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17. Januar 2012 —CK - Washington.No toSOPANo toACTANo to Hollywood…

9. Januar 2012 —CK - Washington.   55 years ago, German company Telefunken introduced radar equipment for the enforcement of speed limits. Later, traffic enforcement cameras automated the enforcement. The resulting disputes generated a viable market for German attorneys, specialized as Verkehrsanwalt, traffic lawye…

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23. Dezember 2011 —CK - Washington.   In a possible first pact of its kind, VW and its union agreed that the company would not send emails to certain wage-earners after hours. The agreement covers employees using company-issue smartphones. It excludes certain managerial personnel, a December 23, 2011 report in Heise O…

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17. Dezember 2011 —German Statute of Frauds, Lexetius CK - Washington.   Statutes, as amended -- or law in the most current version, -- are easily found in German bookstores. Most legislative acts are federal. Publishing houses print them affordably, and the major works rest on bookshelves in homes as commonly as in l…

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5. November 2011 —CK - Washington.   A German contract in English often reflects nothing of the parties' intent and purpose: A high-schooler or LL.M.-graduate may have prepared the translation, and the supply of pipes turns into the supply of pipelines, a provision on independent contractors into employment. Instead …

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31. Oktober 2011 —CK - Washington.   Solar energy tariffs paid by energy concerns are about to be lowered by 15% due to the successful adoption of solar energy in Germany. The agency responsible for the oversight of various grids and nets, Bundesnetzagentur, announced a new table for feed-in tariffs that apply to th…

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8. Oktober 2011 —CK - Washington. Easy access to a full set of features for locating German court decisions: JusMeum, a novel database provider growing out of a social media-type exchange of information service, has it. Currently, the service offers a free two-week test of its beta service JusMeum Rechtsprechung-Pro…

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16. September 2011 —CK - Washington.   Google and German data protection officials worked out a plan to legalize Google Analytics in Germany. There will be effects on other European nations. The data protection official in Hamburg had argued that Analytics violated German data protection law. Google and Hamburg, actin…

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14. September 2011 —CK - Washington.   American law plays into the positions propounded in the current hearings before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The court opened the dispute between Germany and Italy, in which Greece intervened, to live video transmissions which run from September 12 through 16, …

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14. September 2011 —CK - Washington.   The German American Law Association and Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V. invite to a panel discussion on Conflicts of Ethics in Transnational Engagements on October 25, 2011. The focus of the panel is described on DAJV's website as Multi-jurisdictional rules of ethi…

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20. August 2011 —CK - Washington.   Facebook's Like button ran into trouble in a northern German state on August 19, 2011. The Independent Center for Data Protection in Schleswig-Holstein issued a warning to users of the Like button and Facebook pages in the state: A penalty not to exceed 50,000 euros could await su…

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17. Juli 2011 —CK - Washington.   The German Supreme Court in Karlsruhe ruled on the question of trademarks used in search engine advertising search terms, such as Google's Adwords, where the trademark belongs to a competitor of the purchaser of the Adwords term. The decision of January 1, 2011 in the matter I ZR …

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16. Juni 2011 —CK - Washington.   The German justice system is ranked near the top in a comparison of justice systems of the world. The Rule of Law Index published on June 13, 2011 by the World Justice Project finds the German civil justice system not only fair but also affordable -- one of several causes of Germa…

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4. Mai 2011 —CK - Washington.   Germany treats Americans and E.U. members differently and does not afford Americans most favored nation treatment, in violation of Germany's treaty obligations, including the FCN treaty with the United States, the petitioner alleged before the United States Trade Representative. T…

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4. Mai 2011 —CK - Washington.   Germany treats Americans and E.U. members differently and does not afford Americans most favored nation treatment, in violation of Germany's treaty obligations, including the FCN treaty with the United States, the petitioner alleged before the United States Trade Representative. T…

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30. April 2011 —CK - Washington.   German Law Archive has announced the availability of two additional German statutes in English in its database: The Courts Constitution Act of 1975 and the Insurance Contracts Act of 2008.…

28. April 2011 —CK - Washington.   Small court, big issue: When does a notice sent by email arrive? When it's sent? At the time the addressee's email client pulls it from the server? When the recipient notices it? Within a certain number of hours or days after mailing? What if the addressee is occupied with other m…

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17. April 2011 —CK - Washington.   The German supreme patent court ruled on April 8, 2011 against the use of approximations for the distribution of colors in the description of a trademark, Ralf Petring notes on Twitter. The docket number is 26 W (pat) 12/10. An energy-drink maker had applied for a silver-blue colo…

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17. April 2011 —CK - Washington.   The German supreme patent court ruled on April 4, 2011 against the use of approximations for the distribution of colors in the description of a trademark, Ralf Petring notes on Twitter. The docket number is 26 W (pat) 12/10. An energy-drink maker had applied for a silver-blue colo…

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12. April 2011 —CK -Washington.   Time and again, we note that some lower German courts fail to understand the internet while the Supreme Court for civil matters is quite adept at it. Recently, it cleared up a misconception that handicapped the German press, bloggers and internet users since early 2005. Lower court…

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7. April 2011 —CK - Washington.   Website bundles involve agreements for the production of works, not for services, the German Supreme Court for civil cases, Bundesgerichtshof, ruled in the matter III ZR 79/09, Internet-System-Vertrag. The difference is significant. In the case of works, the parties may terminate…

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7. April 2011 —CK - Washington.   Website bundles involve agreements for the production of works, not for services, the German Supreme Court for civil cases, Bundesgerichtshof, ruled in the matter III ZR 79/09, Internet-System-Vertrag. The difference is significant. In the case of works, the parties may terminate…

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2. April 2011 —NK - Washington.   The German Court of Appeals for the District of Berlin, Kammergericht, released a press statement in the matter 10 W 127/10. The court dismissed the plaintiff's complaint, holding that Google may legally photograph buildings from public streets with its Street View cars. The plain…

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2. April 2011 —NK - Washington.   The German Court of Appeals for the District of Berlin, Kammergericht, released a press statement in the matter 10 W 127/10. The court dismissed the plaintiff's complaint, holding that Google may legally photograph buildings from public streets with its Street View cars. The plain…

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30. März 2011 —CK - Washington.   On March 30, 2011, the German Supreme Court for Civil Matters, Bundesgerichtshof, released a press statement to summarize its opinion in the internet jurisdiction matter VIII ZR 94/10. The formal written opinion will be published in the near future. The court decided against the …

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