Simplification and Modernization Act entered into force (BGBl. I p. 2521). [...]
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An everyday case: An animal owner brings his sick animal to a veterinarian for treatment. In the course of the treatment, this animal injures [...]
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The Frankfurt am Main Regional Court has refused to open the main proceedings against two defendants who were charged in connection with service offers in the [...]
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