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We know the IT industry at all stages of their value chain. In addition, our has now been 15 Years active in the field of IT law Attorney Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak graduated alongside his jurisprudential studies such electrical engineering with appropriate emphasis in the areas of information technology / telecommunications. Thus, we speak your language.

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The entire right of information technologies and telecommunications, including the message processing, Soft- and hardware technology and networks form from our legal practice. Online, offline, ASIC to ob oder PPC.

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IT Law

We know the IT industry at all stages of their value chain. In addition, our has now been 15 Years active in the field of IT law Attorney Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak graduated alongside his jurisprudential studies such electrical engineering with appropriate emphasis in the areas of information technology / telecommunications. Thus, we speak your language.

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The entire right of information technologies and telecommunications, including the message processing, Soft- and hardware technology and networks form from our legal practice. Online, offline, ASIC to ob oder PPC.

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Internet Law

Internet law and online law brings together a variety of legal areas (u.a. Domain Law, IT Law, Telecommunications Law, Copyright, Computerrecht, Media Law, Civil Law). We know each other "the network" and his German and European regulations for.

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IT-by design

The legally secure as possible implementation of Web- and IT projects with the creation of the necessary contracts in the field of computer law, Copyright and domain law, and the development of customized general terms and conditions with constraints (Conditions, Privacy Statement, Declarations of Conformity, etc.) part of our daily practice.

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03rd Jan 2022
E-mail advertisements represent persistent and undesirable addressing of the users of the e-mail services

E-mail advertisements represent persistent and undesirable addressing of the users of the e-mail services

1. Art. 13 Abs. 1 Directive 2002/58 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12. July 2002 on the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in electronic communication (Privacy policy for electronic communications) in the by Directive 2009/136 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25. November 2009 the amended version is to be interpreted accordingly, that the display of advertising messages in the inbox of a user of an e-mail service in a form, which is similar to that of an actual email, and in the same place as such an email, a "use of ... electronic mail for the purposes of direct mail" within the meaning of this provision, without determining the recipient of these messages ...

01st Mar 2021
The use of the image of a prominent person on the Internet as a “Clickbait” violates the right to one's own image

The use of the image of a prominent person on the Internet as a “Clickbait” violates the right to one's own image

b) The use of the image of a prominent person on the Internet as a “Clickbait” (“Click queues”) without editorial reference to this intervenes in the property-law allocation content of your right to your own image. c) A celebrity doesn't have to accept, that your portrait is used by the press free of charge to advertise editorial contributions, that do not concern them. Urteil BGH I ZR 120/19 – Clickbaiting KUG § 22 Set 1, § 23 Abs. 1 No.. 1, Abs. 2; BGB § 812 Abs. 1 Set 1 Fall 2, § 818 Abs. 2; ZPO § 538 Abs. 2 Set 1 No.. 4

20th Jan 2020
Automatic selection of reviews by an evaluation portal as yelp.de is admissible

Automatic selection of reviews by an evaluation portal as yelp.de is admissible

BGH judgment of 14. January 2020 – VI ZR 496/18 (u.a.) – yelp.de facts: The applicant takes account of their evaluation display on an Internet portal whose operators to cease and desist, Detection and damage claims. The defendant operates the Internet at www.yelp.de a Review Portal, rate in the company, registered users by awarding one stars up to five and a text. The Internet portal displays all user contributions and classifies them automatically by software and daily without manual control as either “recommended” or as “(currently) not recommended” on. When you call a company are up to five stars displayed with its name and presentation, the average of the award in the “recommended”...

10th Dec 2019
No entitlement to regulatory required intervention in a data protection supervisory matter

No entitlement to regulatory required intervention in a data protection supervisory matter

The parties disagree about the intervention of the defendant in a privacy supervisory matter. The plaintiff asked the Kreissparkasse ... ... ... repeatedly, his ... ... ... shared her personal data processed by him to übermitteln.3Die Kreissparkasse the applicant by letter of 30. July 2018 then with, to him in compliance with Art. 15 Abs. 1 and 2 to the Privacy Regulation (DS-ACE) such as § 34 the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) now convey its data (vgl. leaf 3 – 6 the court record, Conditioning the application). With a further letter of the same day, the Kreissparkasse told ... ... ... the plaintiff nor the credit rating his person with. By letter of 3. September 2018 turned ...

