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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Navigating the Accessibility Improvement Act: Germany's Implementation of the European Accessibility Act

On June 28, 2025 the Accessibility Improvement Act (Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz ("BFSG")), Germany's implementing act of the European Accessibility Act ("EAA"), will come into force, imposing a whole range of new...more

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German Higher Courts Clarify Strict Requirements for Online Contract Cancellations

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In two recent decisions, the German Higher Regional Courts (Oberlandesgerichte – OLG) of Cologne and Munich have clarified the – strict – German requirements for cancellation buttons on websites of tech companies providing...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New “Two-Click Cancellation” Button – German Exceptionalism for Subscription Terminations

As part of the new Fair Consumer Contracts Act, Germany will soon require specific cancellation/termination mechanisms for consumer subscriptions. These mechanisms come on top of the updated EU-wide consumer contract rules...more

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Anchovy News, July / August 2021

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This is the July/August edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In this issue we cover: DOMAIN NAME INDUSTRY NEWS...more

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Wie Fotografen bei Urheberrechtsverletzungen erfolgreich Ansprüche durchsetzen können

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In diesem Beitrag werden die drei wichtigsten Fragen beantwortet: - Welche Ansprüche hat der Urheber bei Urheberrechtsverletzungen? - Warum ist der Auskunftsanspruch für den Urheber so wichtig? - Welche Möglichkeiten...more

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CJEU: Website operators are "jointly responsible" for embedding social media or 3rd party code

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Website and app operators are jointly liable with Facebook for violations of European data protection law - In its judgment of 29 July 2019 (ref.C-40/17), the European Court of Justice has ruled on two essential points...more

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Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe: Links hidden as "tap tags" are to be labelled as advertising

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A well-known German influencer has to mark her posts on Instagram as advertising if she uses so-called “tap tags” to link her posts with the Instagram profiles of other brands. This was recently decided by the Higher District...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Highest German Court rules on Cookie Consent (Planet49)

Although the German parliament has failed to transpose the Cookie Directive into German law, operators of websites must require explicit consent before setting cookies on users’ computers, the German Federal Court of Justice...more

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CJEU: pre-ticked checkboxes for cookies are invalid

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The Court of Justice of the EU ("CJEU") has declared that pre-ticked checkboxes cannot be used to gain valid consent from individuals, with respect to the dropping and reading of cookies. This decision further emphasises the...more

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Making Sense of EU Cookie Law in the Wake of CJEU’s Planet49 Ruling

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The perplexing question of what U.S. companies must do to comply with EU “cookie” law became slightly more clear with the recent decision of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in Planet49 GmbH, but numerous questions still...more

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Like Incorporating Facebook into your Website? EU Decision Raises New Issues

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A ruling by the highest court in the European Union regarding the common practice of putting a Facebook “Like” button on a website could have repercussions for American companies doing business overseas. In late July, the...more

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Annual EU Competition Review 2018

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CARTELS & RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENTS - CJEU’S EYE-OPENING RULING ON ANTITRUST COMPLIANCE AND OFF-LABEL MISINFORMATION – C 179/16, HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE AND OTHERS V AGCM, 23 JANUARY 2018 – On 23 January 2018, the CJEU...more

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CJEU: Re-posting content is a “communication to the public”

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Copying an image from a website and using it for one’s own purposes, e.g. the illustration of a memo which eventually happens to be uploaded to another website – this happens a hundred times every day. However, such conduct...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

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UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

Foster Garvey PC

OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Oct. 27th, 2017

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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending October 27, 2017 is below. This week's Update includes a number of substantive stories on OTAs, particularly, European authorities’ renewed interest in OTAs’...more

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German Federal Court Rules On Google’s Image Search – Thumbnails III

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On 21 September 2017, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) handed down a judgment of utmost importance for the exploitation of copyright on the Internet. It will become known and referred to under the name...more

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Hyperlinking in Hamburg and Prague: How national courts apply GS Media

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On 8 September 2016, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down judgment C-160/15 on the means of hyperlinking which caught quite some attention. It has become known as the GS Media decision. In essence, this CJEU...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Copyright: Europe Explores Its Boundaries - EU Expands Principle of Pan-European Jurisdiction over Copyright to Online Materials

One focus of the European Union’s Digital Agenda is to break down barriers to cross-border exploitation of intellectual property rights. Consistent with this goal, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently dismantled...more

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