The Federal Network Agency is once again taking action in a particularly drastic case of telephone spam. Last week, it ordered the shutdown [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible for trademark law, among other things, today once again ruled that an Internet auction house can be sued for [...]
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The motto of the 8th World Intellectual Property Day, which is organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization, is "Promoting Innovation - Protecting [...]
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The Federal Republic of Germany has sued the news magazine FOCUS for injunctive relief and correction on account of a press article. The subject of the appeal proceedings was only [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, among other things, for trademark and name law, had to decide under which conditions an Internet auction house [...]
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On April 11, 2008, the German Bundestag passed the law implementing the EU Enforcement Directive. The law facilitates the fight against product piracy [...]
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