The VIII. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible, among other things, for residential tenancy law. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) had to decide whether the exercise of a trade [...]
Learn more"Unilateral" price adjustment clause in contracts is invalid
On July 15, 2009, the Federal Court of Justice had to rule on whether a gas supply company may use the following clause in a special customer contract: "k. [...]
Learn moreShipping costs must be indicated in price search engines
The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible among other things for competition law, issued a decision on July 16, 2009 on the [...]
Learn moreUniversity may digitise works from publisher's programme
By judgment of May 13, 2009 (Case No.: 2-06 O 172/09), the Sixth Civil Chamber of the Frankfurt am Main Regional Court ruled on the motions of a [...]
Learn moreLego's Lego brick cancelled as three-dimensional trade mark
The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible among other things for trademark law, ruled on July 16, 2009, on the legal validity of the registration of a [...]
Learn more"Cooperation" between ophthalmologist and optician may be permissible
The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible, among other things, for competition law, had to decide on the admissibility of a cooperation between an ophthalmologist [...]
Learn more