15th Oct 2019
Importance of freedom in the assessment of an utterance as "harmful to minors" and the terms thereof finable requirement to appoint a youth protection officer

Importance of freedom in the assessment of an utterance as "harmful to minors" and the terms thereof finable requirement to appoint a youth protection officer

decisions, applied to the evaluation of a by Article. 5 Abs. 1 Set 1 socialize as harmful to minors adverse legal consequences GG protected expression, must take into account the value-setting significance of the fundamental right of freedom of expression. These principles are also to be observed, if not the expression itself is the subject of proceedings, but their evaluation is in turn the basis for a more onerous state measure. As far as making a classification of utterances as "harmful to minors" the basis for the finable requirement to appoint a youth protection officer, must also be considered as part of the proportionality test, the importance of having such a requirement for the possibility of freedom of expression of those affected. This has the 2nd Chamber of the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court today ...

30th May 2018
Federal Network Agency's action against ping calls has been a considerable success,,de,The Federal Network Agency has again acted against ping calls and has banned the accounting and collection for connections to several Belarusian phone numbers,,de,"We continue to consistently oppose ping calls,,de,Protecting consumers from phone harassment is a priority for us ",,de,explains Jochen Homann,,de,President of the Federal Network Agency,,de,"The significant drop in complaints about ping calls shows,,de,that our measures are successful,,de,Especially the price announcement obligation has shown effect. ",,de,Callback costs several euros per minute,,de,Ping calls are Lock calls,,de,who want to provoke a chargeable recall,,de,When mobile customers call the number back,,de

Federal Network Agency's action against ping calls has been a considerable success,,de,The Federal Network Agency has again acted against ping calls and has banned the accounting and collection for connections to several Belarusian phone numbers,,de,"We continue to consistently oppose ping calls,,de,Protecting consumers from phone harassment is a priority for us ",,de,explains Jochen Homann,,de,President of the Federal Network Agency,,de,"The significant drop in complaints about ping calls shows,,de,that our measures are successful,,de,Especially the price announcement obligation has shown effect. ",,de,Callback costs several euros per minute,,de,Ping calls are Lock calls,,de,who want to provoke a chargeable recall,,de,When mobile customers call the number back,,de

Die Bundesnetzagentur ist erneut gegen Ping-Anrufe vorgegangen und hat die Rechnungslegung und Inkassierung für Verbindungen zu mehreren weißrussischen Rufnummern untersagt. „Wir gehen weiterhin konsequent gegen Ping-Anrufe vor. Der Schutz der Verbraucher vor telefonischer Belästigung hat für uns Priorität“, erklärt Jochen Homann, Präsident der Bundesnetzagentur. „Der deutliche Rückgang der Beschwerden über Ping-Anrufe zeigt, dass unsere Maßnahmen erfolgreich sind. Gerade die Preisansageverpflichtung hat Wirkung gezeigt.“ Rückruf kostet mehrere Euro pro Minute Ping-Anrufe sind Lockanrufe, die einen kostenpflichtigen Rückruf provozieren wollen. Wenn Mobilfunkkunden die Nummer zurückrufen, they often get band announcements,,de,which cost several euros per minute,,de,The band announcements range from incomprehensible announcements in foreign language to competitions,,de,Erotic announcements or alleged package deliveries,,de,The goal of the cheats is it,,de,that the callers remain in the line as long as possible,,de,The polluters benefit from the generated connection fees,,de,Knapp,,en,Consumers had complained to the Federal Network Agency about the calls,,de,Prohibition of accounting and collection,,de,The Federal Network Agency has to the Belarusian numbers,,de,that mobile network operators consumers the cost,,de,which were created by dialing these numbers,,de,no longer allowed to charge,,de,If consumers have already received invoices,,de, die mehrere Euro pro Minute kosten. Die Bandansagen reichen von unverständlichen Ansagen in ausländischer Sprache bis hin zu Gewinnspielen, Erotikansagen oder angeblichen Paketzustellungen....

