Market for Game Tokens
am 16.05.2005 von German American Law Journal :: American EditionCK - Washington. ON May 9, 2005, the Stade Administrative Court published a ruling in the matter 6 B 635/05 that refers to the sale on eBay of tokens for arcade game equipement. At issue was whether arcade games that operate with tokens constitute illegal gambling machines even if a player does not insert coins or receive cash winnings, and if the tokens used to operate the machines are neither sold nor exchanged for cash at the arcade.After a detailed analysis of the legal basis that outlaws gambling equipment and the nature of game machines operated with tokens which offer no cash winnings, …
eBay Users to Provide Right of Return
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / WO - Boston. The Federal Supreme Court of Germany, Bundesgerichtshof ruled in the matter VIII ZR 375/03 on November 3, 2004, that purchasers of goods on the eBay website have the right to return goods purchased on the site during the statutory 14 d…
Apple - kommt jetzt iGame?
MarkenBlog / TRADEMORK meldet die Ausweitung des Markenschutzes für das Kennzeichen “APPLE”. In einer Anmeldung beim USPTO vom 05.02.2008 beansprucht Apple Schutz in der Nizzaklasse 28 (Spielzeug, Spielwaren). Beansprucht werden: Toys, games and pl…
RAP-P€€R loves Cash
medien-gerecht / Finanzminister Steinbrück rapt! Zumindest virtuell. Eine Werbeagentur fertigte den rappenden P€€R in muscle-Shirt und Basecap als Dankeschön für die Zusammenarbeit. Eigentlich sollte es ein hausinterner Gag bleiben. Aber dem Minist…
Bargain at Auction Legal
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. On September 28, 2007, the Pforzheim criminal conviction of an online auction buyer of equipment at a price too good to be true has been lifted, various news sites such as Netzeitung report. The appellate ruling from the Kar…
Hamburg Court: Forum Operators are Liable for Comments
Law & Justice / The first-instance district court of Hamburg has handed down its written statement on its ruling of December 02, 2005 on liability for forums. The statements refers to web forums as an especially dangerous feature. Those who operate such a source of…
Seizing Client Data From Lawyers
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In the course of a criminal investigation, the police may not search and seize all the data-storing equipment of a suspect, the German Federal Constitution Court in Karlsruhe decided on April 12, 2005, according to its press r…
Criminal Purchase at Auction
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Pforzheim criminal trial court ruled on June 26, 2007 in a decision now published at Medien Internet und Recht that the fencing statute applies to inexpensive purchases of new goods on the auction platform eBay. In the…
Phone-in prize shows/TV-Gewinnspiele eventuell ungesetzlich in England?
Transblawg / Times Online reports that phone-in prize shows may be closed or run as lotteries. Apparently any game that charges a fee to play and does not involve skill is a lottery. And to run a lottery, you have to get a licence and give 20 per cent of the rev…
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