Producers’ Breakfast
We are happy about a very successful Producers’ Breakfast yesterday together with Filmförderung Hamburg-Schleswig Holstein and the Commerzbank Media Team. The place was packed and the audience was enthusiastic.
2018
ALDI. A german story
Neues Projekt unseres Filmteams. Nach Anne Frank, Uli Hoeneß und Beate Zschäpe nun die Aldi Brüder im Fokus. Biopics haben Konjunktur.
“Neuschwansteiner” not a geographical indication of origin for beer. Congratulations to our client for this important victory.
The Higher Regional Court of Munich (Case No. 29 U 885/17) has ruled in proceedings brought by the Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs (Central Office for Combating Unfair Competition) against “The world of Neuschwansteiner Holding” from Bavaria that the use of the trademark “Neuschwansteiner” for a beer that is not brewed at Neuschwanstein Castle does not constitute a misleading commercial act within the meaning of Section 5 (1) Sentence 2 No. 1 UWG and Section 3a UWG, Article 7 (1) lit. a of Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 ).
2017
Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef in an interview with Meedia on the antitrust authorities’ action against Facebook
future!publish Berlin
Ralph Oliver Graef interviewed by future!publish.berlin on the challenges facing the book industry in 2018.
Basic Thinking
Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef in an interview with Basic Thinking on the topic of photo rights and image theft in social networks.
Producers’ Breakfast: The Raw Material for Good Movies
New edition of our producers’ breakfast with Filmförderung Hamburg and Commerzbank’s Media Team. Thank you for a full house and very good speakers.
Women in Film and Television Germany (WIFT)
Women in Film and Television Germany (WIFT) Panel beim Filmfest Hamburg zum Thema Chancengleichheit powered by GRAEF Rechtsanwälte. Mit dabei unter anderem Maria Köpf, Geschäftsführerin Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Jana Schiedek, Staatsrätin für Kultur und Medien der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, und Katja Eichinger.
Frankfurt Bookfair 2017
GRAEF Rechtsanwälte at Frankfurt Bookfair 2017. We had very interesting and intense one-to-one coachings during our Ask the Expert session on “The Law of E-Books and Electronic Publishing”. Thank you to everyone at the Business Club and Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH.
Series Lab 2017
Creative Europe mit GRAEF Rechtsanwälte zum Thema “Behind the Scenes: Entwicklung und Finanzierung von europäischen Dramaserien”.
gamescom 2017
gamescom 2017, the world’s largest trade show for interactive consumer electronics, especially video and computer games. German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel plays Farming Simulator, one of the most successful PC games. We congratulate our client Giants Software, which developed the game.
EuGH: Streaming on the Internet
In its latest ruling, the European Court of Justice has clarified the case law on streaming on the Internet. Media lawyer Ralph Oliver Graef explains whether there is now finally legal certainty and what impact the ruling will have on advertisers.
Law Applicant Day in Hamburg
GRAEF Rechtsanwälte auf dem Bewerbertag Recht in Hamburg am 28. Juni 2017. Treffen Sie Anwälte unserer Kanzlei und informieren Sie sich über die Arbeitsbedingungen und Herausforderungen einer der führenden Medienrechtskanzleien Deutschlands.
The thin line between legality and illegality
In its latest ruling, the European Court of Justice has clarified the case law on streaming on the Internet. Media lawyer Ralph Oliver Graef explains whether there is now finally legal certainty and what impact the ruling will have on advertisers.
Internship at GRAEF Rechtsanwälte
Our intern Shari Heger and Dr Ralph Oliver Graef about an internship in our law firm in the special edition “Anwaltsblatt Karriere”.
Cannes Film Festival 2017
Cannes Film Festival 2017 is going strong and we were hosting again this years “Film Law & Financing Law” event at Plage Le Goeland on Monday, May 22. International film producers, sales agents, bonds and financiers were enjoying country updates from UK, Italy, France and Germany Wiggin LLP (UK), M&R Europe (Italy), Turquoise (France) and GRAEF Rechtsanwälte (Germany) while having lunch at Cannes beachside.
