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On the 10th of each month or quarter, self-employed persons and tradesmen must report their sales and wage tax returns to the tax office. This deadline [...]
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In the design patent litigation of Apple Inc., USA, against Samsung Electronics GmbH, Schwalbach, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, [...]
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The Public Procurement Senate of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has ruled that the BAHN-BKK procedure, by which the health insurer had awarded rebate contracts to pharmaceutical companies and [...]
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The use of so-called plug-ins, such as the "Like button" of Facebook and social plug-ins of comparable social media platforms are [...].
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