@ Kieren
I only had a superficial read of your article and the German press, but I do not think this has any relation to the so-called "right to be forgotten" doctrine, which is an application of the laws on personal data protection (implementing the 1995 Directive) and therefore applies to individuals, not to legal persons (companies).
The case is question is being brought on the rough German equivalent of libel laws.
Also, you may have noticed that when results have potentially been removed under the "right to be forgotten", a) a different notice appears; b) there is no link to Chilling Effects or any other database of such requests; and c) it does not necessarily means that results *have* been removed.
So this is a different kettle of fish.
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