The Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Frankfurt am Main has ruled that in the case of so-called "subscription traps on the Internet", i.e. Internet offers where not without [...]
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You would like to work as a legal trainee during your legal clerkship in the legal fields of intellectual property law, copyright and media law and [...]
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The 6th Civil Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne (OLG Cologne), which is responsible for copyright matters, ruled on July 31, 2009, that an independent Cologne theater production [...]
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On June 3, 2009, the Higher Administrative Court of Schleswig-Holstein ruled in three summary proceedings that publication of agricultural subsidies paid with the names of the recipients [...]
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On august 4, 2009, the Act to Combat Unauthorized Telephone Advertising and to Improve Consumer Protection in Special Sales [...]
Learn moreInternet-capable computer is subject to broadcasting licence fees
In the opinion of the Bavarian Administrative Court, broadcasting fees must also be paid for computers with Internet access that are used exclusively for professional purposes. This has been confirmed by the [...]
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