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The article informs that the European Commission has been empowered to provide the basis for to adopt new delegated legal acts for product groups, to introduce a new scale that extends uniformly from energy efficiency classes to define the energy consumption labeling. Topics include graphic representation of the energy efficiency class in perceptible advertising with telemarketing; and the Delegated Regulation (EU) will regulate the energy consumption labeling of electronic devices .

The article reports on the development of legislation for e-commerce in 2018/2019 in Germany. Topics discussed include an inventory of the 2018 e-commerce legislation and what expected in 2019; the Geoblocking-VO law that came into force in December 2018; and six major legal innovations for ECommerce added in 2018.

The article discusses OLG Düsseldorf court case wherein the plaintiff was accused of copyright infringement on the grounds of internet exchange of a private document. The plaintiff has claimed that he has exclusive rights of using computer game Dead Island: Riptide and is using since May 23, 2013 from the normal internet connection.

The article offers information on the New Deal for Consumers, an omnibus directive launched by European Commission (EC) for improving consumer rights and their easy accessibility. Topics discussed include unfair commercial practices in European firms amendments introduced to the Consumer Rights Directive.