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Case of the Day: Ambar v. Germany
The case of the day is Ambar v. Federal Republic of Germany (D.D.C. 2022). The story involves a look at Germany’s laws stripping Jews of their citizenship, their nationality, and their property, and Germany’s post-war efforts to make amends. Salo Feuerwerk was a Viennese Jew who owned a building in Berlin. In 1935, Germany adopted……
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Case of the Day: Germany v. Philipp
The case of the day is Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp (S. Ct. 2021). This is the case of the Welfenschatz, the Guelph treasure said to have been stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners. The claim was that Hermann Göring, one of Hitler’s most powerful ministers, had coerced the Jewish owners of……
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Case of the Day: Illumina Cambridge v. Complete Genomics
The case of the day is Illumina Cambridge Ltd. v. Complete Genomics, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2020). I last wrote about the case a couple of months ago. In most respects, it is a typical Section 1782 case, but I want to call two points to your attention.
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Case of the Day: Republic Technologies v. BBK Tobacco
The case of the day is Republic Technologies (NA), LLC v. BBK Tobacco & Foods, LLP (N.D. Ill. 2020). The case was “a trademark battle over the packaging and advertising for organic hemp cigarette rolling papers.” It’s pretty common in intellectual property cases to have parallel proceedings pending in the United States and elsewhere, and……
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Peter Bert on Damages for Violations of Choice of Court Agreements in Germany
Friend of Letters Blogatory Peter Bert brings us a report of a very recent case from the Bundesgerichtshof on the question of damages for violations of a choice of court agreement. Peter has cross-posted this on his blog, Dispute Resolution in Germany. In a judgment last week, the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) has found a……