On august 14, 2008, the Cartel Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled that the Deutscher Lotto- und Totoblock (DLTB) was entitled to collect the [...]
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On September 1, 2008, the law transposing the EU Enforcement Directive entered into force. The law is intended to strengthen the fight against [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible among other things for copyright law, today ruled that private individuals who, contrary to § [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible among other things for copyright law, today ruled that no copyright [...]
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The Federal Network Agency has been upheld by the Cologne Administrative Court (VG Köln) in three proceedings relating to telephone number misuse. The Bonn authority had filed [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice had to rule in two cases on the extent to which companies are prohibited from selling goods or services by means [...]
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