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German Federal Court of Justice: Facebook must grant heirs full access to a deceased person’s account

German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH, Urteil vom 12. Juli 2018, Az. III ZR 183/17) ruled that Facebook must indeed grant the heirs of a deceased user access to the deceased’s Facebook account.   Dr. Marcus Dittmann, Rechtsanwalt   Last updated 12 July 2018  

AI Contracts: Legal aspects of agreements on artificial intelligence and deep learning tools

When drafting contracts for the use of artificial intelligence, smart algorithms and deep learning tools, a number of special features of the subject matter must be taken into account. This is more than normal standard software. Various types of contracts are conceivable, as is usually the case in IT law, for example: The “Sale” of […]