Several German websites report (here, here, here) that Swiss file- and share-hosting service RapidShare has been victiorious in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by video game maker Atari before the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf concernin…
Atari vs. RapidShare: Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf decides
January 7th, 2011 · No Comments
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The BGH and the photographs of Prussian castles
December 30th, 2010 · No Comments
The IPKat almost missed these three “copyright-related” cases, which were decided by 5th Civil senate of German Bundesgerichtshof, which is the senate that is, inter alia, responsible for property law.On 17 December 2010, the 5th Civil senate of German…
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The BGH, the "circulation" of images and a "psychogram of a murderer"
December 29th, 2010 · No Comments
In a decision of 7 December 2010, the German Bundesgerichtshof has decided that an image archive agency which provides images from its archives to an (external) press outlet has no duty to examine the lawfulness of a final press report which uses these…
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