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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As of august 30, 2008, rates for customers making mobile calls in other EU countries ("roaming") will continue to fall. The price caps provided for in the regulation [...]
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On July 17, 2008, the I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, among other things, for competition law, had to decide on the admissibility of a collection campaign [...].
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