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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. Related rights. The BGH issued a decision on this point in 2017. by Christopher Heath. €

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2017, the BGH once more issued a ruling on Section 95a UrhG in relation to the Nintendo DS games console. The infringement at trial was a photo of a sportscar illegally used on the internet for advertising purposes. From a copyright law perspective, this would mean every copyright infringement. Claim for information.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In order to bring readers up to date on earlier developments, over the next few days we will be republishing in four parts an article (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law from 2015 to 2019 organised by topic. This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights.