Oct 20, 2019 | Business
De Soet Consulting is a swiss Business Center company that rents out offices.
Renting an office in a Business Center can be very useful especially for Start Ups. More and more companies start working at Business Centers, because of their many benefits. Therefore there is a growing need for Business Centers providing top services, says Rieta de Soet, CEO of De Soet Consulting.
Whether as a short term or a long term solution, the offices are completely equipped with a perfect office infrastructure and high qualified employees, who are happy to support clients in business matters on demand.
This is a perfect solution if you want to expand your business to a different region. It is simple, uncomplicated and cheap. There are no launching costs, no investments and a flexible term of lease. So why even rent anything else? Rieta de Soet says, the availability of offices in a Business Center is a great benefit for companies coming from abroad, because they get support from the employees who speak the local language and know the culture and costums, which will help to settle as quickly as possible.
It is also a good solution for young entrepreneurs, who want to start self-employment. Clients get all the help and information they need from an experienced and high qualified staff.
Furthermore De Soet Consulting offers an individual telephone service, backoffice, marketing service, translating services, conference rooms and helps building up your marketing organization. No matter what your needs are, De Soet Consulting offers a personal and professional service to absolutely amazing prices, says Dr. Fabian de Soet.
Oct 18, 2019 | Health and Wellness
Jena, 18th October 2019 – A common cliche claims that men went to the doctor less often or too late and only after their partners and women having had pushed for it several times. Varicose veins in men are a sensitive and important issue: men underestimate the consequences of long untreated varicose veins!
In Germany, about 34% of women and 28% of men suffer from varicose veins. What is striking, however, is that men often suffer from more pronounced varicose veins than women. An examination of a highly reputed vein center found out after questioning more than 3,000 patients, that men often go to the doctor only when the disease is already very advanced and they have been asked to do so several times by their partners. Men often cite lack of time as a reason for this and are of the opinion that varicose veins and spider veins are merely a cosmetic problem. Many men do not notice their varicose veins at all or find it embarrassing to consult a doctor because of “something like this”. This proves that the more massive manifestation of venous disease in men is partly due to their behavior and less to biological factors. But if men ignore the symptoms, they risk serious complications such as thromboses, open legs or embolisms.
Heavy, tired or swollen legs, tingling or a feeling of tension as well as pulling, stabbing calf pain should immediately trigger a visit to a varicose vein specialist. If there’s excema, it’ll be high time! The phlebologist will palpate your legs after an interview. If he detects warmer or more pressure-sensitive areas, this may indicate phlebitis. Finally, an ultrasound examination will bring certainty.
Among the many possible treatment options there is the minimally invasive, particularly gentle ELVeS Radial 2ring therapy of biolitec. With this method, a specially developed laser fiber with two light rings is inserted into the vein via a puncture below the vein to be treated. The heat generated by the laser light shrinks the vein until it closes. This is worked out by the body itself.
The special feature of the ELVeS Radial 2ring therapy is that the surrounding tissue is not damaged. Further advantages are: reduced pain during and after treatment, less swelling and hematoma, resulting in faster recovery. The procedure can be performed on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia and, if the procedure is favorable, the compression stockings may not even be required.
Further information can be found on the patient information page www.info-varicose-vein.com (https://info-krampfader.de/en/).
Oct 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
The OLG Stuttgart, Stuttgart”s Higher Regional Court, has ruled in connection with what has become known as the “truck cartel” that an aggrieved buyer is in principle entitled to claim damages from Daimler AG (Az.: 2 U 101/18).
From 1997 to 2011, the truck manufacturers Daimler, MAN, Volvo/Renault, DAF, and Iveco entered into illegal price-fixing arrangements. In 2011, this so-called “truck cartel” was uncovered. We at the commercial law firm MTR Rechtsanwälte https://www.mtrlegal.com/en.html can report that a fine running into billions of euros was subsequently imposed by the European Commission against the manufacturers in 2016.
The European Commission”s decision serves as proof that antitrust law has been violated and thus paves the way for damages claims brought by aggrieved truck buyers. In a judgment from April 4, 2019, the OLG Stuttgart ruled in appeal proceedings that a buyer was entitled to damages from Daimler AG. The plaintiff had purchased a dozen Daimler trucks between 1998 and 2011, and later asserted a claim for damages due to inflated prices resulting from the cartel arrangements.
The OLG Stuttgart confirmed that the antitrust violation was beyond dispute, having been definitively established by the European Commission”s decision from July 19, 2016. Moreover, since the plaintiff”s truck purchases, with one exception, coincided with the period of the illegal price-fixing arrangements, the OLG concluded that it was likely the plaintiff had in fact suffered harm as a result.
According to the established case-law of the Bundesgerichtshof, Germany”s Federal Supreme Court, the purpose of establishing a cartel is to increase the profits of the companies involved. As such, the OLG Stuttgart noted that it was highly likely the cartel was formed and maintained as a means of achieving higher market prices. It went on to state, therefore, that it was equally likely that those who purchased trucks affected by the price-fixing arrangements suffered harm. While the objections submitted by Daimler were deemed by the OLG Stuttgart to be insufficient, the Court did grant leave to appeal.
