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The VII Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, among other things, for the law on contracts for work and services, has ruled on the question of whether a purchaser can have claims for defects [...].
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In its judgment of May 8, 2013, Case No. 13 O 70/12, the Regional Court of Wuppertal found that a reasonable consumer would be aware of the [...]
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A prominent athlete does not have to accept that alienated portraits of him are disseminated without his consent. This has been decided by the [...]
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The defendant operates retail stores. In order to advertise its carnival costumes, it used in sales brochures in January 2010 the photographs of a [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible for copyright law among other things, has once again dealt with the admissibility under copyright law of the distribution of "used" [...]
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