11 February 2019
Facebook - at the cross-roads of data protection and competition law
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/facebook-at-the-cross-roads-of-data-protection-and-competition-law

On Thursday, 7 February 2019, Germany’s competition watchdog Bundeskartellamt (German Federal Cartel Office, FCO) handed down its long-awaited decision on Facebook. It took the FCO nearly three years to conclude the ...

25 June 2019
Federal Government draft bill planned for an Immigration of Skilled Workers Act, to promote the immigration of skilled workers from third countries
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/federal-government-draft-bill-planned-for-an-immigration-of-skilled-workers-act

At present, the unemployment rate in Germany is at its lowest rate in decades. However, this positive development also poses a challenge of how to recruit a suitable number of skilled workers for the German labour ...

13 December 2019
GDPR fine against a telecommunications provider in Germany - here are the key facts
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/dsgvo-bussgeld-gegen-einen-telekommunikationsanbieter

On Tuesday, 9 December 2019, the German Federal Data Protection Commissioner announced in a press release that he had imposed a fine of EUR 9.55 million on the telecommunications service provider 1&1 Telecom GmbH.

12 August 2020
Another FRAND CJEU referral? Don't bet on it.
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/another-frand-cjeu-referral-don't-bet-on-it

Germany's Federal Cartel Office has taken the unusual step of suggesting that first instance courts hearing ten Nokia v Daimler cases make a reference to the CJEU. Some have speculated that this intervention means that ...

25 January 2021
Patent law: German PI practice put to the test in Luxembourg
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/germany/patent-law-german-pi-practice-put-to-the-test-in-luxembourg

German patent law is on the move. After the recent referral to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) by the District Court Düsseldorf concerning several open questions on the FRAND requirement in patent disputes ...

26 May 2020
The BMWi should not rely on the IPlytics 5G Report to understand 5G technology leadership
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/the-bmwi-should-not-rely-on-the-iplytics-5g-report-to-understand-5g-technology-leadership

A new report, authored by IPlytics and the Technical University of Berlin, and commissioned by the German BMWi, is being promoted to industry and journalists to answer the question “Which companies are leading 5G ...

28 September 2016
Disruptive Technology Challenge – Munich – 10-11 November 2016
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/germany/july/disruptive-technology-challenge-munich-2016

23 June 2016
German telecommunications regulator enacts new rules to facilitate M2M communication
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/germany/june/german-telecommunications-regulator-enacts-new-rules-to-facilitate-m2m-communication

14 June 2019
The Gmail Judgment of the Court of Justice: Some questions answered, new questions raised
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/the-gmail-judgment-of-the-court-of-justice

On June 13, 2019, the Court of Justice (CJ) announced its judgment in the Gmail case . The judgment provides the CJ’s view on a question that has been subject of a dispute with the German national regulator which ...

15 September 2020
FCO clears acquisition of dating platform Lovoo
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/fco-clears-acquisition-of-dating-platform-lovoo

The ProSiebenSat.1 Group strengthens its Internet dating platform business with the acquisition of the US app developer Meet Group. Although the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) found, that the acquisition will lead to ...