In the ongoing legal dispute between Jan Böhmermann (42) and the Saxon beekeeper Rico Heinzig (48), arguments were exchanged again today at the Dresden Higher Regional Court. This time, the focus was less on the controversial poster and more on the mention of Böhmermann's name on Heinzig's website.
While Böhmermann's lawyer, Dr. Torben Düsing (45), emphasized that his client was mainly concerned with the unwanted mention of his name on the website myhoney.com, the judge Markus Schlüter (56) could not directly see any infringement after inspecting the website. He found that the mentions of the "Böhmermann bundle" and "Böhmermann honey" on the myhoney.com website made strong reference to the content of Böhmermann's program. This would make it clear that these are not classic advertising measures. Instead, the website clearly deals with topics that Böhmermann himself addressed in his show. Böhmermann's lawyer then tried to argue with examples that the satire could be misunderstood by the "average citizen, the granny next door". However, the judge refused to take on the role of a "legal humor control".
