Please find on the following page a selection of links on the subject of music law.
Music-related associations
Music Association of Germany
DMR German Music Council e.V.
DMV German Music Publishers Association e.V.
DRMV German Rock & Pop Music Association e.V.
DTV German Lyricists Association e.V.
DKV German Composers’ Association e.V.
GEMA Society for Musical Performing Rights and Mechanical Reproduction Rights (collecting society for composers, lyricists and music publishers)
GVL Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten (Society for the Exploitation of Performance Rights for Performing Artists/ Producers of Phonograms)
IFPI German National Group of the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) e.V.
CCLI Christian Copyright Licensing Deutschland GmbH, Licensing Agency
Related fields of law (Intellectual Property Law)
(The following websites are in German)
IPRECHT.DE: Intellectual property (registration and defence of patents, trademarks, designs, domains, varieties, etc.), technical law (computer law, telecommunications law, etc.) as well as declarations, contracts, clauses and judgments, etc. in this regard at www.iprecht.de (presented by attorney Michael Horak).
The Markenrechtler.de offers under www.diemarkenrechtler.de further information particularly on the topic of mark right & – protection.
Advertisingerechtler.de offers detailed information on advertising and competition law.
TheUrheberrechtler offers exclusive information on copyright and ancillary copyright law.
The German Patent and Trade Mark Office provides comprehensive assistance on all “registrable” intellectual property rights.
The Bundessortenamt provides a wealth of information on plant variety protection and seed law.
The American association AIPLA presents its activities in the field of intellectual property on www.aipla.org. The International Association for Intellectual Property (www.aippi.de) also offers corresponding content.
A highly multi-layered information platform on all topics of the European Union, including its legal acts, opinions, etc. can be found on its official server europa.eu.int.
Courts
Brandenburg Higher Regional Court
Braunschweig Higher Regional Court
Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court
Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main
Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court
Nuremberg Higher Regional Court
Oldenburg Higher Regional Court
Saarbrücken Higher Regional Court
Higher Regional Court Schleswig
Stuttgart Higher Regional Court
Regional Court Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt an der Oder Regional Court
Potsdam Regional Court
Administrative Supreme Courts
Higher Administrative Court of Lower Saxony
Higher Administrative Court of the Saarland
Higher Administrative Court of Thuringia
Administrative Court Frankfurt/Main
Administrative Court Oldenburg
State Labour Court of Baden-Württemberg
Düsseldorf Regional Labour Court
Nuremberg Regional Labour Court
State Labour Court Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia Regional Labour Court
General links to legal topics:
horak . Attorneys at Law: Intellectual Property, Competition, Technology
Intellectual Property (IP) by RA Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak
Trademark law: search, registration and defence of trademark rights
Patent law: Information on German, European and international patent law
Copyright: Basic principles of copyright law
Music law: Information on U/E music with model contracts
IP Law/ IT Law: Page on IP/IT Legal Issues
Online eligibility/Internet law: Fundamentals of Internet law
Competition law: Advertising law
Food law: food law, food hygiene, food labelling
Domain law: Information on domain name law
UDRP-/ADR domain arbitration proceedings: Out-of-court, fast dispute resolution of domain disputes
Media Law: Copyright Law, Media Law, Music Law, Film Law, Television Law, Publishing Law, Event Law
Food law/pharmaceutical law/pharmaceutical advertising law: Information on health law
Energy Law, Energy Industry Law: Page on Energy Law
Lawyer for IT law: legal information on information technology law
European law: Law of the European Union, Eu
Commercial law: Legal practice on commercial law topics
Company Law Hanover: Information on Company Law
Legal debt collection: Department for debt collection / debt management
Commercial Law Hanover: Legal representation on commercial law, commercial agency law, customs law
Wirtschaftsrecht Hannover: Legal information on commercial law in Hanover
Insolvenzrecht Hannover: Regular Insolvency Proceedings / Private Insolvency Proceedings
Animal law: Fundamentals of animal law, veterinary law, animal purchase law, animal owner liability (in each case with small animal law/large animal law – in particular also horse law)
Lawyer for medical malpractice liability law: Office page on medical malpractice liability law/patient law
Public procurement law: Information on public tendering / awarding of contracts
Law firm in Hanover: AGB-/Internet-/Aahnungsrecht (AGB-/Internet-/Wahnungsrecht)
Anwalt für Arbeitsrecht in Hannover: Employment law information on employment law
Warning against reprimand: Music download / film download warning (so-called file sharing warning or warning due to alleged uploads)
Engineering Law: Information on Building Law, Architects’ Law and Engineering Law
Fachanwalt Hannover: Specialist attorney for intellectual property law/ Specialist attorney for copyright and media law in Hannover
Court Proceedings Attorney: Appointment representation/ sub-authorization in Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Bremen
Applications for industrial property rights:
Trademark application in D/EU/IR: Form for trademark application/trademark consultation
Trademark Application in Austria: Form for Trademark Protection in Austria
Worldwide trademark applications: Implementation of national, regional and international trademark applications in all countries where this is possible
Patent application/Patent protection in D/EU/PCT: Commissioning of patent searches, patent applications and utility model applications
Design protection (formerly: design protection): search, application and defence of designs
Full service trademark protection: trademark search/ trademark monitoring/ trademark application
Fixed trademark: legal trademark applications in Germany, trademark protection in the EU, international trademarks and Chinese trademarks
Discount trademark protection: bundled packages for the implementation of trademark applications
Brand protection packages: Application packages for the registration of trademarks
Brand research packages: Carrying out trademark/name searches, in particular for advertising agencies, trademark portfolio owners and multi-brand applicants
EU trademark application: EU Trademark Application Form
EU Trademark Protection: Brand Conqueror Short Page
Community trade mark protection: EU trade mark application
International trademark application: IR Trademark Application Form
Protection of figurative marks:Word and figurative mark application form
Protection of company names: Form for name protection/trademark protection
Name protection: Protection of word marks
Protecting a trademark: Page on trademark protection
Trademark searches/trademark protection: Staged offers for the implementation of a trademark application
Trade mark opposition: Opposition proceedings concerning trade marks applied for/registered
Cancellation: Cancellation proceedings for registered trademarks
Trademark search: Trademark search form
Similarity search for trade marks: search for similar signs
Company search: Search for company name/ trademarks
Blogs:
IP rights and IT rights blog: Current topics from the fields of IP/IT
Blog on trademark law: legal news about trademarks
Copyright blog: Legal news on copyright/ ancillary copyright law
Blog on patent law: Information on patents/patent law
Privacy rights blog: Privacy Blog
IP Law Blog: Intellectual Property Law News
English language landing pages:
horak Law Firm: English page of the law firm
IP Law in Germany: English language information on intellectual property
Trademark Applications: Trademark Application Form
Trademark Filing: English-language site for trademark registration
Trademark Lawyers: English information on trademark law
Patent Filer: English form for patent application in D/EU/PCT
Copyright Lawyer: English language copyright information
Online Law/ Internet Law: English-language website on Internet Law
Health Lawyer: English-language page on health law
Other pages:
Creative safe: deposit of intellectual property works
Reputation Defender: Privacy Protection/ Reputation on the Internet
Eyepi: “IP” services; Page of IP Services
Servip: IP related services
Ingenieurbüro für Elektrotechnik: Consulting Engineer