Buyers harmed by the truck cartel can assert damages claims against the members of the cartel. Following the European Commission”s decision, there is nothing standing in the way of bringing a claim for damages. It is nonetheless crucial to consider the prescription of claims and its implications for individual cases. Lawyers with experience in the field of antitrust law can offer advice.
https://www.mtrlegal.com/en/legal-advice/antitrust-law.html
Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dietzenbach, Germany, 16. October 2019 – Cartonplast Group is investing in the Polish service centre location in Mysowice.
Cartonplast Poland was founded in 1987 as a company of the Cartonplast Group (CPL), headquartered in Dietzenbach, Germany. CPL is Europe’s leading operator of a pool system for reusable transport plastic layer pads (PLPs) on a rental basis. Its pads are used in 20 countries to transport glass, cans and PET containers to fillers in the beverage, food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.
The company operates 17 Service Centres worldwide – one of them in Mysowice, Poland. Since 2013, this state-of-the-art service centre has been located in the Panattoni Logistic Park in Mysowice – on the border of Mysowice, Katowice and Tychy, near the A4 motorway as part of European Road 40 and the pan-European transport corridor. For supplying Polish and Eastern European customers Mysowice location is the ideal logistic starting point.
The technical design of the Polish site is tailor-made and focused on the growth of the Polish and Eastern European market to enable efficient operation and optimal storage of the PLPs. On a production area of approx. 3,400 m2, 10 million layer pads are delivered to customers, returned, inspected and cleaned – and then delivered back to the customers – every year. The modern plant is equipped with dock-level doors, and all PLPs, from the return of the fillers to the redistribution to the glassworks, are stored in the Service Centre.
Due to rising demand and increased customer volume, a second state-of-the-art “Mart 10000 washing system” was installed in February/March 2019. This will increase the annual cleaning capacity of the PLPs by 7 million to 14 million and also increase the quality level for the re-processing of the layer pads. To ensure that we are environmentally friendly for our planet, state-of-the-art water neutralisation equipment will be retrofitted to the washing system at the beginning of next year. The quality team office and laboratory are both located on the shop-floor to ensure the highest standards of our finished product are met.
“With only one cleaning system for the layer pads in our Polish Service Centre, we have reached the capacity limits for reprocessing the layer pads,” says Marek Kapusta, Managing Director Cartonplast Polska. “By installing the second washing line, we have doubled the annual washing capacity to 14 million layer pads and at the same time increased the quality level of the pool service for our customers,” adds Michael Heikenfeld, Chief Sales Officer and Managing Director Cartonplast Group.
Increasing outsourcing trend and sustainability efforts in transport packaging
The company is benefiting from a global outsourcing trend and sustainability efforts. Customers no longer need to have their own stocks of transport and packaging materials and storage space becomes available as the PLPs circulate in the external CPL pool system.
Compared to cardboard layer pads, plastic layer pads are more hygienic, safer to transport and – due to their reusability – more cost-efficient. In the coming years, Cartonplast will continue to grow through internationalization and the product range will be expanded – for example, through the additional rental of tailor-made plastic pallets especially for the glass container industry.
Cartonplast speaks all languages – Topic of outsourcing in the Polish explanatory video
In an animated explanatory format, the video explains the complex subject of outsourcing and the use of returnable transport products. The video shows how container manufacturers and bottlers benefit from outsourcing, why it saves costs, protects the environment and benefits everyone. To bring the video to an international audience, there is also an English, French, Portuguese and Brazilian version. Click here (https://youtu.be/rd6pO9OmKM8) to go directly to the Polish video.
For further information, please contact Cartonplast Group by email at info@cartonplast.com or contact Michael Heikenfeld, Chief Sales Officer and Managing Director Cartonplast Group, michael.heikenfeld@cartonplast.com.
Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Although a pair of jeans may fit perfectly and look good to boot, this does not in and of itself confer copyright protection. That was the verdict of the ECJ in a ruling from September 12, 2019 (Az.: C-683/17).
According to the established case-law of the ECJ, an original subject matter constituting the expression of its author”s own intellectual creation can be classified as a “work” and enjoy copyright protection. We at the commercial law firm MTR Rechtsanwälte https://www.mtrlegal.com/en.html note, therefore, that designs can, under certain circumstances, benefit from copyright protection.
However, the ECJ has since set the bar high for designs to benefit from copyright protection in a recent ruling. The Court held that copyright protection may not be granted to designs on the sole ground that, over and above their practical purpose, they produce a specific esthetic effect.
The case before the ECJ concerned a dispute between two manufacturers in the fashion industry. One of the two producers accused the other of copying and bringing to market several of its jeans and shirts. The ECJ ruled that while it is possible for designs to be granted copyright protection as works, the protection of designs and copyright protection pursue different objectives and are subject to distinct rules.
It held that the purpose of the former is to protect subject matter which, while being new and distinctive, is functional and liable to be mass-produced. The protection only applies for a limited time and is not meant to excessively restrict competition. The ECJ went on to state that the duration of copyright protection is significantly greater and applies to subject matter that is capable of being classified as a work. Granting copyright protection to subject matter that is already protected as a design must not undermine the respective objectives.
The cumulative grant of copyright protection for designs is thus only possible within narrow parameters. The Court also noted that a design”s esthetic effect does not constitute a factor that is relevant to the determination of whether said design can be classified as a work. What does need to be demonstrated to this end is that the subject matter is identifiable with sufficient precision and objectivity and that it represents an intellectual creation of the author.
Lawyers with experience in the field of IP law can offer advice.
https://www.mtrlegal.com/en/legal-advice/ip-law/copyright-law.html
