Mercedes customers achieved a partial success on Thursday when the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court established that unauthorized defeat devices were installed in certain diesel vehicles from the German car manufacturer. The finding appeared in a so-called model declaratory judgement announced by the presiding judge, Thilo Rebmann, in the south-western German city, where Mercedes is headquartered. This means that the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (vzbv) has partially prevailed with
A pair of pressing legal questions have finally been answered in a decision that could have notable implications for patent owners, say Tilman Müller-Stoy and Sebastian Horlemann of Bardehle Pagenberg.
Germany's top court has ruled that online platforms such as YouTube could be held liable for illegal uploads that infringe copyrights, even if the content is posted by third parties.
Germany's top court is reviewing the case of an accomplice to the neo-Nazi NSU terror cell. Prosecutors are hoping to increase his sentence from 2.5 to 12 years.