tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post276024029881437050..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Return of the MaxVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-8422045996307119852009-01-07T11:43:00.000+00:002009-01-07T11:43:00.000+00:00Well, somebody who nevertheless spends so much of ...Well, somebody who nevertheless spends so much of his time in court obviously likes to suffer...oh, wait.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-40549464525280050322009-01-07T08:33:00.000+00:002009-01-07T08:33:00.000+00:00Or maybe he didn't like the idea of getting a good...Or maybe he didn't like the idea of getting a good whipping in court?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-59707295606652816722009-01-06T23:32:00.000+00:002009-01-06T23:32:00.000+00:00According the Wikipedia entry on Mosley, he "went ...According the Wikipedia entry on Mosley, he "went on to study law at Gray's Inn in London, specialising in patent and trademark law, and qualified as a barrister in 1964."<BR/><BR/>See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mosley<BR/><BR/>Maybe he didn't find IP law sufficiently stimulating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-13714363948950598152009-01-06T22:18:00.001+00:002009-01-06T22:18:00.001+00:00Mr Mosley's lawyers have actually been quite busy ...Mr Mosley's lawyers have actually been quite busy in Germany for a quite some time. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung already reported in October 2008 that Mr Mosley's lawyer, Ms Irion, has obtained about 45 preliminary injunctions against German papers, media etc in this matter. It appears that his German legal team also takes the route via the criminal courts, which would lead us, inter alia, to German defamation law under the criminal law code and some other privacy related 'delicts'. I would say that the German courts will give Mr Mosely's right to privacy/general personality right priority ("intimate sphere" = human dignity = basic human right)over freedom of press (basic human right). <BR/><BR/>I do not expect much of a surprise here, all obviously depending on the circumstances of the individual case and whether the journalists should have done more detailed research, etc. There is a lovely section in the German criminal law code (section 193, acting in justified interests), which they journalists may be able to invoke.<BR/><BR/>Link (in German): http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/230/313138/text/Birgit Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02822674465997696890noreply@blogger.com