Monday, March 28, 2016

Review Portals Have to Verify Anonymous User Reviews, Says the German Supreme Court

In a recent decision, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest court in the system of ordinary jurisdiction in Germany, established a case of intermediary liability for anonymous reviews published in review portals, which have been recently higly involved with the development of intermediary liability law in Germany. This case departs from previous case law, which has usually seen review portals prevailing in court.
 


Read Full Story from Of Interest http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2016/03/review-portals-have-verify-anonymous-user-reviews-says-german-supreme-court
This article by Giancarlo Frosio originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on March 25, 2016 at 07:37AM

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