Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Top-notch antitrust experts award five stars to preliminary injunction against Google by Munich I Regional Court
The Munich I Regional Court (Landgericht München I) is my subjective Technology Court of the Month (no matter how often I disagreed with it on other issues, which may happen again anytime) as it handed down two key decisions in February that have the potential to make tech law history with repercussions throughout and potentially beyond the European Union:
the 37th Civil Chamber s preliminary antitrust injunction against Google s vertical cooperation with a governmental health portal to the detriment of private-sector health information publishers. I translated most of the 28 pages on the day the decision was announced, and went back a week later to finish it.
Amazon must also indicate origins of fruit and vegetables
Every local supermarket must inform its customers where the fruit and vegetables on its shelves have come from. But this is not possible with online delivery, Amazon claimed in court. And now it is paying the price. The law applies to everyone - and therefore online retailer Amazon must also inform its customers about the country of origin when they order fresh fruit and vegetables, just like the supermarket around the corner and the trader at the weekly market. This was made clear by the Munich Higher Regional Court, which confirmed a ruling by the Munich Regional Court.
FOSS Patents
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Nokia just announced that it has concluded a multi-year, multi-technology patent cross-license agreement with Lenovo. Under the agreement, Lenovo will make a net balancing payment to Nokia. The terms of the agreement remain confidential. The agreement resolves all pending patent litigation and other proceedings between the two parties, in all jurisdictions.
Lenovo defended itself pretty well against Nokia s patent infringement lawsuits in the U.S., Germany, and India, and brought a FRAND action in the Northern District of California. Nokia had some success in the Munich I Regional Court, but the appeals court stayed the enforcement of an injunction. Another Munich trial was scheduled for July. Last summer, Nokia filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission seeking an import ban, but a decision on that complaint would still have taken some more time.
Amazon must label fruit and veg origins: Munich court
German supermarkets are obliged to show where their fruit and vegetables were grown. Now, judges in Munich have ruled that Amazon Fresh should do the same with its fresh produce sold online.
Assuming the ruling stands, Amazon will have to show at the point of purchase online where fresh produce was grown
Online customers buying fruit and vegetables must be told by Amazon exactly where they come from, just as customers could check the labels on supermarket shelves or other retailers. Munich s Higher Regional Court has ruled. It said that the EU standards in question applied to all, even an online retailer.
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