Founders’ Compass Law
Foundation, growth, exit – and sometimes crises. We advise media startups and tech startups. Every day and with pleasure.
GRUR: Book review “Law of E-Books and Electronic Publishing” by Prof. Dr. Christian Russ
“With his monograph ‘The Law of E-books and Electronic Publishing,’ Ralph Oliver Graef fills a gap that has been felt painfully for years: There has simply been no work to date that has dealt comprehensively and knowledgeably with the multifaceted issues of electronic publishing. Graef is very familiar with the problem, he is considered one of the most experienced lawyers when it comes to the exploitation of rights ‘around the book’… The book is a great success. Anyone who deals with e-books professionally will put it on their shelf.”s Buch‘ geht… Das Buch ist ein großer Wurf. Wer beruflich mit E-Books zu tun hat, wird es sich ins Regal stellen.“
Publishers’ Forum
The Stealth Rights Assault: In what would become the day’s most serious sequence, the panel laid out for the audience the sharp dangers rising on so many sides in terms of licensing intellectual property. Exploring this widening crisis were Copyright Clearance Center’s Michael Healy, Holtzbrinck’s Joerg Pfuhl, Allrights Online’s Chris Kluiters, and attorney Ralph Oliver Graef.
Producers’ Breakfast
4th Producers ‘ Breakfast with our partners, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Commerzbank AG, on the topic of “Amazon, Netflix & Co. – Production Location Germany”. Exciting questions around Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVoD), Transactional Video-on-Demand (TVoD), film levy for video service providers, German Motion Picture Fund.
Hamburg Games Conference 2017
Hamburg Games Conference 2017, powered by GRAEF Rechtsanwälte, was once again a great success. This year, the focus was on the topic of “Storytelling”. One thing is clear: The interconnectedness of the audiovisual industries of film and games is on the rise and “stories” speak to us differently than bare facts; they surprise and touch us, are fun and stay in our memories. They are therefore a powerful tool for the games and media industry.
Villa Kunterbunt – Interview with Westfälischer Anzeiger
Interview with Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef, representing the heirs of Astrid Lindgren, Saltkråkan AB, on the legal situation surrounding the use of the term Villa Kunterbunt.
GRIMME Award for “Ebola: Surviving the Virus”
Congratulations to our clients, Docdays Productions, for winning the GRIMME Award for the film “Ebola: Surviving the Virus”. The “images of grief and pain are never voyeuristic, but embedded in a stringent, dignified description of a social nightmare,” according to the jury’s laudation. Keep up the good work, Docdays Productions, Antje Boehmert and Carl Gierstorfer!
Interview with Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef as representative of the Astrid Lindgren heirs (Saltkråkan AB) on HR3.
No license fees for the use of the name Villa Kunterbunt by kindergartens and non-profit organizations.
Kress News
This year, the Federal Constitutional Court will have to deal with the question of how online archives handle the names of resocialized offenders. GRAEF Rechtsanwälte with a forecast.
2016
German Developer Award for Computer Games 2016
9 of the 17 awards at the German Developer Award went to clients of ours. Congratulations, we are very proud of you!
Annual Conference on European Copyright Law
Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef will be attending on November 17, 2016, the Annual Conference on European Copyright Law 2016, hosted by the Academy of European Law, and will be giving a keynote speech on “The EU legal framework for E-Books and similar digital works”.
Founders’ Compass Law
The “Gründerkompass Recht” (Founders’ Compass Law) we co-organized on issues of corporate law, IP law, tax law and employment law was once again a great success. We are looking forward to the continuation in 2017 together with Bucerius Law School.
Gentle Troll Entertainment
Congratulations to our client Gentle Troll Entertainment for the German eBook Award in the category Children and Youth for the app “The Glasses”. The jury praised: “Narrator, music, animations and sound effects are coherent and make this app a great storytelling game fun for kids and parents.”
Copyright
Our copyright specialist Ralph Oliver Graef writes about fanfiction and the Harry Potter Case: Who owns the story? What about transmedia uses? What happens if someone takes the story or the characters or both of them to enrich the story and keep it growing over time? Go check it out.