Cannes Film Festival 2016 has begun and we are happy to host again this years “Film Law & Financing Law” event at Plage Le Goeland on Sunday, May 15th. Country updates from UK, Italy, France and Germany will be given by Wiggin LLP (UK), M&R Europe (Italy), turquoise (France) and GRAEF Rechtsanwälte (Germany).
The VG Wort ruling is causing considerable discussion in the book industry. Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef and Christoph Keese (Axel Springer SE) recommend the introduction of a European ancillary copyright at the Publishers’ Forum in Berlin.
The sale of e-books and enhanced e-books is booming worldwide. The legal issues that arise are diverse and complex. Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef has published the first comprehensive guide to the law of e-books with Beck Verlag and, as an expert in this field, answers questions about publishing law, e-commerce, data protection law, tax law, and copyright, trademark, and competition law, among other things.
Exciting discussion on the BGH’s VG Wort ruling at the Publishers’ Forum in Berlin with Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef
A test for the rule of law, but a test that the rule of law will pass.
GRAEF Rechtsanwälte with the keynote at the event “Brand Integration in Film, TV and Web” by media.net Berlin, together with Sony Pictures Releasing, ProSiebenSat.1Media and UFA LAB.
Our client Klonk wins the award for best game design. Congratulations!
The Hamburg Games Conference 2016 discussed new distribution channels and future technologies.
As part of a succession plan, the investment company Nord Holding has acquired Fritz Hiltl Hosenfabrik. The seller was the community of heirs of the former shareholder Hedwig Hiltl. For the Nord Holding transaction, the brothers brought in Schramm Meyer Kuhnke and Graef, additional boutiques that had been founded in recent years as spin-offs from larger units.
A marathon project at the finish line. Great film, great lead actress, great producers. Our thanks especially to the Anne Frank Fonds, Walid Nakschbandi and the co-poductor Universal Pictures.
Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef will give the keynote speech on the legal admissibility of product placement at the event “Brand Integration in Film, TV and Internet” on April 15, 2016.
GRAEF Rechtsanwälte give a lecture on current legal issues concerning e-books at future!publish in Berlin.
GRAEF Rechtsanwälte is supporting the Beate Zschäpe TV docudrama “Letzte Ausfahrt Gera” in terms of film law and press law.
What the Pippi Longstocking ruling by the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) means for trademark owners and the merchandising industry
In his regular media law column for manager magazin, Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef deals this time with the topic of “Hate Speech” and its limits of permissibility.
We look forward to further cooperation with the Erich Pommer Institut. In the continuing education program for the media industry, on October 12, 2015, Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef, together with the managing director of Ulysses Filmproduktion GmbH, will give a lecture on the topic of “The animated film – legal and economic particularities”.
Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef im Interview zu Rechtsfragen rund um die Nutzung von Social Media: “Kann mein Arbeitgeber mir Social Media-Aktivitäten verbieten?”
Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef interviewed on legal issues surrounding copyright on the Internet: “How do I avoid digital copyright infringement?”