In the meantime, one new law follows the other and companies can hardly keep up. The Whistleblower Protection Act, or HinSchG for short, which we also affectionately call the Creepy Whispers Act 😉 , was passed on May 31, 2023, promulgated in the Federal Law Gazette on June 2, 2023, and comes into force on July 2, 2023.
The BGH has issued an order referring questions to the ECJ concerning the interpretation of various regulations in connection with copyright law for software. BGH B.v. 23.3.2023 / Hans OLG 7.10.2023 The case: The background to this order for reference is the
Part II 1.) The accuracy examples: Ex 1: The customer insists that Scrum should be used as the project methodology. The sprintlogs are sufficient as a description of the agreed nature, against this documentation should be accepted, says the lawyer. BSP 2:
I. Introduction The declaration of acceptance according to § 640 BGB plays a central role in software projects that are carried out on the basis of the law on contracts for work and services. Recently, I have again been involved in a number of disputes. Case: The client does not accept the work performance
Years ago I had already written blogs about escrow agreements. The conclusion of escrow agreements (deposit agreements on the source code of software) is often justified by clients with the desire to reduce their dependence on IT companies. In the case that over
Our clients often ask us how they should handle their new GTC with their existing customers. The question is justified, because questions about the inclusion of GTCs for new customers are already overflowing. The inclusion of your GTC for new contracts in the
