The Act on the Reorganization of Telecommunications Surveillance and Other Covert Investigation Measures and on the Implementation of Directive 2006/24/EC not only [...]
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On October 15, 2008, the German Federal Cabinet passed a bill to simplify and modernize patent law. The Patent Law Modernization Act improves the legal situation in [...]
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The VIII. The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) had to rule on the validity of a clause in the general terms and conditions of a [...]
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In its decision of October 28, 2008, the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court granted an application for an extended temporary injunction [...].
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On november 5, 2008, the German Federal Cabinet approved the draft law on the implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive, the civil law part of the Payment Services Directive and the [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible among other things for trademark law, ruled on October 23, 2008 on the legal validity of the trademark "POST" [...].
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