On March 31, 2009, the Federal Network Agency announced new charges for access to the subscriber line (ULL) of Deutsche Telekom AG (DT AG), the so-called last [...].
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The Federal Network Agency intends to continue to require Deutsche Telekom AG (DT AG) to permit call-by-call and preselection on its lines in the future. This [...]
Learn moreBundestag Enhances International Design Protection
On June 18, 2009, the German Bundestag passed two laws on international design protection. The laws are intended to improve design law (the so-called [...]
Learn moreTenant's Cost Reimbursement for an Invalid Final Renovation Clause
The VIII. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, among other things, for residential tenancy law. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice has ruled that in the event of an invalid final renovation clause in the lease [...]
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The VIII Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, among other things, for residential tenancy law, has ruled that a significant deviation from the actual [...]. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice has ruled that a significant deviation of the actual [...]
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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 under which conditions the [...]
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