For the seventh time, the Founders’ Compass Law, initiated by us, took place at Bucerius Law School. Great students and motivated founders spent an exciting day with us on the topics of media law, corporate law, tax law and employment law. Due to the great demand, the Founders’ Compass Law will take place again in 2019. We are delighted with the excellent response.
Sensational atmosphere on the Spree.
Review in the magazine Filmecho on the “Producers’ Breakfast” which GRAEF Rechtsanwälte organized together with Filmförderung Hamburg-Schleswig-Holstein and the Media Team of Commerzbank.
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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.
Neues Projekt unseres Filmteams. Nach Anne Frank, Uli Hoeneß und Beate Zschäpe nun die Aldi Brüder im Fokus. Biopics haben Konjunktur.
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 ).
Ralph Oliver Graef interviewed by future!publish.berlin on the challenges facing the book industry in 2018.
Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef in an interview with Basic Thinking on the topic of photo rights and image theft in social networks.
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) 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.
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.
Creative Europe mit GRAEF Rechtsanwälte zum Thema “Behind the Scenes: Entwicklung und Finanzierung von europäischen Dramaserien”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Foundation, growth, exit – and sometimes crises. We advise media startups and tech startups. Every day and with pleasure.
“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.“
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.
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, 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.
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.
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!
No license fees for the use of the name Villa Kunterbunt by kindergartens and non-profit organizations.
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.