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• State operators do not fulfill command of separation

  Posted on 25. Oktober 2013 by Admin in Blog.

  State operators do not fulfill command of separation by Martin Arendts Section 21 par. 3 of the Interstate Treaty commands that the operation and intermediation of sports bets are strictly separated (“Trennungsgebot”). No “organisational, legal, economic or staff connection” is allowed. Several of the 16 state operators (one for each German state) do not fulfill […]

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• Licensing procedure in Germany: Transparency criteria of the CJEU not met

  Posted on 25. Oktober 2013 by Admin in Blog.

  Licensing procedure in Germany: Transparency criteria of the CJEU not met by Martin ArendtsIn its decision of 30 April 2013, file no. 5 L 90/13.WI, the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden granted one applicant (BetVictor) to the up to 20 sports betting licenses to be issued under the regime of the new Interstate Treaty on Gambling […]

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• Germany: Cancellation of the trademark ‘TOTO’

  Posted on 25. Oktober 2013 by Admin in Blog.

  Germany: Cancellation of the trademark ‘TOTO’ Originally published by World Online Gambling Law Report http://www.e-comlaw.com/world-online-gambling-law-report/hottopic.asp?id=1366 _________________________________________________________________ In the decision of 23 March 2013, the Federal Patent Court in Munich ordered the cancellation of the trademark ‘TOTO’1. This trademark along with the gambling related trademark ‘LOTTO’2, was held by the member companies of Deutscher Lotto- und […]

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