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EU political update 4 - 8 March 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Global, Peru, Portugal
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  • March 4 2013

On 27 February, the European Commission decided under the EU Merger Regulation to prohibit the third attempt of low-cost airline Ryanair to acquire

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

CMS quarterly communications update April 2012

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • Austria, Bulgaria, European Union, Germany, Global, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2012

This edition includes contributions from the United Kingdom, Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine

German high court delivers mixed verdict on lawful access rules

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Germany
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  • March 17 2012

Germany’s highest court has upheld provisions of the country’s Telecommunications Act requiring providers to store customer data and allowing the Federal Network Agency to automatically access data on behalf of investigative agencies without the knowledge of providers

German Federal Constitutional Court restricts access to user data for law enforcement purposes

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Germany
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  • March 1 2012

On February 24, 2012, the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) ruled that certain provisions in the Federal Telecommunications Act concerning the disclosure of telecom user data to law enforcement agencies violate the German constitution

Apple crushes Samsung’s Galaxy tablet in Germany as global battle lines are drawn

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • Germany
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  • September 13 2011

Despite the Europe-wide ban being lifted following a challenge from Samsung, the Dusseldorf district court has now reinstated the ban on the sale of the Galaxy tablet across Germany saying that it does infringe Apple’s IP

German court confirms 3G license revocation with no fee refund

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Germany
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  • August 28 2011

The German Federal Administrative Court has issued a final judgment, upholding lower court rulings that the German telecoms regulator was justified in revoking one of the early 3G licenses for failure to meet build-out requirements, without refunding the 8.4 billion license fee

Germany raises the bar for "consent"

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Germany
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  • March 5 2011

One might think that if a person clicked a box on a website to indicate that he wanted to receive marketing pitches and provided his email address and phone number, and then clicked on a link in a follow-up email to confirm that he wanted to receive the pitches, that person could reasonably be said to have consented to the marketing

German Federal Supreme Court rejects double-opt-in

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany
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  • February 17 2011

The First Chamber of the German Federal Supreme Court decided on the permissibility of outbound advertising calls on the basis of a so-called "double-opt-in" (judgement dated February 10, 2011 - I ZR 16409 - Telefonaktion II

Unauthorised WiFi access

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • February 8 2011

The practice of accessing open WiFi-systems of others without permission (so-called piggybacking) is not explicitly governed in German law

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