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Steam User Accounts not transferable, confirms Berlin Court of Appeals

  Valve Corporation, the operator of the popular Steam online games platform, successfully withstood some pressure in Germany. Starting in 2013, the Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband, an important German consumer protection organization, filed a law suit against Valve for alleged violation of consumer rights. The subject matter of the complaint was a clause in the terms and […]

GDPR and unfair competition – data protection pitfalls when doing business in Germany

GDPR and unfair competition – data protection pitfalls when doing business in Germany   Dr. Marcus Dittmann, Rechtsanwalt   Last updated 20 November 2018   Companies operating business websites in Germany have to be careful to ensure compliance to German laws. Among other things, German laws require that companies must provide certain legal information on […]

EU Court: Hyperlinking may be a Copyright Violation

Dr. Marcus Dittmann (Rechtsanwalt)   Last updated 27 September 2016   In September 2016 the European Court of Justice handed down a judgement which many observers believe could endanger the freedom of placing hyperlinks, thereby compromising a core functionality of the Internet and free speech (European Court of Justice, judgement of 8 September 2016 in […]