13 December 2018Copyright

German courts cannot apply ancillary copyright law, says AG in Google case

Germany’s new copyright provisions cannot be applied by the courts as Germany did not notify the European Commission of the legislation’s introduction, according to an advocate general (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

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