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2022
German court rules in ResearchGate copyright case
Ruling
The Munich I Regional Court found ResearchGate responsible for making the disputed content available and issued an injunction preventing it from reappearing. The court denied the publishers damages because they had not adequately demonstrated acquisition rights.
Source excerpt
The Court found that ResearchGate was indeed responsible for the infringing content being made available and issued an injunction preventing the content from reappearing in the future, despite it having been completely removed several years ago. However, the Court denied the publishers an award for damages, something that was completely omitted from the publishers’ press announcement celebrating the victory.
In 2017, publishers Elsevier and American Chemical Society filed a copyright lawsuit against research sharing platform ResearchGate