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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, among other things, for trademark law, ruled on October 21, 2015, that a banking institution may request information [...]
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The plaintiff, who had been a professional track and field athlete in the triple jump discipline since 1997, claims from the defendant, the German Olympic [...]
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