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Cloud computing for the German market a rough line legal comparison

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • April 18 2013

Cloud Computing raises many questions as to the contractual requirements under German law. The issues around licensing usage rights, warranties and

FSC decides on patentability of neural progenitor cells II (Brustle)

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • February 25 2013

Recently, the German Federal Supreme Court decided on a nullity action on the patentability of progenitor cells extracted from human embryonic stem

2013 challenges for the communications sector

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
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  • February 12 2013

The 4G spectrum auctions dominate across the featured countries while developments relating to cookie regulation and net neutrality feature

Federal Cartel Office prohibits chemicals traders joint venture previously cleared in merger control

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • February 6 2013

On 21 November 2012, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) prohibited the further operation of a joint venture between two chemicals traders, saying it had

German Parliament adopts amendment to German competition law

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • February 6 2013

The German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) has adopted the 8th Amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC). The reform brings

German Data Protection Authority goes head to head with Facebook on pseudonymous accounts

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • February 4 2013

Facebook Inc. (US) and Facebook Ltd. (Ireland) have come into major conflict with the Schleswig Holstein Data Protection Commissioner (ULD) as well

Corporate restructuring to minimise risks

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • January 18 2013

Many automotive parts suppliers in Europe are mid-sized (family owned) businesses with inflexible and outdated corporate structures that are not

Customary usage in the trade gains importance in determining infringement

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany, United Kingdom
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  • January 9 2013

There is a constellation (or fact pattern) in patent cases which at first may sound unlikely, but which upon closer inspection proves to be both

Stay of first instance infringement decisions in standard essential patent actions?

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • January 9 2013

German civil procedure law explains that a first instance judgment is enforceable if the winning plaintiff provides security (s. 709 Civil Procedure

The EEG system under German tax law

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • June 30 2011

The German Renewable Energy Act ("EEG") came into force in 2000 and allows German residents to become energy producers by installing renewable energy generators and to sell electricity to the grid