My guess is language other than English was used to further differentiate it from America, and German was chosen for being I think second most used language on Lemmy

IIRC Trade Enforcement Regulation allows, among other options, for ignoring other country’s patents and trademarks until someone else says it’s time to stop. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Edit: Seems like I misremembered, because I can’t find it mentioned in the regulation 654/2014, my bad

Edit 2: Okay, I think I’ve found it - 654/2014 was amended by 2021/167, and as far as I understand legalese THAT one allows for suspension of intellectual property rights. I’ll wait with un-stroking the original paragraph until someone more knowledgeable confirms (or denies) my understanding