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With the White Paper "Transport 2050", the EU Commission presented a roadmap for a major reform of the European transport system ("Roadmap") at the end of March this year
The Court of Justice of the European Communities just recently denied absolute product protection of patent claims directed to DNA sequences in the case Monsanto v Cefetra and others, C- 42808
On 19 May 2009 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that Germany can have national legislation which prevents non-pharmacists from owning and operating pharmacies (joined cases C-17107 and C- 172-07
Until now, according to the Federal Labour Court's Decisions, a business that was transferred during a transfer of a business pursuant to sec. 613a German Civil Code had to maintain its organisational independence in order for a transfer of business to be at hand
The current position under German law is that every employee has the right to a minimum of 24 days' paid holiday each year (although agreements can be made to enhance this statutory minimum
The German Court of Appeal recently lodged a reference for a preliminary ruling in the case J.E. Tyson Parketthandel GmbH hanse j. v Hauptzollamt Bremen (Reference number C-13408) regarding the question of whether products exported from the US prior to the date of first application of the additional customs duties, but after the date of entry into force of the applicable Regulation, are subject to additional customs duties
Cassina, an Italian furniture manufacturer, brought an infringement action against Peek & Cloppenburg (“P&C”), a German clothes retailer, for fitting out a customer rest area in one of its clothing shops with Le Corbusier chairs and displaying a chair in a shop window
