Max Wenger

German Federal High Court rules on two eBay listing cases

On 12 November 2014, the German Federal High Court (“BGH”) ruled that a used-car sales contract concluded on the internet platform eBay was valid, even though the seller ended the listing early when the buyer’s initial offer of EUR 1 remained the highest bid (BGH VIII ZR 41/14). As the defendant (the seller) subsequently sold …

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Contractual claim for cease and desist also comprises the deletion of content from Google’s hit list

In its decision dated 29 January 2015 (13 U 58/14 ) the Higher Regional Court Celle held that a party that signs a cease and desist declaration with regard to certain content of its website, must also ensure through appropriate measures that the content covered by the cease and desist declaration cannot be accessed on …

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