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Responsibility for postings on Facebook

14.12.2016

The owner of a Facebook-account whose membership account has been used by a third party, is liable on the principles of the so-called „Halzband“-decision issued by the German Supreme Court (there, the wife of the accountholder had advertised a non-genuine piece of jewellery as “Cartier“ on eBay.

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Consent to telephone and email advertisement

14.12.2016

A consumer’s declaration of consent to telephone and e-mail advertising for the purpose of free participation in a competition is void, if this consent concerns a large number of companies. 

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Duplicate of a piece of furniture in a hotel

14.12.2016

By setting up reproductions of copyrighted pieces of furniture in a publicly accessible hotel lobby, the originator’s right of distribution is not violated. 

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Arbitration agreements with Indian parties

14.12.2016

It is particularly difficult to achieve the enforcement of a foreign arbitral award in India, if the arbitration agreement has been concluded prior to the "Baltico-Judgement" of 07.09.2012. 

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Assessment obligations of a hosting provider

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Link of a private radio on an internet platform – Infringement of the broadcasting right

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Liability in case of phishing-attacks

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Lower duty of a bank to warn and inform a pledger

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D&O-Insurance: Serial damage clause

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no administrative criminal proceeding once the investigative procedure according to the stpo (austrian code of criminal procedure) was discontinued

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