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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

Injunctive relief (Section 97(1) UrhG) and cease and desist agreements. The BGH stated in 2018 that when interpreting (contractual) cease and desist agreements in cases of doubt cease and desist obligation must be interpreted as meaning that its effect has the same scope as the statutory claim for injunctive relief.

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“For Sale: This Article”: an overview of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and IP

IP Whiteboard

Buyers should undertake thorough due diligence to ensure that the person who minted an NFT is in fact the creator of the underlying digital work, that the person owns the IP rights contained in the digital work and is entitled to grant the rights associated with the NFT.

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German news on the EU liability concept for indirect infringers of copyright: A push forward by the BGH for communication to the public – and a step back for reproduction

Kluwer Copyright Blog

If the offered item itself is not copyright infringing but the listing is merely presented in a copyright-infringing manner, the platform operators due diligence obligation extends, as a rule, only to similarly presented listings but not to any and all uses of the copyrighted work. of the judgment).