Im Falle des Verstoßes gegen eine erste strafbewehrte Unterlassungs- und Verpflichtungserklärung (UVE) nach sogenanntem "Hamburger Brauch", d.h. ohne konkret bezifferte Vertragsstrafe, kann nach einer kürzlich ergangenen...more
The German Federal Court of Justice recently issued a decision declaring that the use of a photo of a prominent person for an editorial article infringes upon the right to one's own image if the photo is only used as a...more
3/10/2021
/ Advertising ,
Cease and Desist Orders ,
Copyright Infringement ,
EU ,
Germany ,
License Fees ,
Online Advertisements ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Reputation ,
Personality Rights ,
Photographs ,
Presumptively Relevant ,
Social Media ,
Social Networks
Since 2013, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has tried to prohibit the Swabian whisky producer Waldhornbrennerei, which is based in Berglen near Stuttgart, from using the trade mark “Glen Buchenbach”. ...more
4/15/2019
/ Beverage Manufacturers ,
Cease and Desist Orders ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Descriptive Trademarks ,
Distilleries ,
Germany ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misleading Impressions ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks ,
Wine & Alcohol
In its decision of 30 September 2018 (1 BvR 1783/17), the German Federal Constitutional Court [Bundesverfassungsgericht – BVerfG] ruled that a preliminary injunction issued in a press...more