An Austrian court recently ruled that Sony must repay 338.26 EUR to a gamer. The Hermagor District Court (Bezirksgericht Hermagor) considered the FUT Packs that are available in the soccer simulation FIFA to be gambling under Austrian law. This case has reignited the debate surrounding the legal classification of loot boxes in the gaming industry.
The Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht - BAG) has ruled that a woman is entitled to the same remuneration as her male colleagues if the employer pays the male colleagues a higher remuneration for the same or equivalent work on the grounds of gender.
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.
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)
On March 24, 2022, the ECJ ruled that a copy of a copyrighted work made for private purposes and stored in a cloud is subject to the "private copying" exception of the Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC.
The ECJ has ruled that ticket retailers do not have to grant a right of withdrawal.
The principle of production is one of the elementary procedural maxims in civil proceedings. According to this principle, it is the task of each individual party to present and prove the facts that are favourable to him or her. What I claim, I must therefore also be able to prove in an emergency.
In its decision from the 9th of September 2021 (C-107/19), the ECJ made clear, that operational readiness does not count as off-time due to the restrictive effect on an employee's freedom of action.
