Media Law & Copyright Law

The Federal Government's draft of the planned copyright reform has been available since February 7^th, 2021. The Culture Committee of the German Bundestag invited Attorney Dr. Christian Seyfert, LL.M. as an expert to a private Bundestag committee meeting to answer, along with eight other experts, the questions of the members of the Bundestag on the law reform. On February 24^th, 2021, Dr. Seyfert was available to answer the questions of the members of the Bundestag for almost four hours in several rounds of questions.

The German government has initiated a reform of copyright law in a new draft law based in part on an EU directive. Attorney at law Dr. Christian Seyfert, LL.M. is scheduled to discuss the planned copyright reform with German Federal Minister of Justice Christine Lambrecht (SPD) and several well-known German artists, including Julia Neigel and Peter Maffay, on February 22^nd, 2021. Then on February 24^th, 2021, Dr. Seyfert will participate as an expert in a meeting of the Cultural Committee of the German Bundestag, where he will discuss the planned copyright reform with members of the German Bundestag and other experts.

Recently, Atty. Dr. Christian Seyfert has given an interview to the German media broadcasting company “Deutsche Welle”. In this interview, Atty Dr. Christian Seyfert compares the copyright systems in the US and Germany and discusses Neil Young's lawsuit against Donald Trump's reelection company.

After the Regional Court of Stuttgart only partially ruled in favour of our client in a lawsuit for damage to reputation, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart overturned this on appeal and ruled in favour of our client in full.