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Legal Services Act

Dear Sir or Madam, I am referring to the Legal Services Act. It is not uncommon to see people in online forums seeking legal advice without wanting to pay for a proper lawyer. My questions: 1. Who is committing an administrative offense under the ...

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Annoying cat calling

My neighbor (4 terraced houses) is the owner of a cat (outdoor cat). Recently, the neighbor has started calling her cat in the evenings, starting around 10:00 p.m., sometimes even around midnight: Timmiiiiiiiiii-come, come Timmi, Timmi come. This in ...

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I want my dog back.

I live in Hessen. I submitted all documents or personally spoke to the regulatory office on Monday, 10.8.15 and asked them to grant me a temporary permission to keep my dog. I submitted the following documents: proof of dog tax payment, liability in...

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I want my dog back.

I submitted all documents to the municipal office on Monday, August 10, 2015, or personally spoke to them there and asked for a temporary ownership permit. I submitted the following documents: proof of dog tax, liability insurance for dogs, Tasso reg...

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Sound level meter against noisy neighbors?

I live in a rental building with over 40 individual apartments. The building is poorly soundproofed. My neighbor, whose apartment door is only about 2 meters away from mine, has the habit of always slamming his door loudly. Since he often comes home ...

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"Image theft" on Ebay

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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First customer protection

With the conclusion of the contract for the establishment of a (remaining anonymous) Real Estate GbR, I transferred the existing customer contacts and ongoing business as a sole proprietor of the (remaining anonymous) GbR. The dissolution of the (rem...

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Reuse of the company name

On 14.09.2009, a contract for the establishment of a civil law partnership was concluded. The name of the company is (remains anonymous here). The name consists of the initials of the respective founders. The company was dissolved on 09.11.2010. Are ...

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Trademark patent

Dear Sir or Madam, I own an auto repair shop and have taken over my father's company name (established in 1978) and have also had it patented. However, the name "ISKU" is patented in Nice Class 35 by the furniture company ISKU in Finland since 2004....

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What is covered by copyright?

I wanted to inquire about what falls under copyright? My son came across a website with a lot of games, music, videos... and now I want to know if it is permissible to download them without any issues? Thank you in advance. Kind regards...

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Divorce/Children

Good evening, The situation is as follows: I have been married since 08/2007, we have a 4-year-old child with shared custody and parental responsibility. My wife is currently in the 9th month of pregnancy. I was granted full parental responsibility ...

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Image rights to silhouettes

I have a question regarding image rights. Am I allowed to create a silhouette from any photo to which I have no rights, and then distribute it as a cut-out image through a stock photo agency? Since it is a silhouette, there are no people, brands, or...

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Relationship dispute

Hello! It's about! In June, I moved into an apartment with my then-girlfriend! She signed the lease at that time! Now we had an argument and we have separated (I kicked her out of the apartment)! Now she still has a lot of stuff here in the apartment...

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Seizure despite insolvency

The following situation. SINCE 07/2007 Regular insolvency proceedings New debts of approximately 400,- incurred in 2008, because the private supplementary insurance did not cover it. The bailiff has taken the oath of disclosure and the creditor has...

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Entry of a brand has the name of my company.

Greetings A competitor in my field of work has registered a word-image trademark that corresponds to one of my company names. Word-image trademark XXX-XXX My company name includes the data of the trademark, as well as my domain xxx-xxx.com. Further...

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Interim injunction

The following situation: I have been in regular insolvency since 07/2007, one of the creditors being the city utilities with an amount of approximately 550,- euros. However, I am no longer receiving electricity from them but from another provider. O...

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Termination of the lease agreement

Our tenant has terminated the lease agreement on time for 30.09.09 and now wants to stay for one more month. We already have a new tenant who wants to move in on 01.10.09. Can we possibly achieve, at this point in time, through an eviction lawsuit, t...

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Brand usage by other companies

Hello, We are a software company for garden and landscaping construction and we constantly have the issue that our coined terms are picked up and used by competing companies shortly after. For this reason, we have protected some word marks, such as ...

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Departure of the divorced wife with the children.

My divorced wife has informed me that she will be moving her residence 240 km away in a few weeks. Our two children (4 and 12 years old) live with her, and due to her moving, I will not be able to see them very often in the future because of financia...

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