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Hotel operators must pay for TV programs

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Germany
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  • October 7 2011

The Higher Regional Court of Munich confirmed in a decision that has now become legally binding (Decision dated 30 June 2011 file no.: 6 Sch 1409 WG) that hotel operators are obligated by law to pay appropriate remuneration to private broadcasting companies for the use of TV and radio programs

German Federal Court of Justice gives ruling on abuse of dominance of intellectual property rights

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Germany
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  • May 11 2009

Germany's Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) has ruled that a company holding essential patents for a technology standard can be considered dominant, but that refusing to license its patents does not of itself constitute an abuse