12th Feb 2018
The buyer of a domain may rely on the legitimate use of the seller,,de,The offered by name infringement balancing of interests leads,,de,that the defendant can point to their own interests worthy of protection,,de,exclude the applicant's name, a legal claim,,de,LG Cologne,,de,Domain purchase and priority,,de,The charges get dismissed,,de,The costs of litigation are imposed on the applicant,,de,The judgment is provisionally enforceable against collateral in the amount of,,de,of each amount to be enforced,,de,The parties disagree about the mutual authorization at the "T" and on a related thereto Internet Domain,,de,The applicant is registered in since,,de.

The buyer of a domain may rely on the legitimate use of the seller,,de,The offered by name infringement balancing of interests leads,,de,that the defendant can point to their own interests worthy of protection,,de,exclude the applicant's name, a legal claim,,de,LG Cologne,,de,Domain purchase and priority,,de,The charges get dismissed,,de,The costs of litigation are imposed on the applicant,,de,The judgment is provisionally enforceable against collateral in the amount of,,de,of each amount to be enforced,,de,The parties disagree about the mutual authorization at the "T" and on a related thereto Internet Domain,,de,The applicant is registered in since,,de.

The buyer of a domain may rely on the legitimate use of the seller,,de,The offered by name infringement balancing of interests leads,,de,that the defendant can point to their own interests worthy of protection,,de,exclude the applicant's name, a legal claim,,de,LG Cologne,,de,Domain purchase and priority,,de,The charges get dismissed,,de,The costs of litigation are imposed on the applicant,,de,The judgment is provisionally enforceable against collateral in the amount of,,de,of each amount to be enforced,,de,The parties disagree about the mutual authorization at the "T" and on a related thereto Internet Domain,,de,The applicant is registered in since,,de. Die bei Namensrechtsverletzungen gebotene Interessenabwägung führt dazu, daß der Beklagte auf eigene schützenswerte Belange verweisen kann, die einen namensrechtlichen Anspruch der Klägerin ausschließen. LG Köln zu 33 The 39/17 from 19.12.2017 – Domainkauf und Priorität … Die Klage wird abgewiesen. Die Kosten des Rechtsstreits werden der Klägerin auferlegt. Das Urteil ist vorläufig vollstreckbar gegen Sicherheitsleistung in Höhe von 110 % des jeweils zu vollstreckenden Betrages. 1 Facts: 2 Die Parteien streiten um die wechselseitige Berechtigung an der Bezeichnung „T“ sowie an einer damit in Zusammenhang stehenden Internetdomain. 3 Die Klägerin ist im Handelsregister seit 2004 unter der...

10th Feb 2017
Die Umgehung einer Schutzvorkehrung (WoW) kann wettbewerbswidrig sein

Die Umgehung einer Schutzvorkehrung (WoW) kann wettbewerbswidrig sein

a) Der lauterkeitsrechtliche Schutz eines durch Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen ausgestalteten Ge-chäftsmodells vor gezielter Behinderung im Sinne von § 4 No.. 4 UWG durch Missachtung der Geschäfts-bedingungen setzt grundsätzlich voraus, dass die missachteten Geschäftsbedingungen in die Verträge des Verwenders einbezogen werden und der Inhaltskontrolle standhalten. This also applies, wenn der Hersteller, Vertreiber oder Veranstalter eines Spiels in seinen Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen die Spielregeln niedergelegt hat. Er verdient den lauterkeitsrechtlichen Schutz vor einer gezielten Behinderung durch einen Verstoß gegen die Spielregeln nur, wenn diese Spielregeln rechtlich verbindlich sind (Fortfüh-rung von BGH, Judgment of 30. April 2014 – I ZR 224/12, Wheat 2014, 785 Rn. 32 = WRP 2014, 839 – Flugvermittlung im Internet)....

12th Dec 2016
The creation of links to a community of injured side is "the public", the knowledge of an infringement

The creation of links to a community of injured side is "the public", the knowledge of an infringement

Art. 3 Abs. 1 Directive 2001/29 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22. More 2001 the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society must be interpreted, that to answer the question, whether the setting of hyperlinks to a website to works, which are freely accessible on another website without permission of the copyright holder, constitutes a 'public' within the meaning of that provision, is to be determined, whether the links non-profit by someone, did not know the unlawful publication of works on the other site, or could not reasonably know, were provided or if the links were rather provided for profit, being in ..,de.