Last December, a report brought the gaming world further into the mainstream: The developer of the popular battle royale "Fortnite", Epic Games, and the US Federal Trade Commission reached a record-breaking settlement of USD 520 million (approx. EUR 473 million) in a legal dispute.
Online booking platforms will be kept on a tight leash with the new Art. 8a UWG. As of December 1st 2022 parity clauses concerning the price, availability or conditions will be prohibited in contracts between online booking platforms and accomodation providers .
An environmentally conscious lifestyle is becoming increasingly important to consumers. Companies are therefore increasingly advertising with environmental claims
Switzerland's new data protection law will come into force on September 1st, 2023.
Following the agreement on a new US-EU data protection framework between the U.S. President and the President of the European Comission, the White House released the long-awaited "executive order" regarding the new possible agreement.
A summary of the BGH decision of 10.11.2022 on the question in which cases online retailers should disclose existing manufacturer warranties to consumers.
Almost exactly one month before the next "Black Friday" sale, there is news again in the trademark dispute about the word mark "Black Friday". A quick refresher: the trademark "Black Friday" had been registered with the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) since 2013. The term itself originates from the USA and now also refers on this side of the Atlantic to the annual sales event in online/offline retail on the Friday after Thanksgiving. This day now marks the start of the Christmas shopping season.
Every Year the International Bar Association hosts an Annual Conference; this year 2022 in Miami, FL. HÄRTING was represented by Marlene Schreiber, Niko Härting and Martin Schirmbacher.
The new stock corporation law will come into force in Switzerland on January 1, 2023. More flexible organizational and capital regulations apply to corporations, such as the introduction of the capital band or the virtual general meeting.
In its decision from 13/07/2022 the Federal Labour Court ruled, that there is no exclusionary period for compensation due to the employer's delay in accepting the work offered if this compensation is below minimum wage, as this would breach the Minimum Wage Act (MiLoG) (5 AZR 498/21)
Following FINMA's initial categorisation of tokens and their assessment under financial market law in its guidance on initial coin offerings (ICOs), the EU also categorised them in a proposal for a regulation on markets in crypto-assets ("MiCA").
Almost everyone knows original and almost unmistakable film titles such as "Fack Ju Göthe" (Suck Me Shakespeer), which is why such film titles with a high recognition value are also decisive for the economic success of a media company. Therefore, especially in today's age of multimedia and marketing, it is more important than ever to distinguish one's own film works from the multitude of countless film works by using attractive and unmistakable names.
