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Scenario Framework 2035: low aspirations for electricity grid planning
The Scenario Framework for electricity grid planning was proposed by the TSOs. The Framework defines scenarios on which the electricity grid planning will be based. In January 2020, the TSOs…
The European short time work programme “SURE”
“Europe assumes responsibility for people and their jobs”: this is the goal of the SURE Guarantee Act with which the Bundestag, the German Parliament, wishes to advance the new European instrument…
German Federal Court of Justice – Examination of a trademark’s distinctive character based on all likely types of use (#darferdas?)
By decision of 30 January 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – “BGH”) held that a distinctiveness check carried out as part of a trademark registration process must take…
Luther.Automotive - Corona Update China: Partnerships in Demand for new Technologies
China has been the world's largest car market for seven years and is considered to be the motor of the global automotive industry. More and more Chinese manufacturers and start-ups are entering the…
Start-ups: five dos and don’ts for founders (2/2)
1 - DON’T take every shortcut Have you ever decided for yourself that 80% is sometimes just enough instead of 100%, or preferred to let something pass instead of being overly precise? This can, of…
Preparations for the phase after the German Coronavirus Insolvency Suspension Act ends - between crisis and normality
In this post and also in three further posts we will share our thoughts on what you can do over the next ten weeks to strategically prepare for issues relating to the workplace, financing and…
Upcoming extensive regulatory framework – Will Europe serve as a worldwide legal lighthouse in the digital era?
The European Commission seems to be taking its plans to promote Europe as a worldwide legal lighthouse in the digital economy seriously. Recently, the public consultation phase on the White Paper on…
Athletes, their freedom of opinion and expression and COVID-19: some thoughts on the dismissal of Joshiko Saibou
This week, the basketball club Telekom Baskets Bonn dismissed its player and employee Joshiko Saibou without notice. The reason for the termination without notice that was given on the club’s website…
Germany’s first “anti-anti-suit injunction”
By judgment of 2 October 2019 (file no. 21 O 9333/19), the Regional Court of Munich I issued the first so-called anti-anti-suit injunction in Germany, which has now been confirmed by the…