Nicolas Porwitzki

Die US-amerikanische Authors Guild hat einen class-action lawsuit gegen ChatGPT-Entwickler OpenAI eingelegt, in dem OpenAI Urheberrechtsverletzungen beim Training seiner GPT-Modelle vorgeworfen wird.

Part 2 will now deal with the new skimming off of advantages obtained in breach of antitrust law and the enforcement possibilities in connection with the Digital Markets Act.

On 05.04.2023, the Federal Cabinet adopted the 11th GWB amendment. Colloquially known as the Competition Enforcement Act, the amendment provides for a far-reaching expansion of the powers of the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt, BKartA). The centrepiece is the new powers of intervention in connection with sector enquiries modelled on the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The government draft will now be forwarded to the Bundestag and Bundesrat. This two-part article provides an overview of the planned innovations and assesses the impact on practice. Part 1 of the article first deals with the new sector enquiry.