The EU is committed to making the Single Market fit for the digital age, by enhancing the protection of consumers and data subjects, while providing businesses with the legal certainty they need to invest in this field and support growth and innovation. In this context, European Contract Law and the Digital Single Market, an edited collection consisting of carefully selected contributions by leading scholars, addresses the impact of digital technology on European Private Law in light of the latest legislative developments including the EU Regulation of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on free movement of such data, as well as the European Commission's proposals of 9 December 2015 for a Directive on the supply of digital content, for a Directive on online and other distance sale of goods and for a Regulation on the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market. The book analyses new and urgent issues in the field of contract, data protection, copyright and private international law: namely the EU approach to personal information as a tradeable commodity and as the object of a fundamental right of the individuals concerned, the protection of consumers' and users' rights in contracts for the supply of digital content and on online and other distance sales of goods, the cross-border portability of online content services, the new features of standard contracts in the digital market and the issues surrounding the emergence of the so called platform economy.Written for both scholars and practitioners, this edited collection provides clear answers to the challenges posed by the digital revolution and acts as a solid basis for further developments of EU law.

This conference volume contains lectures, texts and reports on the conference a oeResearch and teaching in the information age - between freedom of access and the incentive to privatisea of the Institute for Media Law and Communication Law and the Modern History Department of the University of Cologne on 21 April 2006 in Cologne.

Geistiges Eigentum ist eine Schl sselressource. Im Zeitalter von Digitalisierung und Globalisierung ist sein Schutz gleichwohl in eine Akzeptanzkrise geraten. Die Frage, ob Patentrecht und Urheberrecht einen berechtigen Kern aufweisen oder aber Ausbeutungstitel verschaffen, stellt sich in vielen Bereichen besonders nachhaltig, so etwa im Hinblick auf die Biotechnologie oder auf Software. Der vorliegende Band dokumentiert die Ergebnisse eines Dialogs zwischen Praxis und Wissenschaft zu diesen umstrittenen Themen.

The new edition is designed to be used as an exercise book and for systematic study. It includes cases on data protection, the reliability of online newspaper archives and the commercial use of the personal attributes of prominent persons. Only recent cases were selected that illustrate case assessment and represent the dynamic aspects of this legal field.

This case- and workbook systematically presents all significant case types concerning the law of fair trading by means of recent decisions by Germany's highest courts. It contains examination strategies, solution outlines and descriptive illustrations. This work lends itself ideally not only to exam preparation for the specialized-subject exam but also to the systematic study of the law of fair trading.

Das Werk leistet einen Beitrag zur Diskussion um die Reform des Urhebervertragsrechts. Der Koelner Entwurf enthalt detaillierte Vorschlage an den Gesetzgeber, die darauf abzielen, Mangel des geltenden Rechts zu beheben und die Position der Urheber in den primaren Vertragen mit ihren Verwertern zu verbessern. Abgedruckt werden die Textvorschlage des Koelner Entwurfs samt Erlauterungen. In einem zweiten Teil finden sich die Stellungnahmen von Verbanden und interessierter Kreise. Abgerundet wird das Werk durch eine Einleitung und einen Kommentar zu den Stellungnahmen aus der Sicht der Entwurfsverfasser.

Das Lehrbuch behandelt in einer pr gnanten Zusammenfassung die zivilrechtlichen Grundlagen des Verbraucherschutzrechts. Insbesondere Haust rgesch fte, Fernabsatz, Verbraucherkredit, Verbrauchsg terkauf, Gewinnspiele, Zusendung unbestellter Waren sowie das Reisevertrags- und Wettbewerbsrecht werden anhand zahlreicher Beispielf lle mit Kurzl sungen veranschaulicht. J ngste Rechts nderungen im Bereich des Verbraucherkreditrechts sind bereits eingearbeitet.

Media law is a portmanteau term for various areas that cover individual and mass communication as information and entertainment media. The aims of this book of exercises are to systematize the individual sections of media law, to demonstrate the interactions with the traditional materials of radio and press law and to work out common structures. The central elements of media law are presented in 12 cases, which are based on current problems.