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German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 28. Dezember 2009 —CK - Washington. Major changes in estate and probate law become effective on January 1, 2010. German inheritance law forms a book in the five-book civil code, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch. The Berlin attorney general summarized the key changes in a press release of December 28, 2009. While the statutor…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 26. Dezember 2009 — ... spam rules for addressing email to addressees who have not agreed to receive it. The Düsseldorf court of appeals imposes liability upon the corporate entity, and personally upon the management of the corporation, to properly screen rented lists of email adddresses before using them. The Novemb…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 29. November 2009 —CK - Washington. Even minor rules can seem like major hurdles once you start exploring and compiling every potential issue. Munich lawyer Udo Schwerd exemplifies that with his thoughtful note on required disclosures in business correspondence. Schwerd assembled statutory rules for various types of…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 26. November 2009 —CK - Washington. Who is the proper defendant in a domain dispute over a .de domain name? The Frankfurt district court held on November 16, 2009 in the matter 2-21 O 139/09, that the registrant of the domain and the administrative contact listed with the .de domain name are suitable targets. The m…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 17. November 2009 — ... of a traditional publisher and a valiant defender of internet freedoms, summarizes the current state of the debate on November 17, 2009. The new federal government in Berlin anticipates introducing such a statute. A major law journal, Kommunikation & Recht is expected to present in its Decembe…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 17. November 2009 — ... and not directing its business at customers in Germany, the Munich court of appeals ruled on October 10, 2009 in the matter 29 U 2636/09. The decision is unavailable on the court's website--only the ... but has been discussed on the Online & Recht site and the Rechts-News Archiv site on Novemb…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 14. November 2009 —CK - Washington. Who is liable for copyright violations when community blog articles include pictures supplied by a contributing author and owned by a third party? A November 12, 2009 ruling, not yet published, by the German Supreme Court in civil matters, Bundesgerichtshof, renders both the autho…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 5. November 2009 —CK German law knows a stay in litigation. An American stay ordered in a bankruptcy case can have an equivalent effect in Germany, the German Supreme Court in Civil Matters, Bundesgerichtshof, ruled in the matter X ZR 79/06 on October 13, 2009. The decision is now available on its website.…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 1. November 2009 — ... person between undisclosed locations. The German federal administrative supreme court, Bundesverwaltungsgericht, approved the rationale of the lower courts while vacating their decisions and remanding the matter on October 29, 2009. The court agreed in the matter T. v. Federal Republic of Ge…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 30. Oktober 2009 —CK - Washington. Coverage of legal issues in periodicals and blogs with links to commentary in blogs--that is the theme of lawi.sh. Thanks to its developer, the German law blog scene is one of the best known blog spheres in German-speaking countries. His first creation, Jurablogs, links to partici…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 26. Oktober 2009 —CK - Washington. Dieter Dettke is one of the preeminent scholars on German foreign policy, having served in insightful positions in Germany and the United States. His new book Germany Says "No" published by Johns Hopkins University Press is now available with a special discount, code NAF. German m…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 18. Oktober 2009 — ... the uniform assessment of domain name practitioners in Germany of a new Denic eG policy, effective October 23, 2009. As the registry for the German .de country level domain, Denic had long refused to ... in Karlsruhe rejected Denic's petition for review, the registry changed its rules. Beginn…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 9. Oktober 2009 —CK - Washington. The German Law Archive is a great source of German statutes translated into English. Today it announced: After a period of inactivity, we have just added new or updated English translations of the following nine German statutes: Foreign Trade and Payments Act Administrative …
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 6. Oktober 2009 — ... European Union directives, German law has moved internet transactions far from the Caveat Emptor principle. The Supreme Court for Civil Matters, Bundesgerichtshof, in Karlsruhe expanded on consumer protection on September 30, 2009 in a matter involving an attorney who had ordered lamps for ship…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 1. Oktober 2009 — ... as the comparison does not confuse the consumer into believing that a product is the subject of ridicule or derision, a mocking comparison remains legal. The court issued a press release on October 1, 2009. The matter involves two dailies, Bild and TAZ.…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 26. Juli 2009 —CK - Washington. Despite the fact that an unregistered trademark is used in Germany, a conflicting mark may be registered with the Patent and Tradem…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 18. August 2009 —CK - Washington. The German cell phone ban appears unconstitutional and needs to be referred to the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, a jud…