18.10.2021 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Hello,
a traditional orchard (a single, contiguous parcel) is shared in proportion to half by family A, with the other half being divided equally among families B, C, and D (family D shares their third with another family member). It was agreed at le...
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19.07.2019 | answered by Jasmin Pesla
Hello,
Assuming one has tickets for an event that are checked using a code at the entrance. Now, if this code falls into criminal hands, and fake tickets are sold by this criminal person, many buyers will not be allowed into the event, resulting in f...
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05.02.2019 | answered by Jasmin Pesla
Dear team,
I am a doctor and I have a big problem. I was in a relationship for about 2 months, the man left me, but unfortunately I was already pregnant at that time. The only way to contact him in the end was through email, so I wrote to him that I...
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11.12.2017 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Hello,
Suppose someone copies a copyrighted image from the internet to their mobile phone and sends it in a private chat (WhatsApp) to a contact (e.g. girlfriend).
Would this already be considered a violation of copyright law?...
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25.09.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
At some points, it is claimed that a privately kept handwritten will must be submitted to the probate court in a sealed envelope in the event of death, as it could allegedly become invalid if accidentally opened. On the other hand, the formal require...
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25.08.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello,
Let's say a person A receives a gift from their parents, for example 15,000.00 euros.
Since A has not owned a car for years, he takes the opportunity to buy a new vehicle. Although he has a few thousand euros in savings, he never wanted to t...
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16.08.2016 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Hello,
Let's say a person orders a motor vehicle and signs the purchase contract. Withdrawal instructions are all present.
After 3 weeks, the person wants to withdraw from the purchase contract and purchase a slightly more expensive motor vehicle f...
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11.01.2015 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Dear Mr. Lawyer,
I have a new client who would like me to handle the maintenance and management of his website. The website was created by a different agency. Am I allowed to do this? Does the creator of the website still have rights to the content,...
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09.10.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
I run a website as a (small) freelancer - not an online shop, just a kind of business card, I also don't have terms and conditions etc. - and I would prefer not to disclose my name in connection with the place of residence to search engines. Therefor...
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15.05.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear legal counsel,
I am currently facing a behavioral issue of purely legal nature. I have already inquired about the issue here, but was unable to find an appropriate answer in relation to the correct behavior in my situation. Here is the situatio...
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12.02.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
In our condominium with 6 owners, we employ a garden helper who shows aggressive behavior towards me as a co-owner because I have valid reasons for monitoring his activities, which do not fully meet the requirements of his job description. He is supp...
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26.11.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
Therefore, I would be very grateful if you could answer my questions. If you do not wish to answer my questions or if answering them is not part of your job, please send me an email to reject.
I have read more materials a...
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16.04.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
For the "Contact" page of a commercial website (a language school in Stuttgart), I searched for a professional photo of a keyboard from the internet and took a section of it that shows about 80% of the photo. I placed this as a banner at the end of 2...
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24.03.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
The questioner is a provider of a small profession-specific online software that is sold "as is" or that can be changed/rebuilt at a cost according to the buyer's layout and/or functionality requirements. How and by what means the predetermined goal ...
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25.11.2011 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Dear Sir or Madam,
Regarding the situation: A is a valued long-term private customer of B, who, due to liquidity problems in his company at the time of ordering in 2009, had to downsize or close his business as he needed financial state support. B o...
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23.10.2011 | answered by Jan Wilking
In the summer of 2010, my father passed away. His illegitimate daughter (born in 1942) had no knowledge of the extent of the estate and initially wanted to settle for a compulsory share of EUR 14,000. My father also disinherited me, as he later marri...
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19.09.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Hello,
I have the opportunity to purchase negatives that are said to be from the 1950s. They show a famous Hollywood actress. However, they are not the originals, but professionally created negatives from photographing. This was commissioned by an Am...
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24.08.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Is it allowed under current law to discreetly photograph the legs of a person at an S-Bahn station without obtaining their consent? The photos will not be published, not made accessible to third parties, and the legs being photographed have a general...
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06.08.2011 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello,
my girlfriend offered her camcorder for sale on Ebay and, out of ignorance (which of course does not protect against punishment) and unawareness of Ebay's terms and conditions, uploaded 5 images of the device, including large parts of a retai...
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18.04.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
I have been working as a subcontractor for a building cleaning company for several months and have on my website a glass cleaning offer form and a form to schedule online appointments, structured in the same way as for the company I am subcontracting...
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14.04.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
A lawyer is chairman of the supervisory board of a small joint-stock company, whose registered shares are held by a single person. He himself manages the registered shares as a assignee.
Is this lawyer obligated to provide information to anyone about...
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29.03.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Hello!
In January 2001, I listed two identical auctions on EBAY. To do this, I used a picture of the item I was selling from the internet search engine "GOOGLE." The first auction ended on 30.01, the second on 06.02.
Shortly after the end of the two...
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10.03.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
In the contract, it states in the preamble "...the transfer of the entire business assets..." or in §1 "...with the fixed assets, but without any other assets and liabilities..."
What does this mean?
From our side, only the shop (domain including th...
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11.11.2010 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
In Google Earth, I find my house in Braunschweig with the label "Villa on XXstr. above the Oker". In reality, it is a regular apartment building. Is it possible to request the blurring or, better yet, the deletion of the image? Two letters to Google ...
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01.03.2010 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
I have submitted 1142 photographic negatives to a small photo shop for printing. Although I found the price per print of 0.35 EUR to be too high, the owner convinced me with the services, stating that all images that one does not like could be return...
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