Media Law & Copyright Law

Interview of Atty. Dr. Christian Seyfert with “Deutsche Welle”: Neil Young vs. Donald Trump

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.

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Media and Art Use Licenses in Germany

This article deals with licensing issues regarding media and art use licenses and license agreements in Germany.

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OLG Stuttgart: Temporary injunction obtained against the president of a dance organisation to prevent further damaging statements against our client (Ref. 4 U 159/20)

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.

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"Schatten an der Wand" star Julia Neigel wins defamation case against competitor

"Schatten an der Wand" - Julia Neigel wins a lawsuit against musical competitor for damage to reputation (Case No. 2-03 O 127/19) 

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Short Introduction: In which situations may one not assert or disseminate factual claims about others to third parties?

This legal article addresses the question of the conditions under which factual claims about others may not be asserted or disseminated. 

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Regional Court Frankfurt am Main: Postmortem personality right of a Holocaust survivor prevails over publications by a British history professor (Case 2-03 O 306/19)

In this fundamental case, which we fought for the daughter of a Holocaust survivor at the Regional Court in Frankfurt am Main, the Regional Court in Frankfurt am Main further strengthened the post-mortem personality rights and the post-mortem rights in one's own image of a deceased person.

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Bryan Ferry 'A Life in Voice' award presentations

ZELLER & SEYFERT represent the legal interests of our client, the music and event promoter Insidethelight. Our client had organised the Bryan Ferry 'A Life in Voice' award presentations, scheduled for the 8th and 9th of June, 2014. Today, our client issued the following press release which we want to republish on our website.

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Federal Court of Justice of Germany: Neighboring rights to individual images of a film include the right to exploit the individual images in the form of the film

This article relating to image rights is displayed in the German language.

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Federal Court of Justice of Germany: No legal presumption of the primacy of the general right of personality of children and adolescents in relation to the freedom of the press

This article relating to legal presumption is available in the German language.

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Federal Court of Justice of Germany: Works of applied art / commercial art (tables, furniture, toys, etc.) enjoy copyright protection, if the product expresses at least average artistic creativity

This article relating to copyright protection in art is available in German language.

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