Wednesday, 14 June 2017

German court orders Google to stop linking to Lumen Database

As readers with an interest in online enforcement issues will know, the Lumen database (formerly Chilling Effects) “collects and analyzes legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. These data enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and let Internet users see the source of content removals.”

Such requests may relate to a variety of claims, including IP-related ones. From Katfriend Mirko Brüß (Waldorf Frommer Rechtsanwälte) comes the news that a German court has issued an injunction against Google, preventing it from linking to Lumen in the context of a claim for defamation.

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