Internet Jurisdiction of German Courts

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 exercise of personal jurisdiction by German courts in a matter involving a claim for the infringement of personality rights where (a) the parties to the underlying facts acted outside of Germany; (b) a server in Germany hosted the allegedly infringing material; and (c) the plaintiff, a resident of Russia and Germany, happened to notice the material while he was pre…