[i] Injunctive Relief. General German law empowers the trial court, on appropriate showings, to issue special orders to permit the proper disposition of substantive claims, for example, orders to prohibit unlawful acts pending a judgment of liability or to assure the evidentiary bases of claims.8)_and_footnotes(n176);.vk n176
Specifically, in cases of copyright infringement, Section 97(1) of the Copyright Act grants an injured party the right to obtain injunctive relief that will require an infringer to cease and desist if there is a danger of repetition of his acts of infringement. Even where no actual infringement has occurred, the case law has consistently allowed injunctive relief to be granted if there is concrete danger of impending infringement.8)_and_footnotes(n177);.vk n177 As discussed above, on the basis of a special kind of liability for contributory infringement (Storerhaftung), injunctions may be obtained against third parties implicated in infringement.8)_and_footnotes(n178);.vk n178