Internet legislation/ E-Commerce

A further main area of our activities is consultancy in legal issues in connection with the Internet. This does not just comprise the classic areas like for example web design and maintenance contracts, the legal requirements regarding commercial websites and general business conditions, but also the usage conditions for modern types of distribution (e.g. portal agreements, download or streaming of content) or online communities, and technologically innovative types of advertising and co-operation agreements to increase the attractiveness of web sites by including third party content are often the subject of agreements, where we are involved in its design and negotiation on behalf of the client. In such cases liability aspects are of considerable importance.