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Thumbnails legally permissible in Germany: German Federal Court, I ZR 6908, 29 April 2010

Hogan Lovells
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Germany
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February 28 2011

At the end of April 2010, the German Federal Court of Justice rendered a landmark judgment regarding the use of so-called "thumbnails" in internet search engines

To use or not to use? Federal Court of Justice asks CJEU to evaluate the compatibility of a re-sale of used software licenses with copyright law

Hogan Lovells
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European Union, Germany
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April 14 2011

The question of whether or not the trade in used software licenses which are passed on to the buyer by way of online download is compatible with copyright law has long been controversially discussed by German courts and legal commentators

German court: online video recorders infringe broadcasters' rights

Hogan Lovells
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Germany
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May 30 2012

This case, which is reviewed below went before the German Federal Court in 2009

Domain name owners can request rectification of wrong whois entries

Hogan Lovells
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Germany
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April 26 2012

FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE, DECISION OF 18 JANUARY 2012, I ZR 18710 ("GEWINN.DE"

Business statements in blogs without indication of the author have to be seen as commercial activities and therefore must be defined as misleading advertisement

Hogan Lovells
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Germany
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November 28 2012

The Court of Appeal of Munich had to decide about two main aspects concerning entries in internet forums: Could such blog- or Wikipedia-entries be classified as commercial activity and therefore be subject to the German Law on unfair Competition (UWG)?

Recent German decisions on thumbnail images and IP addresses

Hogan Lovells
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Germany
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December 22 2008

According to the Hamburg District Court, Google's image search infringes German copyright law when it displays thumbnail images in its search results

Names of famous artists as trademarks when is the use really genuine?

Hogan Lovells
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Germany
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July 20 2012

The German Federal Court of Justice decided that neither the use of the sign "ZAPPA" as part of a domain name ("zappa.com") nor as part of the sign "Zappa Records" constituted right-preserving genuine use of a trademark under Articles 15 (1) and (2a) EC Regulation 4094

No copyright infringement by embedding third party content in frames

Hogan Lovells
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Germany
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April 3 2013

The defendant granted on its website access to the e-commerce platform Amazon. Access was provided in a frame embedded in the defendant’s website

Non-compliance with e-commerce rules is misleading advertisement

Hogan Lovells
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Germany
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January 10 2013

The Court of Appeal of Bremen (German version of the decision) has recently confirmed that competitors and consumer associations in Germany may challenge

German court denies personality right infringements by autocomplete suggestions

Hogan Lovells
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Germany
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January 16 2013

Search engines on the internet and other platforms often use autocomplete functions to facilitate search function for internet users. Steered by

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